EXTERNALAI Index: EUR 49/01/96

23 January 1996

Further information on UA 239/95 (EUR 49/06/95, 18 October 1995) and follow-up (EUR 49/07/95, 21 November 1995) - Fear of imminent execution

BELARUSIgor Yurevich Kopytin, aged 24

(ИГОР ЮРЬЕВИЧ КОПЫТИН in Russian)

Amnesty International has just learned that Igor Yurevich Kopytin's death sentence has been repealed by the Supreme Court of Belarus and substituted for 15 years' imprisonment. This decision followed a call by his lawyer for a judicial review. No further details are available at present.

No further action by the Urgent Action Network is requested. Thank you to all who sent appeals.