News on the topic: death penalty
23.07.2024 The Rico Krieger case: we have collected everything that is known
Viasna has collected everything that is known about the Rico Krieger case, and Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty campaign, comments the prospects.
23.07.2024 FIDH, Viasna, and other organizations call on Belarus to stop the execution of Rico Krieger
Joint statement of international human rights organizations.
19.07.2024 "An exceptional case." The coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty" spoke about the sentence of Rico Krieger
Campaign coordinator Andrei Paluda comments on the case and the death sentence of the German citizen.
19.07.2024 Employee of the German Red Cross sentenced to death in Belarus
On June 24, a 29-year-old employee of the German Red Cross, Rico Krieger, was sentenced in the Minsk Regional Court.
18.04.2024 The right to life was violated. The UN Human Rights Committee responded to the Belarusian authorities on Berazhny and Hershankou executed in 2018
Among the violations, the committee found a violation of the right to a fair trial, noted that no one can be arbitrarily deprived of life, and demanded that the Belarusian authorities pay appropriate compensation to the mothers of the punished.
19.10.2023 Death sentence passed in Sluck
Only the effective part was announced at the trial, since part of the trial was held in closed session.
17.10.2023 The prosecutor requested the death penalty for a man accused of murder
The prosecutor requested the death penalty for Aliaksandr Taratuta, who is accused of murdering a 3-year-old child
10.10.2023 "I've always been against it." The leader of the band Mashina Vremeni joined the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus
Today, October 10, the World Day against the Death Penalty is marked.
05.10.2023 We invite you to an event in Białystok for the International Day against the Death Penalty
A discussion will take place with the participation of Andrei Paluda and Anastasiya Charnova.
29.03.2023 Protects everyone’s right to life: UN Special Rapporteurs addressed Belarusian authorities
They called on Belarus to suspend the entry into force of the revised Criminal Code.
28.03.2023 Human rights defenders strongly protest against expansion of the death penalty in Belarus
Belarus is the only country in Europe that applies the death penalty and even expands its scope.
17.02.2023 Condemned prisoner's death date revealed more than a year after the execution
This is not the first time details of execution remain not known for a long time.
07.12.2022 Andrei Paluda: “Authorities still consider the death penalty as a deterrent”
Human rights defender comments on the bill that introduces the death penalty for treason by an official or a military officer.
16.11.2022 Tsikhanouskaya: “Activists live in fear of being shot dead”
The democratic leader of Belarus addresses the participants of the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty.
15.11.2022 “It is all the more urgent to come together”: World Congress Against the Death Penalty starts
Over a thousand people from 90 countries including Belarus participate in the event.
