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on social media The first death sentence of the year has been handed down in Belarus, human rights center Viasna, which is unregistered in the republic, said on Jan. 15. “A Minsk region court at an ad hoc hearing in Slutsk handed down sentences to three men charged with killing pensioners and attempting to kill an 85-year-old woman. One of them, local resident Vitaly Skrundik, received the death penalty, and his accomplices received 22 years and 18 years in a high-security penal colony,” Viasna said in a statement posted on its website. This article is available to subscribers...

Previously, the Supreme Court overturned the sentence, and sent the case for reconsideration. At a court hearing held today, on January 15, in the city of Slutsk, the Minsk Regional Court handed down a verdict to three defendants in the trial on charges of killing two elderly persons and attempting to murder an 85-year-old woman in January 2019, reports the Viasna HRC website. Earlier, the Supreme Court overturned the verdict and sent the case for retrial. In the practice of passing death sentences in Belarus, it is a rare occurrence when the Supreme Court board overturns an earlier sentence,...

24.12.2020, 8:35 Belarusians intend to protest until they win. In Minsk, residents of Uskhod, Zialiony Luh and Kalinouski Street lined up in a Solidarity chain, and there was a march in Paudniovy Zakhad, Nexta reports. Navapolatsk residents also marched through the town yesterday. Slutsk and Siomkaushchyna say "hello" to all the free Belarusians. "Together - we will win!" Residents of Zaslaye met for the Solidarity rally with a "declarative" poster in their hands. "No Lukashenka In The New Year!"