BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

07/02/2008

Council Of Europe Condemns Executions In Belarus

Council of Europe Secretary-General Terry Davis on February 6 condemned the three death sentences recently carried out in Belarus, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported. The previous day, Belarus's Supreme Court announced that Syarhey Marozau, Valery Harbaty, and Ihar Danchanka, sentenced to death for running an organized crime group, were executed by shooting (see "RFE/RL Newsline," February 6, 2008). "I am saddened by the stubborn determination of the Belarus authorities to isolate their country from the rest of Europe. With the three executions carried out yesterday, they continue to flaunt their blatant disregard for the human values and achievements common to all other European countries," Davis said in a statement. He also said that although Belarus is not a member of the Council of Europe, which has banned the death penalty, it is a member of the United Nations, whose General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/02/3-cee/cee-070208.asp

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