Belarus 2009
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News on Belarus in 2009
- DECEMBER 15, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: MORE TIME NEEDED FOR MORATORIUM
Belarus isn’t excluding the introduction of the moratorium on the death penalty, but it needs more time.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS STARTS CAMPAIGN ON ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Belarus will soon launch an information campaign to press for the abolition
OCTOBER 27, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2 KILLINGS
a man in Belarus was sentenced to death for killing two guards while robbing a vehicle carrying cash despite his request for clemency.
- OCTOBER 22, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ITALY/BELARUS: ZAMPARUTTI- ITALIAN COMMITMENT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY DISAPPOINTING
regarding today’s reply by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Luigi Scotti to the urgent parliamentary question on Vasil Yuzepchuk’s imminent execution in Belarus, Radical Parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti said:
- OCTOBER 21, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS SHOULD IMPOSE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY – EU COMMISSION
the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus is one of the key conditions for developing the relations between the European Union and Minsk, said Jean-Eric Holzapfel, head of the European Commission's delegation to Belarus.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
UN CALLS ON BELARUS TO HALT EXECUTION
the United Nations called on Belarus to halt the imminent execution of a man accused of murdering of six elderly women. Vasily Yuzepchuk was sentenced to death on June 29.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-BELARUS: RADICALS- DEATH SENTENCE TEST CASE OF THE ‘GOOD RELATIONS’ BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
together with other elected Radical parliamentarians from the Democratic Party list, Elisabetta Zamparutti presented an urgent parliamentary question to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs regarding the case of Vasil Yuzepchuk.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: PRESIDENT DENIES PARDON
Belarusian president Aleksander Lukashenko refused to pardon death row inmate Vasily Yusepchuk,
- OCTOBER 12, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. DEATH CONVICT YUZEPCHUK HAS SOME HOPE AGAIN
the UN Human Rights Committee registered the individual address of Vasil Yuzepchuk, sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 10, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
in the World Day against the Death Penalty...
in the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Council of Europe’s information centre in Minsk launched a campaign on abolition of the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 9, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: MAN ON DEATH ROW COMPLAINS TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
Vasil Yuzepchuk, sentenced to death for murdering six old women, complained to the UN Human Rights Committee.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: IMMINENT EXECUTION MUST BE STOPPED
Amnesty International urged the President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko to grant clemency to a man
- OCTOBER 2, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the Belarus Supreme Court rejected the final appeal against the death sentence given to Vasil Yuzepchuk,
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER URGES BELARUS TO HOLD “PERMANENT HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSION”
Belarus should hold a "permanent" public discussion on human rights, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told reporters in Minsk.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL TO BE HEARD BY SUPREME COURT
an appeal against one of the two death sentences imposed this year in Belarus will be heard by the Supreme
- AUGUST 21, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
VASILEVICH DEFENDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN BELARUS
the Belarusian Prosecutor General said the grave crimes should be punished by the death penalty.
- AUGUST 18, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY IN BELARUS
Amnesty International launched another campaign against the death penalty in Belarus.
- AUGUST 3, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION CONDEMNS ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE IN BELARUS
the EU criticised the death sentence issued by a Minsk city court to Andrei Zhuk and called on Belarus impose a moratorium on executions.
- JULY 17, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER PAYROLL ROBBERY
a judge of the Minsk Regional Court in Belarus sentenced a 25-year-old man to death
- JULY 16, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
EU EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BELARUS DEATH SENTENCE
the European Union expressed concern about the death sentence that was imposed on Vasil Yazepchuk by the Brest Regional Court on June 29, 2009, in Belarus.
JUNE 29, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING SIX OLD WOMEN IN BREST REGION
the Brest Regional Court in Belarus sentenced a 30 year old stateless man to death for
- JUNE 25, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: JUDICIARY SAID TO BE READY FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
Belarus’ judicial system is ready to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty, Supreme Court Chairman Valyantsin Sukala told reporters in Minsk.
JUNE 23, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: DEATH PENALTY BAN UNEXPECTED AS CONDITION FOR RESTORING SPECIAL GUEST STATUS
Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of
- JUNE 11, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION IN BELARUS DISCUSSED
the issue of death penalty abolition in Belarus is being discussed, Valery Mitskevich, Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus, told reporters in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly.
- JUNE 9, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: BELARUS URGED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Council of Europe's (CE) Deputy Secretary General, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio,
- MARCH 25, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS SAYS MOVES TOWARDS DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Belarus is moving closer to a moratorium on the death penalty, a senior judicial official
- MARCH 23, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: TWO AMNESTY EXPERTS ARRIVE IN MINSK TO DISCUSS DEATH PENALTY
two representatives of the global human rights watchdog Amnesty International arrived in Minsk, Belarus, on a four-day visit.
- MARCH 11, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUSIAN TOP JUDGE SAYS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION UP TO REFERENDUM
“It is the president and parliament that can initiate abolition of death penalty in Belarus,” the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus, Pyotr Miklashevich, told a news conference.
- MARCH 6, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
MP PROPOSES INTRODUCING MORATORIUM IN BELARUS
the Belarusian authorities are unlikely to agree to abolish the death penalty in the
- JANUARY 27, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS TO FIGHT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
A campaign “Human Rights Activists against Death Penalty” has started in Belarus.