EXTERNAL (for general distribution)AI Index: EUR 49/01/95

Distr: UA/SC

16 February 1995

Further information on UA 283/94 (EUR 49/01/94, 22 July 1994) - Fear of imminent execution

Belarus:Sergey Vladimirovich KUTYAVIN, aged 32

(Сергей Владимирович КУТЯВИН in Russian)

Amnesty International fears that Sergey Vladimirovich Kutyavin faces imminent execution unless the Presidential Clemency Commission of Belarus reconsiders its decision to uphold his death sentence and recommends that the President exercises his constitutional authority to commute this death sentence.

Sergey Kutyavin was sentenced to death for murder by Mogilev Regional Court on 19 July 1993. His appeal against his death sentence was rejected by the Supreme Court of Belarus on 11 March 1994. His petition for clemency was turned down by the Presidential Clemency Commission on 15 December 1994. It is not clear whether the President has already signed the execution order for Sergey Kutyavin. He was still alive on 18 January 1995 when his mother visited him in prison. He could, however, be executed at any time.

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases and without reservation, on the grounds that it is a violation of the right to life and the right not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

FURTHER RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send telegrams/telexes/faxes/express and airmail letters:

- expressing regret at the Clemency Commission's decision to uphold Sergey Kutyavin's death sentence;

- calling on the Clemency Commission to reconsider it's decision on Sergey Kutyavin's fate and recommend that the President commute his death sentence;

- urging the President to exercise his constitutional authority and stop the execution of Sergey Kutyavin;

- urging the President to commute all other death sentences that come before him.

APPEALS TO

The President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenka

Respublika Belarus

220010 Minsk

pl. Nezavisimosti

Apparat Prezidenta

Prezidentu Respubliki Belarus LUKASHENKA A.

Telegrams:Belarus, 220010 Minsk, pl. Nezavisimosti,

Prezidentu Lukashenka A.

Faxes: + 7 017 2 27 25 14

Salutation: Dear President

The Chairman of the Presidential Clemency Commission, name not known

Respublika Belarus

220010 g. Minsk

pl. Nezavisimosti

Apparat Prezidenta Respubliki Belarus

Komissiya po voprosam pomilovaniya

Predsedatelyu

(i.e. to the Chairman)

Telegrams: Belarus, 220010 Minsk, pl. Nezavisimosti, Komissiya pomilovaniya

Faxes: + 7 017 2 27 25 14

Salutation: Dear Chairman

COPIES OF YOUR APPEALS TO:

The Head of the Department for Applications for Clemency and Citizenship at the President's Office, name not known

Respublika Belarus

220010 g. Minsk

pl. Nezavisimosti

Apparat Prezidenta Respubliki Belarus

Otdel po voprosam pomilovaniya i grazhdanstva

Zaveduyushchemu otdelom

(i.e. to the Head of Department)

The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus, Uladzimir S. Karavay

Respublika Belarus

220030 Minsk

Leninsky pr., 28

Verkhovny Sud Respubliki Belarus

Predsedatelyu KARAVAYU U.S.

The Procurator General of Belarus, Vasil Shaladonau

Respublika Belarus

220050 Minsk

ul. Internatsionalnaya, 22

Prokuratura Respubliki Belarus

Generalnomu prokuroru SHALADONAU V.I.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Uladzimir Syanko

Respublika Belarus

220030 Minsk

Leninsky pr., 8

Ministerstvo inostrannykh del

Ministry SYANKO U.

and to diplomatic representatives of Belarus accredited to your country.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 30 March 1995.