Death penalty in Belarus

Henadz Yakavitski was shot on the same day as Ivan Kulesh and Syarhei Hmyaleuski – November 5.

Ivan Kulesh from Lida District was sentenced to death for robbery and the murder of three women.

The existing sanctions were imposed for other reasons, Jim Kansas said.

Four death row inmates can be executed at any moment in Belarus, according to human rights defenders.

Death penalty numbers and facts have been collected in the book.

A Homiel resident is sentenced to death for raping and brutally murdering two young women in south-eastern Belarus.

OSCE/ODIHR director Michael Georg Link calls on Belarus to stop executions, introduce immediate moratorium on death penalty.

The statement was made after the Supreme Court of Belarus upheld the verdict for Henadz Yakavitski.

The EU, together with Belarusian officials in Minsk are trying to "overcome the contradictions."