News on the topic: death penalty
22.11.2012 UN Human Rights Committee rules in the case of Uladzislau Kavaliou
Mrs. Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou (Kovalev), executed for plotting and implementing a lethal blast in Minsk underground in April 2011, received the decision of the UN Human Rights Committee. The complaint was considered in less than a year. The Committee recognized that the investigation was conducted with numerous errors, Kavaliou was subjected to physical violence and forced to testify against himself, the court was not impartial and, most importantly, the right to life was violated.
20.11.2012 Record number back UN vote against death penalty
UNITED NATIONS: A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution calling for the abolition of the death penalty voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee.
15.11.2012 “Departed on Sentence” documentary presented in Göteborg
A documentary on the issue of the death penalty entitled “Departed on Sentence” has been presented in the Swedish city of Göteborg. The screening was arranged as part of the “Human Rights Days-2012”, a major event attended by some 2,000 people from across Scandinavia.
13.11.2012 Documentary on death penalty presented in Khmelnytsky
On November 12 the Ukraine-based city of Khmelnytsky hosted the screening of “Departed on Sentence” human rights documentary. The screening was organized by Khmelnytsky regional office of the public organization "Center of Legal Protection".
09.11.2012 Liubou Kavaliova demands the Office of the Prosecutor General checked the work of the Supreme Court
Mother of the death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou (executed for terrorism), said that the Supreme Court violated the terms of response to the complaint, filed by her son’s counsel.
09.11.2012 Court “needs time” to study the case 8 months after execution
The mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou received an answer from the Supreme Court to her supervisory appeal.
02.11.2012 “NO” to death penalty” campaign supported in Simferopol
Simferopol schoolchildren supported the campaign against the use of the death penalty in Belarus. Within the framework of the mobile exhibition “Everyone has the right to know their rights” held in Simferopol at the end of October they signed postcards addressed to Aliaksand Lukashenka with the demand to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty with the subsequent abolition of this kind of punishment.
29.10.2012 Documentary on death penalty presented in Mahiliou and Homel
The human rights documentary “Departed on Sentence” was presented by activists of the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” on 26 October in Mahiliou.
23.10.2012 Prosecutors find no illegalities in KGB's refusal to give Kavalyow's jail notes to mother
The Prosecutor General's Office has found no illegalities in the decision by the Committee for State Security (KGB) not to give Uladzislaw Kavalyow's jail notes to his mother.
22.10.2012 “Departed on Sentence” documentary screened in Mazyr
A documentary entitled “Departed on Sentence” that was created by Viktar Tratsiakou and Palina Stsepanenka and deals with the issue of the death penalty was presented on Sunday in the southern town of Mazyr, Homel region.
19.10.2012 Berlin activists say NO to death penalty in Belarus
An action against the death penalty in Belarus was held in Berlin on the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October.
19.10.2012 “No to the Death Penalty!” in Mahiliou
An awareness-raising action against the death penalty was held in Mahiliou. The event was expected to be held on the eve of the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October. However, the volunteers who distributed stickers and posters of the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” campaign were detained by the police.
11.10.2012 Minsk: human rights defenders show “Departed on Sentence”
On 10 October, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, Belarusian human rights defenders held the first run of the documentary “Departed on Sentence”.
10.10.2012 Baranavichy human rights activists hold street action on World Day against the Death Penalty
On 10 October the Baranavichy human rights defenders and civil activists marked the World Day against the Death Penalty.
10.10.2012 "Cause of Death __" documentary shown in Mahiliou
The showing, organized by the local human rights defenders, wasdated to the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October.
