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Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

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Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

Belarusian Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence In Double-Murder Case

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The Belarusian Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of murdering 2 women, despite calls from the European Union for Minsk bring an end to capital punishment.

The court pronounced its decision in the case against Alyaksandr Asipovich on May 14.

Human rights activist Andrey Paluda, who coordinates the Rights Defenders against Capital Punishment campaign, told RFE/RL that Asipovich had a right to appeal the court's decision at the United Nations' Human Rights Committee.

Paluda maintains that Asipovich's right to a fair trial was violated.

Under Belarusian law, Asipovich has 10 days to file a request for clemency from President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Asipovich's mother told RFE/RL that her son planned to request clemency.

The 36-year-old Asipovich has previous convictions for theft, robbery, hooliganism, and inflicting bodily harm.

He was convicted and sentenced to death on January 9 for the murders in 2018 of 2 women in the eastern city of Babruysk.

Belarus has drawn criticism from rights activists and EU states as the only European country that carries out the death penalty.

For years, the EU has urged Belarus to join other countries in declaring a moratorium on capital punishment.

According to rights organizations, more than 400 people have been sentenced to death in Belarus since it gained independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Human rights groups say Belarus carried out 1 execution in January, 1 in November, and 2 executions in May 2018.

Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Staff, May 15, 2019


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