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"en.20120216.28.4-506-000"2
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"Mr President, the issue of enforcement of absolutely basic – and this should be underlined – absolutely basic human rights in Belarus is no longer only a concern. It is quite frankly alarming. We are talking here about such elementary issues as the right to life. A situation where the state apparatus freely decides on the life and death of its citizens is absolutely unthinkable, and any such situation should be condemned. Belarus remains the last country in Europe where the death penalty forms part of the legal system and is implemented. It is also a country whose government uses the judiciary to attack the independent opposition within the country. The most recent example is the sentencing to death of two men – Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev – who were convicted of the terrorist attacks in Vitebsk and Minsk in 2005, 2008 and 2011. This judgment was delivered even though no credible evidence was provided to show that the convicted men had committed the criminal offences of which they were accused. The men were denied legal assistance from lawyers. It should be stressed most emphatically that no circumstances can justify any failure to respect human beings and their dignity. At this point I urge the President of Belarus, Mr Alexander Lukashenko, to pardon and release Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev. I appeal also to the entire international community to call on the Belarusian authorities to respect human rights in all instances."@en1
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