EU reaffirms opposition to death penalty in wake of new executions in Belarus
The European Union on Wednesday reaffirmed its “strong and unequivocal” opposition to capital punishment in the wake of two new executions in Belarus. naviny.by »
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The European Union on Wednesday reaffirmed its “strong and unequivocal” opposition to capital punishment in the wake of two new executions in Belarus. naviny.by »
Belarus is not yet ready to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, Yury Ambrazevich, Belarus’ permanent representative to the UN Office at Geneva, said on October 9, speaking at the 124 naviny.by »
A series of events called Week Against Death Penalty began in Belarus on Friday. naviny.by »
Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the situation in Belarus, on Tuesday called for a one-year moratorium on the death penalty in the country. naviny.by »