COUNCIL OF EUROPE. PACE PRESIDENT URGES BELARUS, UZBEKISTAN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Rene van der Linden, president of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, urged Belarus and Uzbekistan to abolish the death penalty in his public appeal on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty.
Rene van der Linden, president of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, urged Belarus and Uzbekistan to abolish the death penalty in his public appeal on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty.
"Belarus and Uzbekistan are the last executioners in the former Soviet space," he said, noting that the Uzbek authorities recently informed him of their readiness to take serious steps towards the abolition.
"The Council of Europe is rightly proud of its achievement in making a de facto death-penalty-free zone of its 46 members, but the fight is far from being over," he stressed.
"Belarus and Uzbekistan are the last executioners in the former Soviet space," he said, noting that the Uzbek authorities recently informed him of their readiness to take serious steps towards the abolition.
"The Council of Europe is rightly proud of its achievement in making a de facto death-penalty-free zone of its 46 members, but the fight is far from being over," he stressed.
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- (Sources: BelaPAN, 10/10/2005)