The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area he was serving a 25-year sentence for murder.76 He has appealed the sentence to the Supreme Court.77 Pavel Nikolaevich Selyun (born on 20 July 1990 in the Minsk region, a Belarusian citizen) was sentenced to death by the Hrodna Regional Court on 12 June 2013 for murdering his wife and her alleged lover, among other criminal acts.78 He has appealed the sentence to the Supreme Court.79 Aleksandr Maratovich Grunov (born on 20 February 1988 in Homel, Belarus, a Belarusian citizen) was sentenced to death by the Homel Regional Court on 14 June 2013 for murdering a young woman by stabbing.80 He has appealed the death sentence to the Supreme Court.81 No information was reported on whether individuals sentenced to death have been granted clemency or had their sentence commuted during the reporting period.82 The number of death row inmates is unknown. Statistics on Executions No cases of execution have been reported during the reporting period. 76  “Urgent Action, Prisoner Kills Cellmate, Sentenced to Death”, Amnesty International, 13 June 2013, <http://www. amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR49/007/2013/en/f3801275-3750-4496-9c31-330fe5c8e15c/eur490072013en. pdf>. According to the Belarus Response to the ODIHR questionnaire on the death penalty, Grigory Antonovich Yuzepchuk was sentenced to death for committing an offence under “parts 15, 16 of paragraph 2 of Article 139 of the Criminal Code of Belarus”. 77  “Смертный приговор Григорию Юзепчуку оставлен в силе”, правозащитный центр “Вясна” [“The death sentence of Grigory Yuzepchuk is upheld”, Human Rights Centre “Vyasna”], 18 July 2013, <https://spring96.org/ru/ news/64496>. 78  According to Belarus Response to the ODIHR questionnaire on the death penalty, Pavel Nikolaevich Selyun was sentenced to death for committing offences under “parts 1, 6 of paragraph 2 of Article 139; paragraph 1 of Article 205; paragraph 1 of Article 347 and Article 378 of the Criminal Code of Belarus”. 79  “Urgent Action: A 23 year-old man has been sentenced to death in Western Belarus on 12 June for a double murder”, Amnesty International, 27 June 2013, <http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR49/009/2013/en/32c764c88c46-4885-833f-1d11056d2d03/eur490092013en.pdf>. 80  “Man sentenced to death for murdering young woman by stabbing her 102 times”, Belapan News Agency, 14 June 2013, <http://en.belapan.by/archive/2013/06/14/en_media_prigovor/>. According to the Belarus Response to the ODIHR questionnaire on the death penalty, Aleksandr Maratovich Grunov was sentenced to death for committing a crime under “part 6 of paragraph 2 of Article 139 of the Criminal Code of Belarus”. Note: Information about this person can be also found under name Alyaksandr Haryunou. 81  “Urgent Action: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to death in eastern Belarus on 14 June for the murder of a student on 20 September 2012”, Amnesty International, 19 June 2013, <http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ EUR49/008/2013/en/0731b453-ff82-45cb-ace0- 683bff2899b9/eur490082013en.pdf>. 82  Belarus Response, op.cit., note 59. 22