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Malaryta: human rights activists agitate against death penalty during Town Day and 'Dazhynki' festival

Malaryta: human rights activists agitate against death penalty during Town Day and 'Dazhynki' festival

Human rights defenders held an action against the death penalty in Belarus during the Town Day and the Dazhynki festival in Malaryta. Czytaj więcej…

TIME TO CHANGE: STING SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION CAMPAIGN IN BELARUS (video)

TIME TO CHANGE: STING SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION CAMPAIGN IN BELARUS (video)

Sting, internationally-acclaimed musician and activist, has lent his support to the efforts of human rights defenders to abolish the use of the death penalty in Belarus. Sting recently performed in Minsk as part of his Symphonicity World Tour [www.sting.com] and met with human rights defenders to sign the petition for the latest round of the death penalty abolition campaign launched by the Belarus Helsinki Committee, Viasna and Amnesty International. "It's time to change," said Sting in a recorded message of support

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Council of Europe regrets confirmation of death penalty by Supreme Court in Belarus

Council of Europe regrets confirmation of death penalty by Supreme Court in Belarus

Council of Europe Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, announced today that he is “deeply saddened” by news that the appeals of two prisoners on death row in the city of Grodno were rejected by the Supreme Court. Czytaj więcej…

MPs to consider abolition of death penalty on 23 September

MPs to consider abolition of death penalty on 23 September

‘On 23 September, the working group on the death penalty of the National Assembly will take part in a round table discussion on the issue arranged by the Council of Europe,’ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports, quoting the press-service of the House of Representatives. Czytaj więcej…

Supreme Court upholds two death verdicts

Supreme Court upholds two death verdicts

The Supreme Court upheld the death verdicts to two Hrodna region residents Aleh Hryshkautsou and Andrei Burdyka, previously sentenced to death by Hrodna Regional Court for a triple murder. Czytaj więcej…

HR activist Raman Kisliak urges Foreign Ministry to foster abolition of death penalty

HR activist Raman Kisliak urges Foreign Ministry to foster abolition of death penalty

Human rights defender Raman Kisliak addressed the Belarusian Foreign Ministry with a demand to bring the criminal legislation in accordance with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, thus rehabilitating the rights of persons, whose relatives have been executed, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports. Czytaj więcej…

Another death sentence

Another death sentence

On 14 September the Mahiliou Region Court pronounced the verdict to Ihar Mialik and Aliaksandr Sychou who had been found guilty of committing a series of violent murders on the territory of the Mahiliou region. The former got a life sentence and the latter was sentenced to death. Czytaj więcej…

Future death convicts?

Future death convicts?

The Mahiliou Region Court announced a break till 14 September in the trial of Ihar Mialikau and Aliaksandr Sychou who had committed a number of violent crimes on the territory of the Mahiliou region operating in a gang. They can be punished with death. The head of the gang, the founder of the Belarusian republican civil association of jujitsu and self-defense, escaped the trial as he had suddenly died several months ago. Czytaj więcej…

Representatives of ‘Amnesty International’ paid a visit to Hrodna

Representatives of ‘Amnesty International’ paid a visit to Hrodna

The representatives of the international human rights organization Amnesty International Heather McGill and Aisha Jung paid a visit to Hrodna within the guidelines of the campaign against the punishment of criminals with death. Czytaj więcej…

Capital punishment abolishment is important but it is not the only term of Belarus’ return to PACE

Capital punishment abolishment is important but it is not the only term of Belarus’ return to PACE

The abolishment of the capital punishment is the main but not the only reason for returning the status of a special invitee to Belarus in PACE. The PACE reporter on Belarus Sinikka Hurskainen has informed about it. Czytaj więcej…

Say ‘No’ to Death Penalty! – on YouTube

The trailer Say ‘No’ to Death Penalty is presented at YouTube within the guidelines of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against Death Penalty in Belarus. Czytaj więcej…

Death penalty: official statistics

Death penalty: official statistics

Human rights defenders have finally received an answer of the Ministry of Justice to their inquiry about the number of issued and executed death sentences in 1990-2009. Czytaj więcej…

Why were they sentenced to death?

Why were they sentenced to death?

The cassation complaints of two death convicts, Hrodna dwellers Andrei Burdyka and Aleh Hryshkautsou, are pending at the Supreme Court. We don’t want to make any prognoses about the outcome of the trial. However, we have the opportunity to look at this case with consideration of different opinions and circumstances. Czytaj więcej…

Belarusian authorities failed to timely inform Andrei Zhuk’s mother about execution of her son

Belarusian authorities failed to timely inform Andrei Zhuk’s mother about execution of her son

The certificate about the death of the son was issued to Sviatlana Zhuk only on 1 June. According to the document, the date of his death is 18 March. There is a dash in the graph 'the cause of death'. The act of the death registration is dated 21 March. Czytaj więcej…

The Death Penalty: In Search of Official Statistics

The Death Penalty: In Search of Official Statistics

299 death sentences have been executed in Belarus since 1985, the BelaPAN news agency reports. The figure is based on the agency’s own estimations and the data provided by the Amnesty International human rights group. However, the official number of executed has not yet been made public. Czytaj więcej…

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