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\n\n Alaksandar Taratuta\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Video by Belarus 1 \/ Still by Pozirk)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

October 7, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar Taratuta from S\u0142uck, Minsk region, was executed on October 9, 2024, after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence imposed on the man for murdering his three-year-old son, rights defender Andrej Pa\u0142uda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activist, who coordinates the Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty campaign, addressed the opposition Coordination Council\u2019s hearing on the death penalty in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years ago, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Taratuta to death, while the other defendant in the case, Anastasija Taratu\u00adta, the boy\u2019s moth\u00ader, was giv\u00aden 25 years in prison. The parents were found guilty on charges of torturing and murdering the minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2023, the parents hit their son at least 14 consecutive times and called an ambulance when he died, investigators said. The child was reportedly regu\u00adlar\u00adly beat\u00aden for mis\u00adbe\u00adhav\u00adior, was exhaust\u00aded and weighed only sev\u00aden kilo\u00adgrams at the time of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus remains the only country in Europe that still uses the death penalty. About 350 people have been executed during Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s 30 years in power, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said last year. Only a few cases of clemency are known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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