Capital punishment in Belarus, analytics, Petition against the Death Penalty in Belarus
Belarus is the last country in Europe and former Soviet Union that is still carrying out the death penalty. Amnesty International, Human Rights Centre “Viasna”, Belarusian Helsinki Committee and other human rights defenders in Belarus oppose the death penalty in all cases without exception. The death penalty is a violation of the right to life, guaranteed by the Constitution of Belarus and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Nothing can justify the purposeful and ruthless taking of a human life by State.
The death penalty is a destructive and divisive public policy that has been shown to have no special deterrent effect on crime. It distracts from effective measures being taken against criminality through promoting simplistic responses to complex human problems. It denies the possibility of rehabilitation and reconciliation. It prolongs the suffering of the murder victim’s family, and extends that suffering to the relatives of the condemned prisoner. Amnesty International, Human Rights Centre “Viasna”, Belarusian Helsinki Committee does not seek to belittle the suffering of the families of murder victims, and recognizes and endorses a government’s duty to protect the rights of all people under its jurisdiction. However, executions are a symptom of a culture of violence rather than a solution to it. By executing a person the state commits a premeditated killing and shows a similar readiness to use physical violence as the criminal.
In Belarus the use of the death penalty is compounded by a flawed criminal justice system that administers capital punishment in a manner that violates international laws and standards pertaining to the death penalty. There is credible evidence that torture and ill-treatment are used to extract “confessions”; condemned prisoners may not have access to effective appeal mechanisms; and the inherently cruel, inhuman and degrading nature of the death penalty is compounded for death row prisoners and their relatives by the secrecy surrounding the death penalty. Neither prisoners nor their families are told the execution date in advance and prisoners must live with the fear that every time their cell door opens they may be taken for execution.
We call on the President and Parliament of Belarus to immediately declare a moratorium on death sentences and executions as a first step towards full abolition of the death penalty.
The number of signatories 17 565
Name | Country | Date of fill |
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joanna rzeczkowska | northampton, uk | 15.05.2012 |
Mirosław Hojnacki | Pniewy, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Inga Gdaniec - Flisikowska | Skarszewy, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Ewa Kołkowska | łódź, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Paweł Topoleski | Gdańsk, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Natalia Bartkowiak | Piekary Śląskie, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Patrycja Barnaś | Brzesko, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Magdalena Piekut | Zagórze, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Zawadzka | Gliwice, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Tomasz Śledź | Przewóz, Poland | 15.05.2012 |
Natalia Bury | Wrocław, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Teresa Kugiel | Gdańsk, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
dorota cieciura | katowice, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Ewa Kaczor | Radom, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
karolina celak | zgorzelec, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Ewa Starosta | Zielona Góra, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Sandra Bryk | Solec Kujawski, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Skonieczna - Król | Racibórz, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Magdalena Badura | Bytom, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Joanna Katarzyna Siuciak | Gorzów Wlkp., Polska | 15.05.2012 |
magdalena łukasiak | kadzidło, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Dorota Moczulska | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Izabela Pliszka | Gdańsk, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
JOANNA GRYNIEWICZ | DĄBROWA GÓRNICZA, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
Daria Fiegler | Żyrowa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Joanna Jaskólska | Stara Błotnica, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Magdalena Cieślińska | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
ewa maria pruska | gdansk, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Pawlikowska | Czmon/Kornik, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
martyna ruan | northampton, uk | 15.05.2012 |
Nina Podleszańska | Kraków, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Maria Gałczyk | Lublin, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Alicja Reszka | Łąg, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Wioletta Misztak | Bytom, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anna Pankowska | Słubice, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Dorota Kalinowska | Skierniewice, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Dagmara Majewska | Częstochowa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Paulina Kruppa | Bytom, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Kowalska | SEROCK, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Rafał Wasilewski | Białystok, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Michał Wojciechowski | WARSZAWA, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
Paulina Bujnicka | Lodz, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Karol Mankiewicz | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Karolina Grodzka | Zambrów, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Banaś | Villajoyosa, Hiszpania | 15.05.2012 |
Grażyna Szymanek | Wrocław, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Kuśmierz | Lubin, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
daniel kierzkowski | dabrowa gornicza, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Śladowska | Maszyce, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Karol Wałdoch | BYTÓW, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Michał Rączka | Wrocław, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Monika Sobańska-Haśko | Rzeszów, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Tyburska | Jelonki, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
Justyna Gajewska | Radom, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Marta Skonieczna | Brwinów, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Ewa Cieklińska | Dębica, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Magdalena Stasiak | Brzeziny, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Emilia Sucharzewska | Biała Podlaska, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anna Chłopicka | Gniezno, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Barbara Zółkiewicz | kraków, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
Lucyna Tomecka | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anna Nowakowska | kamienna góra, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Dorota Ilczuk | Gdańsk, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Marcin Fiedorowicz | Wrocław, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Danuta Deputat | Szczecin, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Marzena Ilona Terlecka | Sosnowiec, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Leszek Kugiel | Gdańsk, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Paweł Woźniak | Lublin, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Sebastian Witkwski | świdnica, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Julita Wiśniewska | 15.05.2012 | |
Marta Osinska | Będzin, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anna Wasilewska | Białystok, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Dorota Jankowska | Góra Kalwaria, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Adam Kurzok | Mikołów, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Luiza Madrak | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
ANETA DUMALEWSKA | ZAMBRÓW, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
Kamila Subczyńska | Pabianice, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Klaudia Małgorzata Gaik | Częstochowa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Marta Pinda | Wałbrzych, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Malgorzata Nowosielska | Kerkrade, Holandia | 15.05.2012 |
BARBARA BUHNE | ŚWIDWIN, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
Lilianna Golimowska | Kowale, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
MARIOLA OPALIŃSKA | MARKI, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
Monika Kociołek | Pionki, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
jadwiga dubiej | purda, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Dmitrzyk | Żurawica, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Monika Szydłowska | Tychy, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anna Michałowska | Poznań, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Salamończyk | Kraków, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Pszczoła | Tarnogród, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
ilona jasnowska | słubice, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Patrycja Tyszkiewicz | Dębno, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Jagoda Szczukowska | Złotów, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Alicja Mizera | Bielsko Biała, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
magdalena jakubowska | wrocław, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Klaudia Fąfara | Solec Zdrój, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Kolenderska | Toruń, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Grzegorz Salisz | Siemianowice.ŚL, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Lidia Kurnik | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Kalita | Leczna, Polska | 15.05.2012 |