Update: Two Prisoners at Risk of Imminent Execution

There is grave concern that the only two known prisoners on death row in Belarus, Aliaksandr Zhylnikau and Viachaslau Sukharko, are at risk of imminent execution.

There is grave concern that the only two known prisoners on death row in Belarus, Aliaksandr Zhylnikau and Viachaslau Sukharko, are at risk of imminent execution. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Urging the Belarusian authorities to halt the executions of Aliaksandr Zhylnikau and Viachaslau Sukharko;
• To Immediately establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty;
• To commute all death sentences to terms of imprisonment.

Contact these two officials by 25 January, 2019:

Chair of the Parliamentary Working Group on the Death Penalty Andrei Naumovich Ul. Sovetsakaya d.8 231291 Lida Belarus Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Mr Naumovich

Chargé d´Affaires Mr. Pavel Shidlovsky, Embassy of Belarus 1619 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington DC 20009 Phone: 1 202 986 1604 I Fax: 1 202 986 1805 OR Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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