IKomiti Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yamalungelo Abantu namuhla isole iBelarus ngokwephula izivumelwano zayo zamazwe ngamazwe ngokubulala abantu ababili ngesikhathi amacala abo esacutshungulwa yikomiti.
Ikomidi - indikimba ezimele eqondise ukuthotshelwa kwesivumelwano se-International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - lizwakalise "ukudumala" ngokuthi ukubulawa kwabantu bekungokwesibili ukwephulwa okunjalo kweBelarus eminyakeni emibili.
Ngokwesitatimende sabezindaba esikhishwe yikomidi, u-Oleg Grishkovtsov no-Andrei Burdyko babenezinsolo zokuthi bahlukunyezwa ngesikhathi sophenyo lwangaphambi kokuqulwa kwecala futhi abazange bathole ukuqulwa kwecala ngendlela efanele. Imibiko yabezindaba iveze ukuthi laba bobabili batholwe benecala lokubulala behlosile, elokushaya behlomile, elokushisa, elokuthumba ingane, ukweba kanye nokubamba inkunzi.
Ikomiti lalicele iziphathimandla zaseBelarus ukuthi zingakwenzi ukubulawa kwabantu ngesikhathi kusacutshungulwa amacala abo. Usuku oluqondile lokubulawa kwabo alukakaziwa kodwa kusolwa ukuthi bagwetshwa phakathi kuka-13 no-19 July.
Ikomiti lithumele incwadi ku-Permanent Mission yaseBelarus e-Geneva, lizwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngokubulawa kwabantu okubonakala sengathi kuphulwa “isicelo sekomiti sezinyathelo zesikhashana zokuvikela.”
“Izicelo zethu zezinyathelo zesikhashana zokuvikela kuhloswe ngazo ukugwema ukulimala okungenakulungiseka kulabo abasolwa ngokuba yizisulu zokuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu. Ikomidi lidabukisa ukuthi, ngokuqhubeka nokubulala laba bantu ababili, iBelarus yephule kakhulu izibopho zayo ngaphansi kwe-Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” kusho uZonke Zanele Majodina, usihlalo wekomiti.
Lencwadi yathi ngaphansi kwesivumelwano: “Kubalulekile ukuba isigwebo sentambo sikhishwe kuphela ngokuphathelene nelungelo lokuqulwa kwecala ngendlela efanele. Ukukhishwa kwesigwebo sentambo ngemva kokuqulwa kwecala elingazange lihlangabezane nezidingo zokuqulwa kwecala ngendlela efanele kufana nokwephulwa kwesigaba 14 no-6 sesivumelwano,” kusho uNksz Zanele Majodina.
NgoMashi wonyaka odlule u-Andrei Zhuk noVasily Yuzepchuk babulawa naphezu kwesicelo sekomiti sezinyathelo zesikhashana zokuvikela, kusho yena.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The imposition of a death sentence after a trial that did not meet the requirements for a fair trial amounts to a violation of articles 14 and 6 of the covenant,” Ms.
- The committee deplores the fact that, by proceeding to execute these two individuals, Belarus has committed a grave breach of its obligations under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” said Zonke Zanele Majodina, the committee's chairperson.
- Ikomidi - indikimba ezimele eqondise ukuthotshelwa kwesivumelwano se-International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - lizwakalise "ukudumala" ngokuthi ukubulawa kwabantu bekungokwesibili ukwephulwa okunjalo kweBelarus eminyakeni emibili.
