{"id":45794,"date":"2023-02-21T15:08:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lower-house-approves-death-sentence-for-high-treason\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lower-house-approves-death-sentence-for-high-treason","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45794\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower house approves death sentence for high treason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>February 21, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Belarusian National Assembly, has passed the second reading of a bill expanding the use of the death penalty.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t If enacted as it stands, public officials and military servicemen might face the death penalty for high treason, the bill says.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t It would introduce new measures against extremist and terrorist crimes. For instance, spreading deliberately false information or discrediting military and paramilitary organizations of Belarus would be classified as discrediting the state.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The bill would allow authorities to confiscate property and raise fines for so-called &#8220;anti-state crimes.&#8221; In the future, these fines could range from 18,500 ($6,630) to 1,850,000 rubels ($6.6 million).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The bill contains new provisions carrying punishment for terrorism propaganda and failure to protect state secrets.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t People who plan sabotage could be exempt from criminal liability if they cooperate with police to prevent a crime, the bill says.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The bill has yet to be approved by the upper chamber of the Belarusian National Assembly and signed into law by Alaksandr Luka\u0161enka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Belarus is the only country in Europe to use the death penalty. It is usually applied for aggravated murder but is also a possible punishment for deadly acts of terrorism. In May 2022, authorities introduced the death penalty for attempted acts of terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 21, BPN. The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Belarusian National Assembly, has passed the second reading of a bill expanding the use of the death penalty. If enacted as it stands, public officials and military servicemen might face the death penalty for high treason, the bill says. 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