News on the topic: death penalty
07.10.2015 Belarusian Embassy in Germany doesn't care for human rights
Activists of Amnesty International tried to pass to the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Germany several hundred postcards with the demands to respect human rights. However, the embassy refused to accept them. The action is dated to the upcoming presidential elections.
07.10.2015 “Legal murders” in Belarus are discussed in Chernihiv
October 5, the discussion “Legal Murder” and the viewing of the documentary “Cause of Death Left Blank” took place in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
06.10.2015 Invitation to press-conference within framework of Week against Death Penalty
October 9 in Minsk, the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” will hold a press-conference in Minsk, during which the book “Death Penalty in Belarus” will be presented.
06.10.2015 Sixth argument against death penalty - inefficiency in crime prevention
Another film by the producer Viktar Tratsiakou, belonging to the series "Six Arguments against the Death Penalty", tells about the ineffectiveness of the death penalty in preventing crime.
05.10.2015 Human rights defenders on the death penalty: "Murder is not justice"
October 5, the traditional Week against the Death Penalty begins. Its events will be held under the slogan “Murder Is Not Justice”. The cruelty and inhumanness of this kind of punishment are symbolized by the robe of a death convict, sent to the relatives of the executives instead of their personal belongings.
05.10.2015 Schedule of Events during the Week Against the Death Penalty
Human Rights Week against the Death Penalty in Belarus this year is expanding its geography to the neighboring countries. From 5 to 10 October, a number of events will be held in Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
25.09.2015 Andrei Paluda: It's time to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty in Belarus
On September 25, the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw hosted an exchange of views on the abolition of the death penalty.
10.09.2015 Ales Bialiatski: death penalty is ineffective in crime prevention
Ales Bialiatski is a former political prisoner, Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", who has served 2.5 years in the Babrujsk correctional colony. During his imprisonment he watched prisoners serving their sentences, including for murder.
05.08.2015 Last country in Europe
Independent Russian on-line magazine "7x7" has joined the International Day of Solidarity with civil society of Belarus, by covering the issue which remains valid for only our country in whole Europe – the death penalty.
14.07.2015 Supreme Court turns down cassation appeal of death row convict
On July 14, the Supreme Court of Belarus considered the appeal of Rečyca resident Siarhei Ivanou. March 18, 2015 Ivanou was sentenced to death for a murder, committed with especial cruelty.
06.07.2015 Media projects on death penalty become winners of festival "AD.NAK!"
July 2 in Minsk, the sixth festival of Belarusian-language festival of advertisement "AD.NAK!" named winners in different nominations and was one of the highlights of the summer.
10.06.2015 Viktar Trattsiakou about “Six Arguments against Death Penalty” (video)
Producer of documentary movies Viktar Trattsiakou has recently finished another video clip, presenting the fifth argument against the death penalty.
28.05.2015 Supreme Court to hear cassation appeal by death convict Siarhei Ivanou
According to information received by the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, on July 14 the Supreme Court will consider the cassation appeal by Siarhei Ivanou, a resident of Rečyca, who was sentenced to death for a brutal murder.
26.05.2015 Torture of death convict’s relatives: Fifth argument against the death penalty (video)
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has repeatedly said that the procedure of executing death verdicts in Belarus has signs of torture and inhuman treatment, both in relation to the executed person and his relatives.
14.05.2015 Chairman of the village council considers beautification of mass grave “inexpedient”
Vitciebsk activists were invited to a meeting, which took place in the forest near the village of Hajsy. Excavated human remains are lying there in large pits. The activists have been demanding exhumation, examination and properly reburial of the unidentified persons for six months already.
