News on the topic: death penalty
29.04.2015 Human rights activist: Council of Republic performs functions of Constitutional Court?
The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly has replied to a petition by Tamara Sialiun, who asked to complain to the Constitutional Court about Article 175 of the Criminal Executive Code, as it violates Part 3 of Article 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus.
24.04.2015 House of Representatives: Secrecy of executions suggests anonymity of burial
Tamara Sialiun, the mother of Pavel Sialiun, who was executed in April 2014, has received a reply from the House of Representatives of the National Assembly to her request asking to initiate amendments of Article 175 of the Criminal Executive Code, which prohibits handing over the bodies of executed prisoners for burial or disclosing the place of their burial.
23.04.2015 Another death verdict expected in Homiel
The body of a young mother with numerous stab wounds was found in the yard of a private house in Rečyca, Homiel region. The police are investigating the murder. Local human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka says the gravity of the crime resembles that committed by Aliaksandr Hrunou, who was executed last year. Therefore, he does not rule out a new death verdict.
15.04.2015 Hrodna Regional Court dismisses Tamara Sialiun's appeal
April 15, the panel of judges of Hrodna Regional Court consisting of Judges Zoya Nikolskaya, Larysa Paliakova and presiding Judge Ihar Yarmak, turned down the appeal of Tamara Sialiun, the mother of an executed death row prisoner, Pavel Sialiun. Tamara Sialiun appealed the refusal of the appropriate state agencies to issue her the body of the son or inform her about the time and place of his burial.
15.04.2015 Supreme Court finds no grounds for appeal to the Constitutional Court
Tamara Sialiun has received a response from the Supreme Court, where he applied with the request to initiate a proposal to the Constitutional Court to amend Article 175 of the Criminal Code.
04.04.2015 Tamara Sialiun: the practice of non-issuance of bodies for burial must be discontinued
Tamara Sialiun, mother of Pavel Sialiun, executed by shooting in April 2014, filed appeals with the public authorities who have the right to appeal to the Constitutional Court with a proposal to amend the regulations relating to the non-issuance of the bodies of death row convicts for burial, and/or disclosing the place of burial.
02.04.2015 Supreme Court: cases concerning execution of death penalty are beyond our jurisdiction
Volha Hrunova, the mother of the executed Homel resident Aliaksandr Hrunou, has received a reply from the Supreme Court to her supervisory appeal. The woman has been trying to achieve a change in the legislation which currently prohibits informing the relatives of the executed about the place of their burial or issue their bodies.
01.04.2015 Amnesty International publishes Death Penalties and Executions 2014
This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2014. Amnesty International reports only on executions, death sentences and other aspects of the use of the death penalty, such as commutations and exonerations, where there is reasonable confirmation.
31.03.2015 Hrodna Regional Court to hear appeal by death convict’s mother
A cassation appeal by Tamara Sialiun, the mother of Pavel Sialiun, who was executed in April 2014, will be considered by the Hrodna Regional Court on April 15.
26.03.2015 While defendants are tortured in Belarus, there is no assurance that the guilty are punished
As part of an urgent action by Amnesty International, representative of the Russian Committee against Torture and an Amnesty International member Dmitry Utukin signed a petition to the President of Belarus urging him to immediately declare a moratorium on executions with a view to abolish the death penalty in Belarus.
25.03.2015 Constitutional Court brushes off death penalty case
The Constitutional Court has responded to a petition by Tamara Sialiun, mother of Pavel Sialiun, who was executed on murder charges in April 2014.
24.03.2015 Amnesty International: Year's first death sentence in Belarus
A 21-year-old man, Siarhei Ivanou, has been sentenced to death in Belarus. He is the first person sentenced to death in the country this year.
20.03.2015 EU Criticizes Belarus Over Death Sentence
The European Union has sharply criticized Belarus, the only European country that applies capital punishment, for sentencing a man to death.
19.03.2015 “Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty” represent Belarus at barcamp in Kutaisi
For three days, the second capital of Georgia – Kutaisi – hosted an event that united guests from various non-governmental organizations of the South Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine and other countries.
19.03.2015 Why are Belarusians cowed by the death penalty?
According to Ales Bialiatski, Aliaksandr Lukashenka is in no hurry to reform the law, primarily because he identifies today’s Belarus with the BSSR and the Soviet Union, where the death penalty was widespread.
