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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Izabela Wiszowata | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
ryszard piekarski | pszczyna, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Tomasz Osiński | Piastów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Iwona Kuliberda | Łask, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Piotr Zwolski | Busko Zdrój, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Wojciech Zarzycki | 14.05.2012 | |
Elżbieta Osińska | Piastów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Piotr Borucki | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Patryk Nowakowski | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Daria Dulas | Suszec, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marcin Szecówka | Książ Wielki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Urszula Kowalska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Wichowska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Irena Sierant | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Andrzej Możdżyński | Otwock, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Skałecka-Wójcik | Rzeszów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Małgorzata Morawska | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Frąk | Otwock, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Chwiałkowska | Łęczyca, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Miłosz Bolechowski | Sulechów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Betina Piorecka | Orzesze, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Sowińska-Bolechowska | Sulechów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Mężyk | Nowy Sącz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Настасся Лазарава | Менск, Беларусь | 14.05.2012 |
Tadeusz Organa | Częstochowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Brzezińska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Beata Jędrzejewska | Zabrze, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Janik | Iwaniska, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magda Grudzińska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ida Bocian | Gdynia, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Halina Tłuczek | Cieszyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Malgorzata Lukasik | Olsztyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Hubert Michalak | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Виктория Лашковская | Брест, Беларусь | 14.05.2012 |
Wojciech Patryk Gajek | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Łatkowska | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Ignasiak | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marzena Wasielewska | Inowrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kacper Rogusz | Andrychów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Koneczny | Strzelin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Gajda-Knitter | Chojnice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Kubicka | gdańsk, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Andrzej Sunak | w polsce, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Żyła | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Jabłońska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Kozub | Czechowice - Dziedzice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Zdzisław Koneczny | Strzelin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Sum | 14.05.2012 | |
Maria Organa | Częstochowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Kuryłowicz | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
monika ormanin | tczew, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marek Organa | Częstochowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Liliana Górska | Gdynia, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Sowińska | Drawsko pomorskie, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Borowska | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
PAUL WASZCZUK | STARGARD SZCZ, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Zofia Dzieruk | Zastań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Iwona Skóra | Wrocław, Poland | 14.05.2012 |
Robert Krulikowski | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
zofia zalewska | szczecin, POlska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Dec | Lublin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
ANGELIKA PLOTKE | WEJHEROWO, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Zuzanna Matusiak | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Olczyk | Kielce, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Kalisiewicz | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Jędrzejczak | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Nela Brzezinska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Bartkowiak | Piekary Slaskie, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
adriana rozynska | tczew, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Angelika Chocianowska | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Daria Jarońska | koło, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Milska | Gdańsk, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Tomczyk | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Sus | Tarnów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
malgorzata sekula | krakowiany, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Kostka | Starogard Gdański, Poland | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Stolarska | Sosnowiec, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Wojciech Goslar | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
ANNA GAŁKOWSKA | RYPIN, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
anna kolloch | Wroclaw, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
katarzyna magdalena rosiak | warszawa, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Kozłowska | Zduńska Wola, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jolanta Stawrosiejko | Łeba, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Kazimierczuk | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Guzik | Linköping, Szwecja | 14.05.2012 |
Barbara Byra | Śrem, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Halicka | Bialystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kinga Serafin | Ateny, Grecja | 14.05.2012 |
Murad Cebrail | Москва, Россия | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Polak | Andrychów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
paweł kwak | stare bystre, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Klaudia Mokrzewska | 14.05.2012 | |
Iwona Skokowska | Głogów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Breś | Złotoryja, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dominika Gnatek | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Milena Wawrzyńczak | Częstochowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
BARBARA GAUER | Kołobrzeg, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Smereczyńska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dagna Białkowska | gdansk, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Surala | Munich, Germnany | 14.05.2012 |