News on the topic: death penalty
22.07.2016 UN Human Rights Committee registers complaint of Henadz Yakavitski, asks for respite
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has registered an individual communication submitted on behalf of Henadz Yakavitski, who was sentenced to death on 5 January for murdering his partner back in July 2015.
05.07.2016 World Congress against the Death Penalty calls on retentionist states to ratify Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
Retentionist states should “follow the 81 countries that have already ratified the UN Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights”, says the Final Declaration of the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, which was held in Oslo on June 21-23.
04.07.2016 Belarus denies asylum to Iranian refugee facing death in home country
The Centraĺny District Court of Minsk has upheld the decision of the Department of Citizenship and Migration, which earlier rejected a refugee application by Mehrdad Jamshidian, an Iranian national sentenced to death in his home country for allegedly killing his mother and brother, nn.by said.
30.06.2016 Death row secrets. Part 3
Representatives of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus” have gathered memories and testimonies of former prison staff and former inmates, their family members, part of which has been used to prepare this publication.
23.06.2016 The death penalty: Belarus still outside global trend
Human rights activist Valiantsin Stefanovich, who, along with his colleagues, is taking part in the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty in Oslo, describes the major trends discussed at the global forum.
21.06.2016 FIDH calls for strong and coordinated action against the death penalty
FIDH and its member organisations reiterate their call for the universal abolition of this inhuman practice in accordance with international human rights standards.
21.06.2016 World Congress against the Death Penalty opens in Oslo
The 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty is taking place in Norway’s Oslo from 21 to 23 June.
20.06.2016 Death row secrets. Part 2
Representatives of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus” have gathered memories and testimonies of former prison staff and former inmates, their family members, part of which has been used to prepare this publication.
15.06.2016 Death Row Secrets. Part 1
Representatives of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus” have gathered memories and testimonies of former prison staff and former inmates, their family members, part of which has been used to prepare this publication.
31.05.2016 Prison authorities prevent death convict from writing to UN Human Rights Committee
According to information received by human rights defenders, there have been no letters from death convict Henadz Yakavitski since May 11. As a result, his relatives feared that the prisoner could have been executed.
23.05.2016 Amnesty International launches urgent action in support of death convict Siarhei Khmialeuski
"Siarhei Khmialeuski, who was sentenced to death in Belarus in February, is at imminent risk of execution," Amnesty International said on May 20 urging President Lukashenka to establish an immediate moratorium on executions with a view to abolition of the death penalty.
19.05.2016 Man sentenced to death in Homieĺ
The Homieĺ Regional Court sentenced today Siarhei Vostrykau, 33, to death on charges of raping and murdering two women.
12.05.2016 Amnesty International deplores the execution of Siarhei Ivanou
Amnesty International strongly condemns the execution of 22-year old Siarhei Ivanou in Belarus. He is the first person known to have been executed since November 2014, AI said in a statement.
11.05.2016 EU Condemns Belarus After Latest Execution
The European Union has expressed concern after news that Belarus, the only country in Europe still to apply capital punishment, had executed another prisoner.
06.05.2016 Belarus executes another death convict
Death convict Siarhei Ivanou has been executed, according to another death convict Siarhei Khmialeuski, who reportedly shared a cell with Ivanou on death row in jail No. 1 in Minsk.
