PACE president expresses shock at execution of Kanavalaw, Kavalyow

20.03

The president of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) expressed shock at the execution of Dzmitry Kanavalaw and Uladzislaw Kavalyow, who were sentenced to death in last year’s subway bombing.

In his March 18 statement, Jean-Claude Mignon described the execution of the two young men as an “irreparable act.” “The Belarusian authorities have once again remained deaf to the many calls of the international community for clemency. The death penalty is cruel and unnecessary, it is a barbaric practice that has no place in a civilized society,” the PACE president said.

Mr. Mignon said that PACE had repeatedly urged the Belarusian authorities to spare the men death, not only because “the death penalty is wrong in principle” but also because of the “many questions about the fairness of their trial.”

He expressed condolences to the families of Messrs. Kanavalaw and Kavalyow.

Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal condemned the executions and described the application of the death penalty in Belarus as unacceptable. He also called on the European Union to introduce harsher sanctions against Belarus.

Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, European Parliament President Martin Schulz and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland also joined the international chorus denouncing the executions. // ]]> BelaPAN ]]>

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