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The European Union condemns the recent execution of a death row convict in Belarus.
He has been executed for killing his cellmate, Viasna reports referring to Mahilyou Province Court.
Pavel Selyun was sentenced to capital punishment by Hrodna Regional Court last June of violating four articles in the Penal Code of Belarus.
Belarus' Supreme Court rules to uphold the death sentence pronounced to Aliaksandr Hrunou from Homel for female student's murder.
The sentence was pronounced on the morning of December 24.
The EU's High Representative on Foreign Affairs expresses sorrow over another death sentence made by a Belarus court recently.
53-year-old Russian citizen Edward Lykov is accused of 5 episodes of murder committed under the influence of alcohol.
The head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church replied it to Tamara Selyun whose son was sentenced to death earlier.
Aliaksandr Hrunou, sentenced to death for murder, will appear in the Homel Regional Court for a re-trial.
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