Belarus
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · President Alexander Lukashenko has been sharply criticized...
- News items in the archive
- 241
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Belarus is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 241 news items on Belarus, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. INTERIOR MINISTER NAVUMAW: DEATH PENALTY CANNOT BE DISPENSED WITH NOW
the death penalty is a measure that cannot be dispensed with now, especially in
- OCTOBER 9, 2007BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. 2 MEMBERS OF CRIMINAL GROUP SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Supreme Court of Belarus handed down death sentences
- MAY 22, 2007BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. SUPREME COURT IMPOSES DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICE OFFICER CONVICTED OF MURDER
the Supreme Court of Belarus imposed
- JANUARY 1, 2007BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Article 24 of the constitution reads that
Article 24 of the constitution reads that "the death penalty...
- OCTOBER 30, 2006BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR QUADRUPLE MURDER
the Minsk City Court, Belarus, sentenced a man to death for the murder of his parents...
- MARCH 16, 2006BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. KGB CHIEF THREATENS DEATH SENTENCE FOR POLL PROTESTERS
opposition supporters in Belarus were warned that they could face the death penalty if they took part in a protest after the presidential election on March 19.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2006BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. TWO PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2005, SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN
two persons were put to death and eight people received life sentences in Belarus in 2005, Valyantsin Sukala, chairman of the Supreme Court, told reporters in Minsk.
- JANUARY 10, 2006BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF THREE IN MINSK REGION
a man was sentenced to death and his minor accomplice to 15 years imprisonment after the Minsk Regional Court, Belarus, found them guilty of committing three murders.
- JANUARY 1, 2006BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Article 24 of the constitution reads that
Article 24 of the constitution reads that "the death penalty...
- DECEMBER 27, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. TWO LEADERS OF THE "KRICHEV GANG" SENTENCED TO BE SHOT
Oleg Potapenko and Vyacheslav Knyazkov, two leaders of a gang that “terrorized the Mogilyov region” between 2001 and 2004, were sentenced to death in Belarus.
- DECEMBER 27, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Petr P. Korablev was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
Petr P. Korablev was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Nikolai A. Lubich was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
Nikolai A. Lubich was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Viktor I. Tikhikh, was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
Viktor I. Tikhikh, was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
- OCTOBER 26, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. DEATH PENALTY BILL PASSES FIRST READING IN PARLIAMENT
the Belarusian National Assembly's House of Representatives (parliament's lower house) passed the first reading of the amendments to the Penal Code that provide for the temporary use of capital punishment in Belarus.
- OCTOBER 24, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is envisaged for 14 crimes.
The death penalty is envisaged for 14 crimes.
- OCTOBER 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. MURDERER OF PREGNANT SHOP ASSISTANT SENTENCED TO DEATH
Alexei M. Serdukov, a 36-year-old jobless resident of the Ivatsevichi district, Brest region, was sentenced to death by a regional court panel for the murder of a pregnant shop assistant.
- OCTOBER 10, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. MINISTRY AGAINST ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the full abolition of the death penalty in Belarus in favor of life imprisonment would not be helpful, though the number of death sentences is declining, reporters were told at the corrections department of the Belarusian Interior Ministry.
- OCTOBER 10, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
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.
- JULY 15, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHAIRMAN IN FAVOUR OF DEATH PENALTY
Grigory Vasilevich, chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus, said that he believed death penalty was a strong deterrent against crime that should be retained.
- JULY 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. DEATH PENALTY MIGHT BE ANNULLED VIA A NATIONAL REFERENDUM
Belarussian deputy presidential chief of staff Natalya Petkevich said the death sentence might be annulled in Belarus via a national referendum.
- JULY 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. COUNTRY MAY ANNUL DEATH SENTENCE THROUGH REFERENDUM, OFFICIAL
Belarus deputy presidential chief of staff Natalya Petkevich said the death sentence might be annulled in the country via a national referendum.
- JUNE 29, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
the chairperson of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly...
the chairperson of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly...
- JUNE 28, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Vitsebsk Region court, Belarus, made public the sentences handed down to four members of a gang which operated in Polatsk.
- JUNE 24, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
the president of Belarus submitted a draft law to the parliament that, inter alia...
the president of Belarus submitted a draft law to the parliament that, inter alia...
- MARCH 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
the Constitutional Court concluded its assessment...
the Constitutional Court concluded its assessment of the compliance of the death-penalty provisions in the Criminal Code with the Constitution, following a request from the House of Representatives of the National Assembly.
- JANUARY 24, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarus is about to introduce moratorium on capital punishment
Belarus is about to introduce moratorium on capital punishment, chairman of the country’s Supreme Court, Valentin Sukalo
- NOVEMBER 19, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw was...
Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw was reported as saying: "At present the death penalty is resorted to in Belarus as a truly exceptional measure
- OCTOBER 5, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
There were no people sentenced to death in Belarus,...
There were no people sentenced to death in Belarus, chief of the Belarussian Interior Ministry's department of corrections Vladimir Kovchur told reporters
- OCTOBER 4, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The human rights organization Amnesty International...
The human rights organization Amnesty International launched a campaign urging Uzbekistan and Belarus to end capital punishment
- JUNE 10, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the...
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe for a two-day conference entitled "The Death Penalty and the Right to Live