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"en.20120216.28.4-483-000"2
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"Mr President, while the use of the death penalty is on the decline worldwide, the government of Belarus is the only European government to retain this practice. We need to make it absolutely clear to President Lukashenko, who likes to emphasise his country’s European credentials, that state-sponsored murder is not compatible with European values.
Since Belarus gained its independence, at least 400 people have died under the death sentence; at least four people have been executed in the last two years.
Under Belarusian criminal law, the timing of the execution is not made public, even to family members. The body of the executed person is not handed over to the bereaved for burial and the burial location is also kept secret.
The same fate now awaits Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev, despite the fact that the judgments have been handed down in an unfair process. The rule of law has not been upheld. There are many reasons to believe that Mr Konovalov’s confession was obtained under torture. The penalty may be carried out at any moment and the international community therefore urgently needs to increase pressure on the government in Minsk.
With this resolution, we are calling for the sentence to be commuted immediately and for an initial moratorium on the death penalty, followed by its complete abolition."@en1
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