2010-03-12: Human rights defenders against death penalty

In January 2010 the human rights organization Viasna and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee launched the campaign “Human rights defenders against death penalty.” The campaign aims to disseminate objective information and in the long term work for abolition of the death penalty.

Abolition of the death penalty is a prerequisite for normalization of the relations between Belarus and the EU, Viasna says in its latest report.

Read Viasnas report on human rights in Belarus in January 2010
Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in Belarus in January 2010

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