News on the topic: death penalty
13.06.2013 Belarus : refusal to cooperate triggers renewal of the mandate by the UN Human rights Council
Today (13 June 2013), the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted a resolution renewing the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus and expressing deep concern at continuing violations of human rights in the country.
13.06.2013 New death verdict issued in Hrodna
On 5 August 2012 a brutal double murder took place in Hrodna on 5 August 2012. A Vileika resident, born in 1990, killed his wife, a resident of Zhlobin and a friend of hers out of jealosy in a hostel apartment. He dismembered the corpse of the man and threw it in the trash bin, except for the head, which he took in the bag with him. He was detained with the head by the police in a train in Vaukavysk.
11.06.2013 Relatives of executed death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou appeal against refusal to disclose place of his burial
His mother Liubou Kavaliova and sister – Tatsiana Kaziar, filed an appeal to the Ministry of Internal Affairs against the refusal of the Department of Corrections to report his place of burial. The relatives applied to the Department of Corrections with such a request on 25 April, but received a denial on 8 May.
06.06.2013 London Belarusians hold flash-mob against death penalty
At 8 a.m. on 6 June Belarusians of London held a flash mob against the death penalty. They reminded that in Belarus bodies of death convicts aren't issued to their relatives, but burried in an undisclosed location.
06.06.2013 Mikhail Khvastou: Belarus does not need a special rapporteur
Belarus does not need a special rapporteur or any similar institutions. This was stated by the representative of Belarus to the UN in Geneva Mikhail Khvastou, at a session of the UN Human Rights Council, where in the evening on June 4 the latest report on Belarus, presented by the special rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, Miklos Haraszti,was discussed.
04.06.2013 "Secrets of investigation" disclose details about personality of latest death convict
The program "Secrets of investigation", broadcast at the 1st channel of the Belarusian TV on 1 June, was dedicated to the new death convict.
21.05.2013 Another death sentence: Think about it!
A report of the Prosecutor’s Office of Mahiliou region said on April 30 that another death sentence had been pronounced in Belarus. It was the first verdict since 2011. Some Western politicians were too quick to call the lack of new death sentences in 2012 as a “positive trend.”
08.05.2013 Catherine Ashton urges Belarus to introduce moratorium on death penalty
EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton today issued a statement condemning the death sentence imposed on a detainee of Mahiliou prison in Belarus after he murdered his cellmate.
03.05.2013 Belarus is urged to stop death
Amnesty International has distributed an urgent press release with a call on the Belarusian authorities to stop the execution of a death verdict and introduce a moratorium on the death penalty.
25.04.2013 Family of executed Uladzislau Kavaliou petition authorities to unveil burial site
The mother and sister of Uladzislau Kavaliou, executed on charges of committing a terrorist act in Minsk metro in April 2011, have addressed President Lukashenka with a petition to unveil his burial site. Similar appeals were sent to the Interior Ministry and the Committee for State Security (KGB).
25.04.2013 Andrei Kureichyk: “I do not believe that the death penalty will save us from crime” (Video)
Famous Belarusian and Russian screenwriter and actor Andrei Kureichyk signed a petition against the death penalty in Belarus.
24.04.2013 The death penalty: State government tool or “social justice?”
Does the state have the right to decide who should live and who not? How are justice and punishment interrelated? Can death be a legitimate punishment for a crime? These and many other questions were asked by members of the Social and Legal Movie Club at a regular meeting held on March 28 in the Crimea.
08.04.2013 "Amnesty International" sues against prohibition of picket near Belarusian Embassy in Moscow
The international human rights organization decided to file a lawsuit against the prohibition of a picket near the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus by Moscow authorities.
02.04.2013 Liubou Kavaliova received no answer as to which state organ is responsible for the execution of death verdicts
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou, charged with the terrorist act in Minsk metro, wants to know the details of the last minutes of the son's life, and considers the verdict as unfair. That's why she is trying to find which state agency executed the death verdict, issued to her son by the Supreme Court of Belarus.
01.04.2013 Death penalty was discussed in Belarusian regions
A number of public discussions concerning the death penalty was held in the Belarusian regions last week. On 27 March a public discussion was held in Mahiliou, on 30 March – in Hrodna and on 31 March – in Minsk.
