{"id":47477,"date":"2023-06-30T13:07:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T10:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/upper-house-approves-bill-against-dead-war-criminals\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"upper-house-approves-bill-against-dead-war-criminals","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47477\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper house approves bill against dead war criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 30, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The Council of the Republic, the upper house of the National Assembly, has approved a bill that would allowing for criminal prosecution of the deceased, its press office reports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Belarusian MPs approved two readings of the bill on June 15.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t If Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka signs it into law as it stands, authorities would be authorized to prosecute deceased persons under 10 articles of the Criminal Code, including for &#8220;aggressive war,&#8221; international terrorism, genocide, manufacturing prohibited weapons, using weapons of mass destruction, and committing ecocide.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In mid-March, Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied said he was determined to prosecute deceased Nazis &#8220;to restore the full picture of their crimes.&#8221; He added that the prosecutors might demand the extradition of still-living SS fugitives from Latin America and Canada, as well as of suspects living in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 30, BPN. 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