Human rights defender Leonid Svetsik plans to hold a rally to familiarize residents of Vitebsk with the problems associated with the presence and use of the death penalty in Belarus. Corresponding application for the action filed by him in the administration of the Railway District of Vitebsk.

"I believe that the death penalty is a very serious issue for the Belarusian society. On the one hand, through the death kaznі State ensures the protection of the people from criminals who encroach on their lives, and to apply such criminals deserved their punishment . However, on the other hand, there is a possibility of judicial error, which can not be corrected, the cost of which can be life of any innocent man," - Leonid Svetsik said.

According to him, it takes time to citizens and Belarusian ruling elite gradually came to realize that sooner or later have to abandon the death penalty in Belarus, or temporarily suspend the death penalty. " I have declared a picket - it is a step in the direction of the general debate on the death penalty in our country," - the Vitebsk human rights defender said.