BELARUS SAYS MOVES TOWARDS DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Belarus is moving closer to a moratorium on the death penalty, a senior judicial official
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Belarus is moving closer to a moratorium on the death penalty, a senior judicial official said.
"We have in essence come closer to a moratorium on the death penalty," said Valery Kalinkovich, deputy chairman of the Supreme Court. "The death penalty was carried out on two people in 2008."
Amnesty said in a report that four people were executed last year.
"We have in essence come closer to a moratorium on the death penalty," said Valery Kalinkovich, deputy chairman of the Supreme Court. "The death penalty was carried out on two people in 2008."
Amnesty said in a report that four people were executed last year.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Reuters, 25/03/2009)
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