MINSK — Belarus’s Supreme Court has upheld the appeal of a death-row inmate and annulled his sentence in a murder case, a very rare move in the tightly controlled state led by autocratic President Aleksander Lukashenko.
RFE/RL: Belarusian court cancels death sentence in high-profile case
A member of "Amnesty International" organization holds a poster reading "We demand the abolition of the death penalty. Belarus must introduce a moratorium on the death penalty" during their rally near Belarus embassy in Moscow on April 10, 2013.
