Albania carried out its last civilian execution on or about the 29th of June 1995 by hanging. The death penalty has been abolished for murder since September 2000 but has not been abolished for treason and military offences. Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR came into force in Albania on the 1st of October 2000.
Armenia.
Armenia retains the death penalty for murder, treason and military offences. The last execution for murder, by a single bullet to the back of the head, took place in February 1991 and thereafter a moratorium was in place. The name of the criminal is not known. Armenia signed up to Protocol No. 6 on the 25th of January 2001.
Azerbaidzhan.
This country’s last executions for murder is thought to have taken place in February 1998 by a single bullet to the back of the head. There were 170 executions there between 1992 and 1998. The death penalty was abolished in 1998. Azerbaijan signed Protocol No. 6 on the 25th of January 2001.
Belarus retains the death penalty although there are few details released by the government. Despite constant pressure from the EU, Belarus is the only country in Europe to still use the death penalty.Two men sentenced to death in 2010 have been executed by shooting on July 20th 2011, reported the Hrodna newspaper Vecherny Grodno. Aleh Hryshkawtsow, 30, and Andrey Burdyka, 29, received the death sentences from the Hrodna Regional Court on May 14th, 2010. The sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court of Belarus on September 17th, 2010.
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