News on the topic: death penalty
26.10.2010 Father Alexander Nadson joins campaign against death penalty
Father Alexander Nadson, the Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader, signed onto the petition for the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus.
14.10.2010 British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office signed petition for abolition of death penalty in Belarus
The Foreign Office Minister for Human Rights Jeremy Browne and British Ambassador to Belarus Rosemary Thomas signed the petition against the death penalty in Belarus on 11 October, following the launch of the UK’s strategy for Global Abolition of the Death Penalty.
12.10.2010 Universal Day against Death Penalty marked all over Belarus
Activists of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against Death Penalty held a number of informational actions for the abolishment of the death penalty on 10 October, the Universal Day against the Death Penalty, and before it. Belarus remains the only European country that continues using this inhuman kind of punishment.
08.10.2010 Barysau authorities ban picket against death penalty
On 20 September the Barysau addressed the Barysau Town Executive Committee with the request to authorize a picket against the death penalty.
07.10.2010 European Parliament again urges Belarus to abolish death penalty
The European Parliament once again called on Belarus to introduce moratorium on the death penalty. This demand is set force in one of the paragraphs of the European Parliament resolution dated to the World Day against the Death Penalty.
05.10.2010 Activists campaigning for abolition of death penalty in Belarus detained on Lithuanian border
On 5 October the activists of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against Death Penalty Palina Stsepanenka and Iryna Toustsik were detained at the border point Kamenny Loh. The Belarusian customs officer set them down from the bus Vilnius-Minsk by which they were returning home from Vilnius.
05.10.2010 Malaryta: human rights activists agitate against death penalty during Town Day and 'Dazhynki' festival
Human rights defenders held an action against the death penalty in Belarus during the Town Day and the Dazhynki festival in Malaryta.
28.09.2010 TIME TO CHANGE: STING SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION CAMPAIGN IN BELARUS (video)
Sting, internationally-acclaimed musician and activist, has lent his support to the efforts of human rights defenders to abolish the use of the death penalty in Belarus. Sting recently performed in Minsk as part of his Symphonicity World Tour [www.sting.com] and met with human rights defenders to sign the petition for the latest round of the death penalty abolition campaign launched by the Belarus Helsinki Committee, Viasna and Amnesty International. "It's time to change," said Sting in a recorded message of support
24.09.2010 Council of Europe regrets confirmation of death penalty by Supreme Court in Belarus
Council of Europe Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, announced today that he is “deeply saddened” by news that the appeals of two prisoners on death row in the city of Grodno were rejected by the Supreme Court.
22.09.2010 MPs to consider abolition of death penalty on 23 September
‘On 23 September, the working group on the death penalty of the National Assembly will take part in a round table discussion on the issue arranged by the Council of Europe,’ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports, quoting the press-service of the House of Representatives.
17.09.2010 Supreme Court upholds two death verdicts
The Supreme Court upheld the death verdicts to two Hrodna region residents Aleh Hryshkautsou and Andrei Burdyka, previously sentenced to death by Hrodna Regional Court for a triple murder.
16.09.2010 HR activist Raman Kisliak urges Foreign Ministry to foster abolition of death penalty
Human rights defender Raman Kisliak addressed the Belarusian Foreign Ministry with a demand to bring the criminal legislation in accordance with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, thus rehabilitating the rights of persons, whose relatives have been executed, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
15.09.2010 Another death sentence
On 14 September the Mahiliou Region Court pronounced the verdict to Ihar Mialik and Aliaksandr Sychou who had been found guilty of committing a series of violent murders on the territory of the Mahiliou region. The former got a life sentence and the latter was sentenced to death.
08.09.2010 Future death convicts?
The Mahiliou Region Court announced a break till 14 September in the trial of Ihar Mialikau and Aliaksandr Sychou who had committed a number of violent crimes on the territory of the Mahiliou region operating in a gang. They can be punished with death. The head of the gang, the founder of the Belarusian republican civil association of jujitsu and self-defense, escaped the trial as he had suddenly died several months ago.
07.09.2010 Representatives of ‘Amnesty International’ paid a visit to Hrodna
The representatives of the international human rights organization Amnesty International Heather McGill and Aisha Jung paid a visit to Hrodna within the guidelines of the campaign against the punishment of criminals with death.
