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Belarus: Imminent execution must be stopped - 7 October 2009

Amnesty International has urged the President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenka to grant clemency to a man who may be facing imminent execution

Imminent execution in Belarus must be stopped - 7 October 2009

Ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International has urged the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenka, to grant clemency to a man who may be facing imminent execution.
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The government continued to exert excessive control over civil society. State control over the media increased, and restrictions on independent media continued.

Belarus defies Council of Europe call for a moratorium - 30 June 2009

The authorities in Belarus continue to ignore international pressure on them to declare a moratorium on the death penalty. Amnesty International and the Belarusian H

Cruel, discriminatory, unfair and degrading – the death penalty in 2008 - 23 March 2009

More people were executed in Asia than in any other part of the world in 2008. By contrast, in Europe, only one country continues to use the death penalty: Belarus.

Stop executions in Belarus - 23 March 2009

Belarus is the last country in Europe and in the former Soviet Union that still carries out executions.

Belarus: Time to end executions - 24 March 2009

“…every capital execution is one too many.”

Amnesty International to launch reports calling for the abolition of the death penalty - 19 March 2009

On 24 March 2009, Amnesty International will release its global death penalty statistics, looking at how many people were executed or sentenced to death across the w

Growing calls for end to executions at UN - 18 December 2008

Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the United Nations on T
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