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Catherine Ashton urges to introduce death penalty moratorium in Belarus

The EU's representative for foreign affairs and security policy has said this at the European Parliament's session in Brussels on February 1.

02.02.2012 16:21

According to Aston's words reported by RIA Novosti , she is convinced that there is a necessity for a global moratorium for death penalty. This is how she commented upon the situation with Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou, convicted for the terrorist act in Minsk metro. 


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