18.10.2016 Turkmenistan: Dissident’s Brother Dies After Beating
Turkmen authorities should investigate the suspicious death of the brother of an exiled dissident journalist from Turkmenistan, Human Rights Watch said today.
18.10.2016 BBC: The death penalty returns to Europe
"The majority of people are killed by a gun shot to the head and the bodies are never seen again," BBC Outside Source said in a publication on the death penalty in Belarus.
12.10.2016 Russian rights defender Maria Rymar fined USD 1,100
The Court of Minsk’s Kastryčnicki district has sentenced Russian human rights defender Maria Rymar to a fine of 2,100 rubles on charges of “knowingly false reporting about danger” (Part 1 of Article 340
12.10.2016 Activist Dzmitry Paliyenka awarded 2-year suspended sentence, released in courtroom
The court of Centraĺny district of Minsk announced today its verdict in the case of activist Dzmitry Paliyenka, who was charged with beating a traffic policeman during the Critical Mass cycling protest on April 29.
10.10.2016 "Let our actions always be guided by the moral compass of human rights", UN Secretary-General Says on World Day Against Death Penalty
"The death penalty is a cruel and inhumane practice. It has no place in the twenty-first century," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message on the World Day against the Death Penalty, which is observed on October 10.
10.10.2016 Death Penalty in Belarus: Murder on (Un)Lawful Grounds. English version available online
"Death Penalty in Belarus: Murder on (Un)Lawful Grounds", a joint report prepared by the International Federation for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, is finally available online, after the Russian original has been translated into English.
06.10.2016 CoE deplores confirmation of death sentence against Siarhei Vostrykau
"Yesterday’s decision of the Supreme Court of Belarus to uphold the death verdict for Siarhei Vostrykau is deeply disappointing," the Spokesperson of the Council of Europe's Secretary General said in statement on October 5.
06.10.2016 FIDH expert: “There were just us and the dogs in the courtroom!”
On October 5, the Minsk Press Club hosted the presentation of a joint report on the death penalty in Belarus, which was prepared by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights Center "Viasna".
05.10.2016 Human rights activist asks Pope to discuss the death penalty with Lukashenka
Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus", has sent a letter to Pope Francis, asking him to touch upon the issue of capital punishment during his future meeting with President Lukashenka.
05.10.2016 EU 'reaffirms strong opposition' to capital punishment after Supreme Court upholds another death verdict
Today, 4 October, the Belarusian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Siarhei Vostrykau. This is the fourth confirmation by the Belarusian Supreme Court of a death sentence in 2016.
05.10.2016 Eduard Palchys is a political prisoner. Joint statement by human rights organizations
We believe that the publications authored by blogger Eduard Palchys, which were posted in the nine articles on the 1863x.com website, are a permissible form of expression and, accordingly, may not be prosecuted under the law.
05.10.2016 Death Penalty in Belarus: New report reveals grave rights violations
In Belarus, the rights of people sentenced to death are violated at all stages of the legal proceedings, making the application of death penalty in the country unlawful and arbitrary, said today FIDH and HRC "Viasna" in Minsk during the presentation of their report "Death Penalty in Belarus : Murder on (Un)Lawful Grounds".
04.10.2016 Supreme Court confirms death sentence for Siarhei Vostrykau
The Supreme Court has upheld the death verdict handed down to Siarhei Vostrykau.
04.10.2016 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: September 2016
The key negative trend of September were new cases of arbitrary detention of political activists. It should be noted that this type of detention had not been applied by the Belarusian authorities since August 2015.
04.10.2016 Viasna and FIDH to present report “Death Penalty in Belarus: Murder on (Un)Lawful Grounds”
On October 5, the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) will present a joint report “Death Penalty in Belarus: Murder on (Un)Lawful Grounds”. The event will be held within the framework of the Week against the Death Penalty.
