General Prosecutor's Office of Belarus refused relatives of Vladislav Kovalev, one of the two shot two years ago on charges of committing a terrorist act in the Minsk metro in the resumption of the case on newly discovered evidence. Reported by human rights activist Raman Kislyak.

In March, the mother and sister of Vladislav Kovalev sent a statement to the Prosecutor General of Belarus Alexander Konyukov where requested to order the initiation of the criminal case on newly discovered evidence.

Lubov Kovaleva and Tatiana Kozyar justified by the fact that the UN Committee on Human Rights, where they addressed the complaint, found: Belarusian State has violated the right to life of Vladislav Kovalev. According to this international body, in a case Kovalev Belarusian State had violated several provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: the prohibition of the use of physical force and coercion to testify against himself, the presumption of innocence.

In addition, according to the UN, the court was not independent and impartial, violated the right to a review of the sentence by a higher tribunal.

In a statement, the women noted that identified by the UN Committee on Human Rights violations of the provisions of the International Covenant after penalty can only be corrected by a retrial, and their removal is necessary to ensure justice for Vladislav Kovalev and his posthumous rehabilitation.

According to human rights, which is the mother and sister of Vladislav Kovalev to the UN Committee on Human Rights, the death sentence was passed on the results of the trial with numerous procedural violations. The only possibility for relatives Vladislav rehabilitate him posthumously at least - is the resumption of the case and its reconsideration.

"From the response of the Prosecutor General, who received Love Kovalev and Tatiana Kozyar that decision by the Committee for Human Rights in the case of Vladislav Kovalev is not included in the list of grounds for a retrial on new circumstances provided for in Article 218 of the Criminal Procedure Code," - said the human rights activist.

He noted that the mother and sister of Vladislav Kovalev do not agree with such an answer and will appeal it, because they think : there is every reason for the inspection procedures in order to institute proceedings on newly discovered evidence.

"The Belarusian criminal law regarding the case Kovalev has no other legal mechanism to remedy violations identified by the Committee on Human Rights of the United Nations" - summed up the human rights activist.

Recall, the death sentence was handed down Vladislav Kovalev November 30, 2011 the Supreme Court. December 7 convict filed a petition for clemency to Alexander Lukashenko. March 11, 2012 the mother and sister of Vladislav Kovalev last met him on a date. March 17, 2012 relatives Kovalev received a letter from the Supreme Court that on March 15 the sentence was carried out.

Complaint mother of Vladislav Kovalev and his sister Tatiana Kozyar was registered in the UN Committee on Human Rights, December 15, 2011, examined - October 29, 2012.

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