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On 10 October the 11th anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty was marked. Civil society activists from different countries reminded the international community about the absurdity of this kind of punishment and the cruelty of executions.

– I am deeply disappointed by the rulings of Belarusian courts which continue to hand down death sentences to the country’s citizens, The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklos Haraszti, says, expressing his regret regarding the decision of the country’s Supreme Court.

Belarusian human rights defenders and lawyers, trained in the framework of the “International Law in Advocacy” program, presented their projects in the field of human rights protection and invited colleagues to join their implementation during the event in Vilnius.

The opening of the musical project “The Last Dawn”, whose members advocate for an end to the practice of the death penalty in Belarus will take place on 5 October on the live air of the web portal tut.by ad the internet editions naviny.by and “Nasha Niva”. The live air will started at 7 p.m.

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Ales Bialiatski, President of the Human Rights Center Viasna, has been awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2013.

The representatives of FIDH and Belarusian NGOs will discuss the current state of human rights in Belarus. The most recent information from the Belarusian human rights defenders and their international colleagues will be presented. The speakers will touch upon the issues, that are of greatest concern for Belarusian human rights defenders.

Political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich (right) blade cut his abdomen in protest against the humiliating attitude of the prison administration. Despite the his exemplary behavior, the administration tried to discredit him, filing a report stating that he was not in his bed after the lights-out time.

As part of the educational program “International Law in Advocacy” the Belarusian human rights defenders had a meeting with their Ukrainian colleagues and had the opportunity to learn about the experiences of the office of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights.