3 June 2002span> MINSK, 31 May (Racyja)–Hearings on the issue of the death penalty were held in the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament without a decision on introducing a moratorium being reached. The hearings were triggered by parliament’s renewed objective of joining the Council of Europe. Belarus’ special guest status in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe […]

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