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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11696
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NEWS BRIEFS / Belarus

EU criticises new death sentence despite commitments by Belarus

04/01/2017 (Agence Europe)On Thursday 29 December, a spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) denounced a new death sentence handed down in Belarus, this time to Kiryl Kazachok for murdering his two children.  "This sentence, which follows the execution of four persons earlier this year, goes against the commitments made by Belarus authorities to consider the introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty", the spokesperson stated.  The European Union calls on...