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. Yuzepchuk’s lawyer submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee on October 12. The Committee has now called on the Belarusian government not to execute Yuzepchuk until it has considered the case.