In 1998, 47 death sentences were passed by Belarusian...

In 1998, 47 death sentences were passed by Belarusian courts, and 40 people were executed. According to General Procurator Oleg Bozhelko, 14 death sentences were carried out in 1999. According to Amnesty International, an unspecified number of executions took place during 2000, while on 10 July 2001 President Lukashenka was reported as saying that three people had been executed the previous year. It is believed that there were no executions in the first half of 2001.