As the final station of a series of pickets in front of belarusian embassies activists of Amnesty International staged a picket in Vienna on 3 July to call for the abolishment of death penalty in Belarus. Before actions have taken place in Berlin, Paris and Bern. Here are the pictures of the picket in Vienna.
Belarus defies Council of Europe call for a moratorium
Thursday, 02 July 2009
Amnesty International Press Release 30 June 2009
The authorities in Belarus continue to ignore international pressure on them to declare a moratorium on the death penalty, Amnesty International and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, said today. The two organizations have just learnt that the Brest regional court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death on 29 June.
Swiss Amnesty International activists said No to Death Penalty at a picket in front of the Embassy of Belarus in Bern. Amnesty International calls on Belarus to stop executions and, as the last country in Europe, to abolish the death penalty. Here are the pictures of the picket in Bern.
Staging a picket in front of the Embassy of Belarus in Paris french Amnesty International Activists called for an end of executions and the abolishment of death penalty in Belarus. Here are the pictures of the demonstration in Paris.
