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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Julita Gnoza | Piecki, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Klaudia Różek | Strzebielino, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Żaneta Plichta | Kartuzy, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
JERZY BYCZK | RYDUŁTOWY, POLSKA | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Frontczak | Łódź, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Anna Kania | Kleppe, Norwegia | 14.05.2012 |
Patrycja Przybylińska | Polska, Gdańsk | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Małek | LUBLIN, POLAND | 14.05.2012 |
Ewa Maria Wójtowicz | Wieliczka, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
PAULINA KUWIK | POLICE, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Fabjańska | Głogów, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Monika Szmajda | Opole, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Barbara Muszyńska | Łask, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Luiza Zając-Glock | Warszawa, Polska | 14.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Szczęsna | Gliwice, Polska | 13.05.2012 |
Patrycja Bartkowicz | 13.05.2012 | |
Kathy Parsons | London, England | 13.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Sieradzka | Warszawa, Polska | 12.05.2012 |
Helena Szczodry | Kraków, Polska | 12.05.2012 |
Ewelina Pest | Oswiecim, Polska | 12.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Marmurowicz | Kraków, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
Мiкалай Юрыйчук | Барань, Беларусь | 11.05.2012 |
Monika Bartkowicz | Kraków, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
Anna sadowska | Gdynia, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
Natalia Sołtysik | Oświęcim, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
Magdalena Matejczyk | Białystok, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
marcel dodo | tuskowo dolne, polska | 11.05.2012 |
Dominika Szostak | Olsztyn, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
Piotr Cezary Maciejewski | Płock, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
Anna Sitarz | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
Ewa Elźbieta Milczarska | Kamień Pomorski, Polska | 11.05.2012 |
david matagne | 10.05.2012 | |
Viktor Pechuro | 10.05.2012 | |
Rafał Czarnik | Miłków, Polska | 10.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Hajduk | Szczecin, Polska | 10.05.2012 |
Kamil Mońka | Ruda Śląska, Polska | 10.05.2012 |
anna skibińska | warszawa, polska | 10.05.2012 |
Rafał Krysiak | Warszawa, Polska | 10.05.2012 |
Ilona Dworska | Warszawa, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Kamila Rybak | Warszawa, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Kłos | Kraków, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Sandra Janicka | Bytom, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Kinga Nietrzeba | Radymno, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Babulewicz | Bielsk Podlaski, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Renata Wojciechowska | Konin, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Sylwia Ruszewska | Wejherowo, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Anna Laskowska | Ostrów Mazowiecka, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Izabela Hołody | Garwolin, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
zofia Szperling | łódż, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Anna Jankowska | WROCLAW, POLSKA | 09.05.2012 |
Agata Kojder | Lublin, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Skrzypczak | Pisz, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Anna Galas | Kielce, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Anna Banaszkiewicz | Warszawa, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
izabela wolnik | katowice, polska | 09.05.2012 |
Artur Lorek | Warszawa, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Patrycja Dziedzic | -, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Karasińska | Cracow, Poland | 09.05.2012 |
monika więckowska | szczecin, polska | 09.05.2012 |
justyna tesluk | bruksela, belgia | 09.05.2012 |
Maria de Villenau | Stockholm, Sweden | 09.05.2012 |
Adam Jaworski | Płock, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Sabina Romankiewicz | Pisz, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
KAMIL MARCINIAK | CORK, IRLANDIA | 09.05.2012 |
Klaudia Czaplewska | slough, anglia | 09.05.2012 |
Anna Cypcar | Krosno, Poland | 09.05.2012 |
Agnes Ryczek | Oslo, Norwegia | 09.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Matczak | Głogów, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Maria Sokolowska | Wroclaw, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Beata Nowomiejska | Koszalin, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Dagmara Pustelnik | Ruda Śląska, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Gabriela Kołodziej | Głogów, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Prajs | Bytom, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Balawender | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Justyna Smolińska | Legionowo, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Dorota Szymańska - Nowicka | Konstancin - Jeziorna, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski | Libiąż, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Eela Malecka | Warszawa, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Adam Fronc | Kolobrzeg, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Robert Bagińska | Legnica, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Paweł Dąbrowski | Warszawa, Poland | 09.05.2012 |
Józef Wolny | Dortone, Anglia | 09.05.2012 |
Marzenna Kapusta | Gdańsk, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Martyna Sak | Koszalin, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Urszula Patynek | Reykjavik, Iceland | 09.05.2012 |
Justina Baluka | London, UK | 09.05.2012 |
Marta Koper-Klisowska | Romford, Wielka Brytania | 09.05.2012 |
Alicja Dęga | Piła, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Artur Łysoń | Kings Lynn, Anglia | 09.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Suszyńska | Legionowo, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Tomasz Trzaska | Glasgow, Wielka Brytania | 09.05.2012 |
Beata Szabla | Cavan, Ireland | 09.05.2012 |
Piotr Pustelnik | Ruda Śląska, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
vilma kazlauskiene | Strzelce, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Dagmara Krajewska | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Janusz Kowarski | Łódź, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Uściński | Wrocław, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Paweł Sztefek | Ustroń, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Lidia Matycka | Warszawa, Polska | 09.05.2012 |
Weronika Geldner | Sanok, Polska | 09.05.2012 |