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Stop the Execution of Kanavalau and Kavalyou!

16.03.2012   
Dzmitry Kanavalau (Dmitry Konovalov) and Uladzislau Kavalyou (Vladislav Kovalyov) may still be alive. They were sentenced to death for a crime they most probably did not commit. PLEASE sign this last minute appeal.

Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou may still be alive.  They were sentenced to death for a crime they most probably did not commit.  PLEASE sign this last minute appeal. 

Immediately Stop the Execution of Kanavalau and Kavalyou!

Yesterday, on March 14th, Aleksandr Lukashenko announced his decision not to pardon Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou -- the two men convicted of organizing the terrorist attack in the Minsk subway in 2011. This means that Kavalyou and Kanavalau have either been executed already, or could be at any moment now.

According to Belarusian law, the date and time of executions as well as the place where the bodies are buried are never revealed either to the families, or to the public.

However, as stated by human rights groups, independent experts and victims of the attack, the two men were not proven guilty in the Court.

We are convinced that the initial confession of Dzmitry Kanavalau was given under torture. Uladzislau Kavalyou was ordered to testify against Dzmitry, which he refused to do publicly during the Court hearing.

Many of the victims of the attack as well as the lawyer of Uladzislau Kavalyou repeatedly stated at the trial that there were inconsistencies and that there was no evidence proving any involvement of Kanavalau and Kavalyou in the organization of explosions.

Both the investigation and the trial itself can be defined as controversial and unfair. We also believe the case against Kanavalau and Kavalyou was fabricated.

We demand that Aleksandr Lukashenko immediately stops the execution. We also demand that the Belarusian authorities start a new impartial investigation into the explosions of 2011, 2008 and 2005. We urge Belarus to issue a moratorium on the death penalty.

We are calling on the European Union to consolidate their stand and take immediate action towards extending the sanctions on Belarus.

We must demonstrate a firm position. We shall do everything possible to stop the execution and save Kavalyou and Kanavalau -- the last two witnesses of this horrific crime committed by the Belarusian authorities.  

As of the early hours of 16 March the appeal has been endorsed by 23 organizations.  If your NGO or you personally would like to add your name, please write to [email protected] and write Belarus in the theme.  

THANK YOU!

Avatud Vabariik (Estonia)

Belarusian Tribunal  (Netherlands, Estonia, Sweden)

Estonian Institute of Human Rights

Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union

Kharkiv Human Rights Group

Institute of Economic and Social Problems "Republic"

Sveriges Belarusier

Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan

Human Rights Center "Postup"

Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights

Crimean Human Rights Centre "Действие" (Action)

Kherson City Association of Journalists “Pivden’” (“South”)

Committee Against Torture

Association for Human Rights in Central Asia

Luhansk Regional Mediation Group

Kherson Regional Charity and Health Foundation

Newspaper "Vhoru"

“M’ART” [Youth Alternative], Chernihiv

Public Alternative

Free Belarus Now

Vinnytsa Human Rights Group

CF "Virtus"

Адаптаційний чоловічий центр

"За профессиональную помощь"

Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Moscow Helsinki Group

Free Belarus Theatre

Association of Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement

Luhansk Regional Committee of Voters of Ukraine

Crimean Section, Association of Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement

For Human Rights (Russia)

International Women’s Rights Centre La Strada Ukraine

Andrei Manchuk

Yevgenia Zakrevskaya, defence lawyer

Ludmila Klochko, KHPG

Yelena Ashchenko, KHPG

Vladimir Hlushchenko, KHPG

Svetlana Kusaikina, KHPG

Iryna Rapp, KHPG

Gennady Tokarev, KHPG

Nikolai Kholtobin, KHPG

Alexander Volodarsky, journalist and civic activist

Social Action Centre (Without Borders Project )

Chernihiv Public Committee for Human Rights Protection 

Regional Initiatives Foundation

Sergii Kutnii, Ukraine

Sabine Rossmann,   Bielefeld, Germany

Olga Morkova, Ukraine

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Polanad, Warsaw

Yana Zaikina, KHPG

Ukrainian Association of Women Defence Lawyers

Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy

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