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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GRAŻYNA OSTROWSKA | POBIEDZISKA, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewelina Stasiak | Kobyłka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
krzysztof plewako | kołobrzeg, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Martyna Sposób | Choszczno, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Hojnacka | Żmigród, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Bronka | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Skarbek | Kielce, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Mirosława Janusz | Nowa Sól, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Pruszyńska | Pruszków, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Daria Piech | Tychy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Martyna Kliś | Szczucin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Kowalska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Alicja Kempińska | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aldona Anna Dzudzewicz Engel | Cieszyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Andzelika Wyszyńska | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Izabela Kowalska | Gdynia, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
marta gortych | warszawa, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Gorska | 14.05.2012 | |
Paula Jabłońska | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Mirosława Kownas-Piotrowska | Katowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Zuzanna Starzyńska | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Zaworska | Prudnik, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Damian Głogowski | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Sommer | Knurow, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Tybuś | Łódź, Ploska | 14.05.2012 |
Adam Gajda | Racibórz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Klimczak | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
BEATA GURTOWSKA | WAŁBRZYCH, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Betyna Aurelia Zedlewska | BYTOM, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Galas | Zabieżki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Adrianna Markiewicz | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Karolina Litwin | Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Kalinowska | Wilczyce, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Siwik | Serock, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Łukasiak | Biała Podlaska, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Andrzej Dudziński | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Martyna Operchał | Rawicz, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Justyna Borkowska | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ilona Osińska | Korzybie, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Dorocinkowska | nowy tomyśl, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Raducha | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ryszard Narloch | Skarszewy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
katarzyna wojciechowska | łódź, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Wojciech Duda | Jarosław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Bieniek | Częstochowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Wilmańska-Zaleśna | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Michal Czekański | Miejsce Piastowe, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Mikoś | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Klaudia Głowania | Tychy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Antoniuk | Kraśnik, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sebastian Gronowski | łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Raczyńska | 14.05.2012 | |
WIESŁAWA BARANOWSKA | OPOLE, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Agata Górecka | łódź, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Biegańska | 14.05.2012 | |
Karol Koszkalo | Cork, Irlandia | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Sobotka | Mława, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Koleśnik | Białystok, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Sztąberska | Olsztyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Sabina Wojewoda | Bochnia, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Hanna Szafraniak | Leszno, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Wioletta Kuprowska | 14.05.2012 | |
malgorzata mackiewicz | choszczno, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Paweł Gembara | Świdnica, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Rowińska | Zabrze, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Izabela Kukowska | Olsztyn, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Joanna Stankiewicz | Ełk, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
DOROTA ZŁOTUCHA -SNOPEK | KIELCE, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Kon | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Wojciech Wesolowski | Wroclaw, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Ewelina Frańczak | Cyców, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Jolanta Śliwińska | Strzyżów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marita Lickiewicz | Libiąż, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Kowalczyk-Kaniak | Szczecin, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Honorata Ratajczak | Poznań, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marta Walów | Trzemeszno, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Patrycja Tałaj | Kielce, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Stelmaszczyk | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Natalia Terlaga | Kolbuszowa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Dorota Tomczyk | Polska, Olkusz | 14.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Łuczyńska | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Julita Krzywicka | Głogów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Data | Humniska, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Martyna Czygier | Białystok, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Magdalena Galazka | Larsnews, Norwegia | 14.05.2012 |
Marcin Lipowski | Głogów, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Paulina Chabrowska | Gdynia, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Adrianna Polańska | Wrocław, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Iwona Szewczyk | Mikołów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Karolina Wachnicka | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Aneta Gut | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Klaudia Buchalik | Rybnik, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Krystyna Zakrzewska | Legnica, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
iwona pacek | skawina, polska | 14.05.2012 |
Teresa Tomiczek | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
katarzyna wyszomierska | ożarów mazowiecki, polska | 14.05.2012 |
MONIKA ŁYSIAK | GRYFICE, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Alex Hura | Katowice, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Agata Magdalena Bednarek | Wroclaw, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Marek Żyndul | BiałystoK, Polska | 14.05.2012 |