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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MONIKA BREGUŁA | RYBNIK, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Ciułek | Bytom, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
karina kulwas | Czarna Woda, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Daria Waliszewska | Choszczno, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Edyta Ziemska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Hofman | Katowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agata Pasicz | 14.05.2012 | |
Anna Kolańska | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
ILONA DRAGUNOWICZ | TOMASZÓW MAZ, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Eliza Koziol | Oswiecim, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Andrzej Dobroszewski | Świnoujście, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Daria Bimkiewicz | Wolsztyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Malwina Łuczak | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Baran | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
ROMAN KRZYNOWY | KIETRZ, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
ALEKSANDRA GOŁĘBIEWSKA-KUBIAK | POZNAŃ, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Giza-Bańkowska | 14.05.2012 | |
Maria Dziedziech | Morąg, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Wysocka | Tychy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Michalina Cykowska | Rybnik, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Domagała | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sonia Waloszczyk | Tarnowskie Góry, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Stanisław Rudzki | Ełk, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jadwiga Jaglowski | Chicago, USA | 14.05.2012 |
Marianna Wysocka | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
IWONA HELJASŃSKA | SOCHACZEW, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Ewa Kantipudi | Krakow, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
irena jaworska | łódz, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Krasowska | Potok Wielki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Siemińska | Świeradów Zdrój, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
ANETA BYSTROWSKA | MYSŁOWICE, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Łukasz Guster | Kamień Pomorski, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
katarzyna kurdej | gdynia, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Antkiewicz | 14.05.2012 | |
Marika Gostkowska | Piaseczno, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Peresson | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Tadeusz Jaworski | Legnica, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Edyta Styra | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Klaudia Osmólska | Gdańsk, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Odzioba | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marta G | Ząbkowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Iwona Kluza | Biskupice Radowskie, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Pruszynska | ŁOMŻA, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Łapińska | Brzeg, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamia Pawłowska | Gdynia, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Weber | Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Urszula Mielczarek | Masłowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marta R. | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Olga Klamann | Puławy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Kacprzak | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
KATARZYNA SIKORA | JAWORZNO, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Oo | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Żabińska | Częstochowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamil Zaręba | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Zwolska | Olsztyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Krystyna Gąsiorowska | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
DARIA MILIAN | GLIWICE, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Malazdra | Krakow, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Dawidziuk | Pruszków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jagoda Makowska | Lublin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Sala-Brożek | Tychy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Judyta Napiorkowska | Cogolin, Francja | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Borkowska | Zabrze, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
DOROTA SUSZ | WROCŁA, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Buckiewicz | Ruda Śląska, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Niemiec | Będzin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jerzy Gajdur | 58-300 Wałbrzych, Poland | 14.05.2012 |
Beata Rusak | Olsztyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Runo | Ostrów Mazowiecka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
ilona latocha | swietochlowice, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Tomasz Zając | Pionki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
natalia głażewska | szczytno, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Patrycja Hryniewicz-Nowak | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Kwiatkowska | Wałcz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Drążkiewicz-Wenzel | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Wieczorek | Konstantynów Łódzki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Lesiak | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Kornacka | Milanówek, Poland | 14.05.2012 |
Agata Adamczyk | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Rembowska-Żuber | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Wioleta Marta Fabijańska | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Kutnik | Grudziądz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Urbaniak | Płock, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Grzegorz Rzepka | Łaziska Górne, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Eliza Gorączkowska | Police, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jacek Wieczorek | Czestochowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jarosław Kolasa | Tychy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Julita Peratinu | korfu, grecja | 14.05.2012 |
Manuela Sidorowicz | Krosno Odrzanskie, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna W | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Zdanowska | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Wioletta Chęcińska | Bęczarka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jolanta Ostrowska | Lidzbark, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Danuta Strożek | Strzelce Opolskie, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Gudalewska | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Lidia Giza | Den Bosch, Holandia | 14.05.2012 |
Wiktoria Donke | Leszni, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Korczyk | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Czyrny | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Rutkowska | Kętrzyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |