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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Magdalena Michalska | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aneta Wolska | Łabunie, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Pomian | Kamień, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
joanna pisz | kraków, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Kulka | LASK, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Antonina Wardzała | JELENIA GÓRA, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Iwona Szeptycka-Roszczyk | Piastów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dawid Suchodolski | Bierutów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Andrew Mayes | Szczecin, Poland | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Szymankiewicz-Racławska | Zielona Góra, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Hanna Berent | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Śliwakowska | włoclawek, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
MARTA BOROWICZ | POZNAŃ, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Grazyna Haber | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Gluszek Gluszek | Ikornes, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Cwiklinska | Gdańsk, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Rafał Urbacki | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aneta Kaliściak | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Nowak | OSTRÓW WIELKOPOLSKI, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Ewelina Mioduszewska | Łochów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aldona Grzesik | WARSZAWA, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Barbara Gadomska | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marcin Marcinek | Ciechocinek, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Arleta Lisiecka | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Basarab | Człuchów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Gabriela Wargacka | Rzeszów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Grażyna Kaczmarek | Bielsko, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Paduch | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agata Gorzkiewicz | Tuszyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Rafał Herman | Ostrzeszów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Ziemak-Lis | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Edward Czubak | Koszalin, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Kadlubek | Hamburg, Niemcy | 14.05.2012 |
Andrzej Walasek | Sopot, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anita Świtoń | Końskie, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jadwiga Czubak | Koszalin, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Dominika Herman | Ostrzeszów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Michał Grzybowski | Katowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Яна Залуцкая | Одесса, Украина | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Gołda | Katowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Piórkowska | Brwinów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Elzbieta Jadwiga Schulz | Werl, Niemcy | 14.05.2012 |
Stanisława Karyś | Gliwice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Kopeć | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Adrian Kuśnierz | Trzemeszno, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Frąckowiak | GDANSK, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agata Mastalerz | Kielce, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
EWA WIECZOREK | LUBLIN, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Wojciech Biczysko | Wrocław, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Olimpia Szewczenko | Thorn, Poland | 14.05.2012 |
ANNA KIDAWA | CZĘSTOCHOWA, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Laura Czart | Drużbice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Serejko | Ostrołęka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Maria Polom | Poznan, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Witas | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Amelia Ziemnicka | gubin, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Maciążek | Kozienice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Nowak | Łazy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Dobrowolska | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Malgorzata Chinska | Skien, Norwegia | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Zając | Manchester, United Kingdom | 14.05.2012 |
Robert Kaca | Avenel, U.S.A. | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Żukowska | Puławy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Nowak | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Bartosz Makowski | Jerzykowo, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Żukowski | Puławy, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Szmigiel | Gdynia, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Burczak | Uhryń, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agata Trzaskacz | Częstochowa, Polaska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Łątka | Krynica - Zdrój, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Urszula Szydlik | Mysłowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marcin Topolewski | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Filipiak | Sadowne, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Majewska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Podgórska | Dąbrówka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Barbara Grzegorska | Puszczykowo, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Maćkowiak | Luboń, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Warchoł | Jasło, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Matczak | Stargard Szcz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Beata Gumińska | Otrębusy, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Świca | Bruksela, Belgia | 14.05.2012 |
Michalina Kłapsia | Ustroń, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Bruszewski | New Jork, USA | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Pawłowska | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Kuźniak | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Milczarska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Zabinska | Montreal, Kanada | 14.05.2012 |
Wioletta Szulc | Ostrów Wlkp, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Szulc | Brooklyn, USA | 14.05.2012 |
CECYLIA OSINSKA | lubczyna, polska | 14.05.2012 |
jozef Ogrodnik | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Pałyświt | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kinga Szwedowski Szwedowski | Mount Prospect, Stany Zjednoczone | 14.05.2012 |
Izabela Burakiewicz | Wiedeń, Austria | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Jasinska | Gluszyca, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Grębowiec | Koszalin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Bujak | Galway, Irlandia | 14.05.2012 |
malgorzata gromek | lomza, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Malgorzata Kytömäki | Vantaa, Finlandia | 14.05.2012 |
ANNA KOWAL | KOSZALIN, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |