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Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Governments must stop abusing emergency powers during COVID-19 pandemicAuthorities in Kazakhstan have welded apartment doors shut to trap residents inside, while Chechen police have assaulted people for not wearing facemasks
Press release 29 Apr 2020 -
Belarus must not execute Viktar SerhilDespite continuing pressure, Belarusian authorities continue to carry out executions.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Mar 2020 -
Man at risk of imminent executionBelarusian man at risk of execution, following a trial which human rights defenders say violated his right to fair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Dec 2019 -
Urgent Action: Protect rights of juvenile prisoners
Emil Astrauko and Vasily Sauchanka are held in juvenile prison in Belarus in conditions which violate their human rights.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Two prisoners at risk of imminent execution
There is grave concern that the only two known prisoners on death row in Belarus are at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Two more prisoners executed in Belarus
Belarusian prisoners, Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy have been executed, likely on 19 or 20 November.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
World Day Against Death Penalty: powerful video shows horror for familiesPress release 09 Oct 2018
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Death penalty cruelty - a stain on governmentsPrisoners under sentence of death around the world are often subjected to the cruellest conditions of detention.
Blog post 09 Oct 2018 -
Urgent Action: Iranian in Belarus at risk of imminent deportation
Iranian citizen Mehrdad Jamshidian, who suffers from acute ill-health, is at imminent risk of deportation to Iran.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action: Fate and whereabouts of policeman unknown in Belarus
Former Chechen policeman Artur Aydamirov, 34, disappeared on 8 June in Brest, Belarus.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action: Health concerns for jailed Belarusian activist
Activist Dzmitry Paliyenka, is serving a two-year prison sentence for peacefully opposing restrictions on cyclists.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action: Two sentenced to death in Belarus
Two men were sentenced to death in Belarus on after their sentences of life imprisonment were quashed on appeal.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Execution imminent after death sentence upheld in Belarus
The death sentences of Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy were upheld by the Supreme Court of Belarus.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Whereabouts of detained Chechen unknown in Russia
Imran Salamov was forcibly returned from Belarus to Russia on 5 September, his exact whereabouts unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Chechen man's whereabouts in Russia unknown
Imran Salamov is a 39-year old Chechen man who was forcibly returned from Belarus to Russia on 5 September.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action: Belarus sentences two men to death
Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy were convicted and sentenced to death by the Mahiliou Regional Court, in eastern Belarus, on 21 July 2017. Theirs are the second and third death sentences imposed in Belarus in 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Aliaksei Mikhalenya at risk of imminent execution in Belarus
Aliaksei Mikhalenya was sentenced to death by the Homel Regional Court, in southeast Belarus, on 17 March. His sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court on 30 June and he is now at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Update Belarus: Chechen man at risk if extradited from Belarus
Chechen torture survivor Murad Amriev was detained on the night of 7 June as he attempted to enter Belarus. The Chechen authorities have asked for his extradition to Russia to face charges in Grozny, the Chechen capital.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Journalist may lose son after covering protests in BelarusThe Belarusian authorities are threatening to take journalist Larysa Schiryakova’s 10-year-old son away from her. This threat follows her critical reporting of events in the country including the ongoing crackdown against peaceful protesters.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Kiryl Kazachok at risk of imminent execution in BelarusKiryl Kazachok has decided not to appeal the death sentence he was given on 28 December 2016 and is now at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Mar 2017
