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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11279

21 March 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 27
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) belarus

20/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU calls for respect of right to appeal. On Thursday 19 March, the European Union called for Siarhei Ivanou's right to appeal to be “fully guaranteed”. Ivanou, 21, was sentenced to death by the Homyel Regional Court in Belarus for raping and murdering a young woman in 2013. “We are conscious of the serious nature of the crimes for which Siarhei Ivanou was convicted (…) Nevertheless, the European Union opposes capital punishment in all cases as it cannot...

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