The remains of two Belarusians executed last Friday should be returned to their families for proper burial, Amnesty International said in a statement on its web site.
“Despite publicly stating its intention to abolish the death penalty, the Belarusian government continues to issue death sentences and execute prisoners," Amnesty International Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia John Dalhuisen is quoted in the statement as saying.
"President Alexander Lukashenko should establish an immediate moratorium on the death penalty… The Belarusian authorities must also release the bodies to the families of the two men,” he said.
Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalyov were sentenced to death for carrying out a deadly subway bombing in 2011.
The bombing, carried out in the Minsk metro on April 11, 2011, killed 15 people and injured more than 200 and disrupted subway operations for days. Police detained Konovalov and Kovalyov the day after the bombing.
Under Belarusian law, the remains of the two men are to be buried in secret graves.
The EU has condemned the executions. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged Belarus to join a moratorium on the death penalty during an interview with Kommersant FM radio station.
Belarus is the only country in Europe that still uses capital punishment.
