The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area Moratorium There is no moratorium on death sentences or executions in Belarus. The state did not report on any measures to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty. Method of Execution The death penalty is carried out by firing squad.75 Statistics on Death Sentences According to the statistics provided by the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Belarus to the OSCE, one individual was sentenced to death during the reporting period.76 Siarhei Ivanou, born in Rechytsa, Belarus on 3 April 1994, citizen of the Republic of Belarus, was found guilty of a murder committed with particular cruelty; hooliganism committed repeatedly with the use of violence by a group of people; intentional infliction of serious bodily injury posing a threat to the victim’s life motivated by hooliganism; robbery with the use of violence posing a threat to the victim’s life or health committed repeatedly by a group of people, and repeated theft.77 As of 30 June 2015, the sentence against Ivanou had not been executed, with an appeal against the sentence pending before the Supreme Court of Belarus. Statistics on Executions According to the response of Belarus to the ODIHR questionnaire on the death penalty, two individuals were executed during the reporting period.78 Eduard Evgenevich Lykov (Lykau) (born in Moscow, Russia, on 15 March 1960, citizen of the Republic of Belarus) was sentenced to death by the Minsk Regional Court on 23 November 2013. Alyaksandr Haryunou (born in Homel, Belarus, on 20 February 1988, citizen of the Republic of Belarus) was sentenced to death by the Homel Regional Court on 24 December 2013 for premeditated murder committed with particular cruelty. The 75  Criminal Code, op.cit., note 68. 76  Belarus response, op.cit., note 62. 77  Ibid. 78  Ibid. 21