News on the topic: death penalty
19.03.2012 President of the Nordic Council strongly condemns the executions in Belarus
“The death penalty is cruel. Executing the two men have further damaged the reputation of Belarus and it shows how far removed the country is at present from European values”, says the President of the Nordic Council, Kimmo Sasi, Finland.
19.03.2012 Belarus Subway Bombing Executions Condemned
The execution of two men convicted of a deadly 2011 metro bomb attack in the Belarusian capital has drawn strong international condemnation.
17.03.2012 Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau executed
Uladzislau Kavaliou, convicted of involvement in the plotting of a terrorist act in Minsk metro on 11 April, 2011, has been executed, says an official communication issued by the Supreme Court of Belarus dated 16 March.
16.03.2012 Lawyer says that he will file final appeal against death sentence on Uladzislaw Kavalyow after meeting with him
Uladzislaw Kavalyow’s lawyer filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on Thursday, asking it to revoke the death sentence imposed on the young man in the subway bombing case last year.
16.03.2012 Belarus Bomber’s Mother Asks President To Postpone Execution
MINSK – The mother of one of the men sentenced to death for the bombing of a metro station in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, that killed 15 people has asked President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to postpone her son’s execution for at least one year.
15.03.2012 Human rights defenders stand for immediate introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty in Belarus
On 14 March 2012 Belarusian mass media published the information that Aliaksandr Lukashenka refused to pardon Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau.
15.03.2012 Liubou Kavaliova: "We always tell Uladzislau that we will make everything possible to save him from unfair punishment"
As it became known on 14 March from the state TV, president Lukashenka refused to pardon Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau. Several days of painful uncertainty ended with a terrible blow for their relatives.
15.03.2012 "Terrorists" executed?
Belarus will meet the anniversary of the bloodiest terrorist act in the history of the country in high spirits. The case is closed, the guilty are punished…
02.03.2012 Liubou Kavaliova: “They cheated me. I wasn’t allowed to meet with my son”
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou, sentenced to death for the involvement in the terrorist act of 11 April 2011, wanted to use her right to meet her son. She didn’t manage to come to the meeting in January, and wasn’t allowed to meet him in February.
24.02.2012 Death penalty is Belarus’ internal matter, say House of Representatives members
The issue of abolishing the death penalty is Belarus’ internal matter, says a joint press release by the foreign affairs committee and the committee on legislation and judicial affairs of the House of Representatives of the Belarusian National Assembly, issued following the 16 Feb. European Parliament resolution.
19.02.2012 Examination of Criminal Procedure Code at request of Kavalyow`s mother is advisable, says Presidential Administration
The Presidential Administration has replied to an application from the mother of Uladzislaw Kavalyow, who was sentenced to death in the subway bombing case last year, saying that it is advisable examine the country’s Criminal Procedure Code at her request.
17.02.2012 MEPs urge Belarus to abolish death penalty and free political prisoners
European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2012 on the death penalty in Belarus, in particular the cases of Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou
16.02.2012 Andrei Paluda: “Unfortunately, Belarus authorities totally disregard European Parliament’s resolutions”
Today, the European Parliament is expected to consider the issue of the death penalty in Belarus, Egypt and Japan. Representatives of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” are said to closely monitor Europe’s reaction to Belarusian events.
14.02.2012 Commission for pardons responds to hunger-striker Sviatlana Chornaya
She is protesting against the death sentence pronounced to Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou, keeping her hunger-strike since 30 November.
10.02.2012 Constitutional court turns down appeal of death convict's mother
The answer from the Constitutional Court says only specially authorized bodies can appeal to the court.
