RUSSIA. ‘VOICE OF BESLAN’ AGAINST BRINGING BACK DEATH PENALTY

the public organization ‘The Voice of Beslan’ objected to the idea of suspending the death penalty moratorium currently in force in Russia. 
"The public organization The Voice of Beslan believes that the moratorium on the death penalty is a civilized measure. We do not want to become barbarians in response to barbarity. We do not support Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel, who represents the state in the trial of Nurpashi Kulayev, in his call for the highest penalty for [the defendant]- the death penalty," The Voice of Beslan said in a statement.
The authors of the document said they did not support a Beslan Mothers committee proposal that a nationwide referendum be held on lifting the death penalty moratorium. The September 1-3, 2004, hostage crisis at a Beslan school resulted in the death of 331 people, mostly children.