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<\/a><\/p>\nMensenrechtenactivisten hebben een verklaring uitgebracht die de executie scherp veroordeeld en Lukashenko oproept een moratorium in te stellen. Iets waarvoor Amnesty International<\/a> al jaren actie voert. Klik op de link voor een protestbrief aan Lukashenko.<\/p>\n It was learned on 17 March 2012 that Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou, the two men sentenced to death in connection with the Minsk subway explosion in April 2011, had been executed.<\/p>\n The Belarusian authorities thus ignored the requests of representatives of the European Union and international human rights groups, and demonstrated their rejection of universally accepted principles of humanism and disregard for international law.<\/p>\n We believe the death penalty to be absolutely unacceptable. Such type of punishment is irreversible, brutal, inhumane and degrading. The execution of Kavalyou and Kanavalau is yet another symbol of the medieval despotism of the dictator regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka. This is a regime without an independent judicial system, trials which cover up the unlawful actions of the Belarusian authorities, endless human rights violations, and cases of politically motivated and still unsolved abduction of several political opponents of Lukashenka.<\/p>\n Members of the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and influential international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights House, have condemned the execution. They cite a number of well-founded reasons for concern regarding the fairness of the trial.<\/p>\n The men were executed despite the request from the UN Human Rights Committee to take no action until they had examined the appeal and despite the lack of a ruling on the final appeal stage in Belarus. The Belarusian authorities did not fully allow the men their constitutional rights and demonstrated ignorance of both domestic legislation and international agreements.<\/p>\n We are calling on the Belarusian authorities to respect human dignity and to return the bodies of the executed men to their families.<\/p>\n We also urge Aliaksandr Lukashenka to immediately issue a moratorium on the death penalty.<\/p>\n We are calling on the European Union to consolidate their efforts and to take further steps needed to ensure that the Lukashenka regime respects human rights and the fundamental principles of democracy.<\/p>\n Lyudmila Alexeeva, Moscow Helsinki Group, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n Lev Ponomarev, All-Russian Public Movement \u201cFor Human Rights\u201d, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n Lars B\u00fcnger, Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Germany, Switzerland<\/em><\/p>\n Irina Bogdanova, Free Belarus Now, United Kingdom<\/em><\/p>\n Natalia Koliada, Nikolai Khalezin, Free Belarus Theatre, United Kingdom<\/em><\/p>\n Lera Krasovskaya, Civil Initiative \u201cWe Remember\u201d, Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n Dzmitry Barodka, European Belarus, Belarus<\/em><\/p>\n Belarusian Tribunal, Netherlands, Sweden, Estonia<\/em><\/p>\n Young Front, Belarus<\/em><\/p>\n Bia\u0142oruski Dom w Warszawie, Poland<\/em><\/p>\n Michal Veselsky, Civic Belarus, Czech Republic<\/em><\/p>\n Yury Kozhuro, Sveriges Belarusier, Sweden<\/em><\/p>\n Silver Meikar, Estonian Institute of Human Rights, Estonia<\/em><\/p>\n Svetla Baeva, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Bulgaria<\/em><\/p>\n Arkady Bushchenko, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Olga Sadovskaya, Committee Against Torture, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n Olexandra Matviychuk, Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Maryna Tsapok, All-Ukrainian Youth NGO “Foundation of Regional Initiatives”, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Halyna Coynash, Kharkiv Human Rights Group, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Ludmila Klochko, Kharkiv Human Rights Group, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Yuri Dzhibladze, Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n \u0410ndrey Kalikh, Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n Andrei Blinushov, “Human Rights In Russia” (HRO.org), Russia<\/em><\/p>\n Jevgeni Krishtafovich, Avatud Vabariik, Estonia<\/em><\/p>\n Korespondent Wschodni, Poland<\/em><\/p>\n Abdujalil Boymatov, Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, Ireland<\/em><\/p>\n Nadejda Atayeva, Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, France<\/em><\/p>\n Kostiantyn Reutski, Human Rights Center “Postup”, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Yury Belousov, Association of Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Vadim Pyvovarov, Association of Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Kateryna Levchenko, International Women\u2019s Rights Centre La Strada Ukraine, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Natalia Shcherbata, Ukrainian Association of Women Defence Lawyers, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Alexei Svyetikov, Luhansk Regional Committee of Voters of Ukraine, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n Kiryll Atamanchik, Youth association StudAlliance, Lithuania<\/em><\/p>\n Volodymyr Khanas, Adaptative Mens Center, Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ondanks acties van onder andere Amnesty International zijn\u00a0Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou onlangs geexecuteerd door het Lukashenko-regime. Beide zijn in wat internationaal wordt gezien als een schijnproces ter dood veroordeeld voor de aanslag op de metro in Minsk in 2011. Wit-Rusland is het enige Europese land dat de doodstraf uitvoert. 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