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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Agata Siwiak | Poznań, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Dominik Jerzy Nowicki | Kraków, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Piotrowska | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
agnieszka kwietniewska | katowice, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Adam Pawłowski | Białystok, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Magdalena Kucharska | Polska, Gdynia | 15.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Derwich | Poznań, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Karolina Adamczyk | Brzeg, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Szwajca | Krakow, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Zbigniew Czubek | Tomaszó Lubelski, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anna Rybkowska | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Joanna Balicka | Prudnik, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
małgorzata łodej-stachowiak | Sady, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Ryszard Kędra | Zawada, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Roma Tomaszewska | Gostyń, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Sylwia Górnicka | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Edyta Jankowska | Gravesend, Anglia | 15.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Koncka | Łódź, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Marcin Matusiak | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
saime kucuk | london, englans | 15.05.2012 |
Karolina Malinowska | Łomża, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Ewa Wasilewska | Katowice, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Belqa Lo | Vilnius, Lithuania | 15.05.2012 |
Daria Odija | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anita Bonczyk | Cork, Irlandia | 15.05.2012 |
Anna Kaczyńska | Piaseczno, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Karolina Zielińska | Toruń, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Lidia Gruse | Gorzów Wielkopolski, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Migdał | Gdańsk, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anna Schmidt-Fic | Poznań, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
marta koprek | poznan, polska | 15.05.2012 |
RENATA MARCINKOWSKA | SKIERNIEWICE, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
KAtarzyna Orłowska | warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Alicya Lima | Silvolde, Netherlands | 15.05.2012 |
Tomasz Wojcik | PŁOŃSK, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
marta kwasek | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
serhan başçı | ankara, türkiye | 15.05.2012 |
Wiesława Machalica | Poznań, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
jolanta solińska | pełczyce, polska | 15.05.2012 |
Monika Dąbrowska | 15.05.2012 | |
Magda T | Oświęcim, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Paulina Robak | Wrocław, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Łukasz Sekuła | Krakowiany, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anita Strzelczyk | Marzenin, polska | 15.05.2012 |
dariusz wegrzynowski | jagow, polska | 15.05.2012 |
SYLWIA KURO | SWIECIE, POLSKA | 15.05.2012 |
Ewa Szalanska | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Anastazja Padlikowska | Warszawa, Polska | 15.05.2012 |
Tomasz Orłowski | Brwinów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Purchla | Croydon, Wielka Brytania | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Helena Grzegorska | Puszczykowo, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sebastian Paczkowski | Pniewy, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Rzońca | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Olga Orłowska | Brwinów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Elwira Siwiec | Świdwin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Tworkowska | Biała Podlaska, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aneta Cyrnek | Gorlice, Poska | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Madej | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Adam Szuraj | Ruda Śląska, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Daniel Brzeziński | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Mariola Braszczyńska | Kutno, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Michaluk | Dęblin, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Romaszewska | Świętochłowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
MAGDALENA MALECKA-GRUDZIEŃ | BYSTRZYCA KŁODZKA, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Wilczyńska | Sieradz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Urszula Dziurzynska | Crakow, Poland | 14.05.2012 |
Wiktoria Czerwińska | Malbork, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Stawiszyńska | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Łukasz Kowalczyk | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Tomasz Nowak | Skierniewice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jolanta Dutkowska | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Nowak | Skierniewice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Pawlica | 14.05.2012 | |
Dariusz Kłuciński | Katowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jerzy Szufa | Wieliczka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
GRZEGORZ MATCZAK | STARGARD SZCZ, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Anna Wieczorek | Piła, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Gaca | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marian Kępski | Wilków Wielki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Alicja Rogala | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Barbara Jakubiak-Możdżyńska | Otwock, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Zarzycka | Jedwabno 12-122, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Michał Gaca | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Danuta Wojtas-Kłucińska | Katowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Chwojnicka | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Filip Szamborski | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Dmitruk | Hajnówka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Romualda Kępska | Wilków Wielki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dawid Wujczyk | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aneta Borkowska | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Barbara Szamborska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paweł Romanowski | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Targońska | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamil Ozdoba | Przyborów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Siwicka | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Łukaszewska | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Pisarska | Olsztyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
lubomira piekarska | pszczyna, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Szymon Łuczak | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
daria matwiejko | 14.05.2012 |