Number of Executions
The following is a rough estimate of number of executions carried out since 1990, as per Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD):
- 1990 – 20
- 1991 – 14
- 1993 – 20
- 1994 – 24
- 1995 – 46
- 1997 – 46
- 1998 – 47
- 1999 – 13
- 2000 – 4
- 2001 – 7
- 2007 – at least one
- 2008 – at least 4
- 2009 – 0
- 2010 – 2
- 2011 – 2
The exact number of people executed in Belarus is not known, since the last documents released by the Belarusian Government were in 2006. Moreover other sources, notably BelaPAN, have published somewhat different data. BelaPAN, the abbreviation for "Беларускае прыватнае агентства навiн" (Belarusian Private News Agency), records 278 executions from 1992 to 2010 with two additional men under death sentence in September 2010. Due to some of the practices of the MVD, such as the non-disclosure of the graves of the executed, this is a violation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe protocol to make information about capital punishment open to the public.
Executions in Belarus between 1985 and 2010 (BelaPAN 2010):
- 1985 – 21 – Belarus SSR
- 1986 – 10
- 1987 – 12
- 1988 – 12
- 1989 – 5
- 1990 – 20
- 1991 – 21
- 1992 – 24 – Independent
- 1993 – 20
- 1994 – 25
- 1995 – 27
- 1996 – 29
- 1997 – 46
- 1998 – 47
- 1999 – 13
- 2000 – 4
- 2001 – 7
- 2002 – 4
- 2003 – 4
- 2004 – 5
- 2005 – 5
- 2006 – 9
- 2007 – 3
- 2008 – 2
- 2009 – 2
- 2010 – 2
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