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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-02-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Death penalty in Belarus, in particular, the case of Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120216.28.4-504-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-16-Speech-4-505-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Michel Barnier2
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the diversity and number of your speeches and the passion and sincerity they expressed demonstrates the strong emotions felt by your House across all parties, in response to the two death sentences handed down in Belarus to Mr Konovalov and Mr Kovalev. I would like to say, on behalf of the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Baroness Ashton, that we are also deeply concerned by these two sentences. Mr Konovalov and Mr Kovalev were sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Belarus on 30 November for their alleged involvement in the Minsk metro attack of March 2011, which left 15 dead and more than 200 injured, as well as attacks committed in Vitebsk in 2005 and Minsk in 2008. While strongly condemning all acts of terrorism, along with the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Baroness Ashton, we also deplore this double death sentence. Baroness Ashton expressed this extremely clearly and firmly in a statement issued on 1 December 2011. The European Union opposes all use of the death penalty in all cases and under all circumstances, regardless of the crimes allegedly committed. The European Union considers the death penalty a cruel and inhumane punishment. The death penalty does not deter criminal behaviour and represents an affront to human dignity and integrity that we consider altogether unacceptable. We are thus committed to working for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, just as we chose to abolish it within the European Union. Along with Baroness Ashton, we are urging the Belarusian authorities not to proceed with the executions of Mr Konovalov and Mr Kovalev and to commute their death sentences. We also call on Belarus – which remains, as you pointed out, the only country on the European continent still to practise capital punishment – to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty, as you requested. This would be an initial step towards its abolition."@en1
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