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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Ksenia Bednarek | łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jolanta Maria Kania | Wieruszow, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Iwona Dybzińska | Piła, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Barbara Knap | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Olga Kuszczak | Gdańsk, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Możdżeń | 14.05.2012 | |
Ewa Truszczyńska | Lidzbark, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Damian Glanowski | Olkusz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Przybylak | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Stanek | Olkusz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
marta Cacko | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Śliwka | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Hetnał | Łodygowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Łukasz Szmigiel | Gdynia, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna P. | Dąbrowa Górnicza, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Rafał Gruszczyński | Nowa Sól, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Martyna Żydek | Andrychów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Irena Rzepecka | olsztyn, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Zawieja | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Nowaczyk | Janikowo, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Klaudia Tyliba | Sosnowiec, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Dobrowolska | Kolno, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Barbara Kowalska | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Pyjor | Stalowa Wola, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Beata Gliszczyńska | JAWOR, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Andrzej Gzela | Piła, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Stachura | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Klaudia Sitek | Rzeszów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Laksander | Żary, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
ARKADIUSZ GÓRNICKI | ŚWIDWIN, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Wojtek | Świdnica, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Żak | Józefów, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
ANNA PIECHOWIAK | STARGARD SZCZ, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Mażul | Lubań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Żebrowska | Rokietnica, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Izabela Sidorowicz | Słubice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Drzewiiecka | 14.05.2012 | |
Marta Dziębor | Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Tracz | Stockholm, Szwecja | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Monika Mistygacz | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Cap | Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom | 14.05.2012 |
Zuzanna Kędzierska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Liberacka | Toruń, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
VIOLETTA BIELECKA | BIAŁYSTOK, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Renata Plonczyk | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
gosia cmiel | biskupiec, polska | 14.05.2012 |
julia dyś | lublin, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Frątczak | BOLESŁAWIEC 59-700, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Sandra Włodarczyk | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Szmul | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Damian Nowak | Gliwice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Deja | Chojnice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
KORNELIA SZLACHTA | BRZESZCZE, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Olga Karmalska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Patrycja Pałka | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Maruniak | Szprotawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Jarosławski | Prudnik, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Zalewska | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Rucińska | Gdynia, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Konik | Oborniki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Wiśniewska | Żuromin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewelina Waszkowska | Długołęka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Golub | Tczew, Poland | 14.05.2012 |
Beata S | Nowy Sącz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
beata wereszczyńska | dobrzeń wielki, polska | 14.05.2012 |
izabela jablonska | swidnica, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Korol | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Polak | Jordbro, Szwecja | 14.05.2012 |
Patrycja Trojnar | Jasień, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Osipczuk | Hajnówka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Rynkowska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Beata Buja | Świnoujście, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Natalia Tryba | Tarnów, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Kamila Rauber | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Hanna Kaflik | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sylwia Starosta | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Kunda | Słupsk, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Lubczyńska | Włocławek, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Szczechura | Gdańsk, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina K. | 14.05.2012 | |
BEATA BIEDA | CHORZÓW, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Iwona Brzozowska | Włocławek, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Michał kosmala | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
marlena stryjek | gdynia, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Abigail Rybińska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Marecka-Fleiszer | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Tomasz Kowal | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Grajnert | bydgoszcz, polska | 14.05.2012 |
ALEKSANDRA KOZAKIEWICZ | BRZEG DOLNY, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Gawron | Komorów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Zbrożek | Warszawa, polska | 14.05.2012 |
elzbieta rozycka | bialobrzegi, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Patrycja Kafarowska | Iłowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aneta Trzewiczek | Dąbrowa Górnicza, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Edyta Sierpień | Międzyrzec Podlaski, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ada Włodarczyk | Sieradz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
agata Rychlik | warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magda Strzałkowska | Kraków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Szczepańska | Gdańsk, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sebastian Orawiec | Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Polska | 14.05.2012 |