News on the topic: death penalty
01.02.2012 Belarusian Helsinki Committee addresses Commission for Pardons
Representatives of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee are seeking to attend the sitting of the Commission for Pardons which will consider the case of the death convicts Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou, found guilty of terrorist act in the Minsk metro and a number of other episodes.
30.01.2012 Two European MPs demand abolishment of death sentence to Kanavalau and Kavaliou
MEPs Laima Andrikiene and Eduard Kukan in their joint statement have deplored the unfair trial of both Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou and urgently called on President Lukashenka to establish an immediate moratorium of their death penalty. They have stressed the growing urgency for this, as both condemned can be executed now at any moment without warning, after their appeal for clemency had been rejected.
27.01.2012 Death convict Dzmitry Kanavalau refuses to file pardon appeal
25-year-old Dzmitry Kanavalau, sentenced to death for terrorism, considered his sentence legal and refused to file an appeal for pardon. This has been stated by BelaPAN with a reference to General Prosecutor Aliaksandr Kaniuk. Let us remind you, the Vitsebsk native was accused of Minsk metro terrorist act and a series of other blasts. He has been sentenced to death.
26.01.2012 Death penalty disqualifies Belarus from any status in Council of Europe, secretary general says
The use of the death penalty makes it impossible for Belarus to have any status in the Council of Europe, Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland told reporters in Strasbourg on January 25.
25.01.2012 Schulz condemns courts' decisions in Belarus
"Bialiatski should be released unconditionally along with the remaining political prisoners", says President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz.
10.01.2012 Sviatlana Chornaya continues hunger-strike against death verdict to Kanavalau and Kavaliou
The woman has been on a hunger-strike of protest against the death sentence to Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou since December. The youngsters had been sentenced to death on charges of committing a terrorist act in the Minsk metro on 11 April 2011.
16.12.2011 Uladzislau Kavalyou's mother and sister send appeal to UN
Relatives of one of Minsk metro terrorist act convicts sent a note on breaking the right for living to the Committee on Human Rights on December 15.
15.12.2011 Victims of metro blast aren’t issued with copies of court verdict
On 12 December Inesa Krutaya, a victim of the 11 April explosion in the Minsk metro, applied to the Supreme Court with the request to be issued with a copy of the verdict to the alleged perpetrators of the terrorist act, Dzmitry Kanavalau anad Uladzislau Kavaliou. However, she still hasn’t received any answer.
14.12.2011 Uladzislau Kavaliou files appeal for pardon
It was stated by Deputy General Prosecutor Aliaksei Stuk, reports interfax.by. Also, the General prosecution's representative stated that the convicts had not filed supervisory appeals yet.
14.12.2011 Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou must not be executed!
FIDH strongly condemns the death sentences imposed by the Supreme Court of Belarus on Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou.
13.12.2011 Mother of death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou writes complaints
Liubou Kavaliova applied for permission to meet with her son after the end of the trial, according to which he and Dzmitry Kanavalau were found guilty of committing the terrorist act in the Minsk metro on 11 April and a number of other crimes. She wanted to tell Uladzislau that she didn't believe that he was guilty and express support to him, as she was given just 30 minutes for a talk with him on 2 December.
13.12.2011 Disabled man goes on hunger-strike to protest against death penalty
He also refused to take medicines. Valery Hancharenka demands to improve treatment conditions for TB patients.
13.12.2011 Tatsiana Hatsura fined
Human rights activists and journalists were not allowed to enter the court room by two persons in plainclothes. The presiding judge was Andrei Khadanovich.
09.12.2011 Boxes with 165,000 petitions to Lukashenka sent to Presidential Administration
“Amnesty International” demands from Aliaksandr Lukashenka to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty. It was stated at today’s press-conference by the organization’s researcher Heather McGill.
09.12.2011 Over 250,000 people call on Belarus to end executions
Amnesty International and Belarusian human rights organizations Viasna and Belarus Helsinki Committee were today turned away from delivering a global petition to Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, calling for an end to executions in Belarus.
