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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Guillaume Loiselle-Noudreau | Les Méchins, Canada | 19.02.2017 |
Darmangeat Pierre | Le Grand Bourg, France | 19.02.2017 |
frank cloche | st andre de cubzac, france | 19.02.2017 |
Roman Soiko | princeton, USA | 19.02.2017 |
Peter Hogan Hogan | BELFAST, United Kingdom | 19.02.2017 |
Owais Maqbool Bari | Berkeley, United States | 19.02.2017 |
Louise Mercier Louise | Kensington, USA | 19.02.2017 |
Marie Ocana | voulangis, France | 19.02.2017 |
Thivend Pierre | Villeurbanne, France | 19.02.2017 |
Blot Jacques | 75014 Paris, Fance | 19.02.2017 |
vermorel Catherine | 19.02.2017 | |
OUTCHARRAFT MBARK | TATA, MOROCO | 18.02.2017 |
Mabon Anne marie | 18.02.2017 | |
ambre ronceret | bruges, france | 18.02.2017 |
Michel DURIEU | SAINTE SIGOLENE, France | 18.02.2017 |
Lamaison Maryvonne | Montmartin en graignes, France | 18.02.2017 |
Colin Cyril | Bignoux, France | 18.02.2017 |
Räber-keel Räber-keel | Montpellier, France | 18.02.2017 |
BOISSIERE Jan-Mari | Saint-georges-de-luzençon, France | 18.02.2017 |
David Fairn | Langley, Canada | 18.02.2017 |
Maria Cañellas | Palma, Spain | 18.02.2017 |
Maureen McKeown | Belfast, United Kingdom | 18.02.2017 |
Farrés Ramon | Barcelona, Catalonia | 18.02.2017 |
Florence Lapouille | Chambery, France | 18.02.2017 |
havard evy | 18.02.2017 | |
Raynaud Jean-David | Le Grès, France | 18.02.2017 |
POITTEVIN Robert | ÉTRÉCHY, France | 18.02.2017 |
Lescure Patrick | Saint-Bauzile, France | 18.02.2017 |
Mohammad Yousuf Shah | Srinagar, India | 18.02.2017 |
BOREL Bernadette | SAINT SYMPHORIEN D'OZON, France | 18.02.2017 |
Sandra Gondi-Gandzion | Bois-d'arcy, France | 18.02.2017 |
GENISSIEUX andre | 18.02.2017 | |
MOGENSEN ANNE ANNE | PARIS, FRANCE | 18.02.2017 |
Glenn Muschert | Oxford, United States | 18.02.2017 |
Christian SCHMITT | BEYNES 78650, France | 18.02.2017 |
PERRICHON MP | 18.02.2017 | |
musat alina | le Mans, France | 18.02.2017 |
Mme BREMOND Marie-Jeanne | LE REVEST LES EAUX, FRANCE | 18.02.2017 |
Tarek Enaia | almajdal, Palestine | 18.02.2017 |
Françoise Corgier | Roanne, France | 18.02.2017 |
Sophie Devos | Hoymille, France | 18.02.2017 |
BOUVARD Isabelle | BAGNEUX, FRANCE | 18.02.2017 |
dionisio arnaud | Ivry, france | 18.02.2017 |
Mehdi Cherif | Umeå, Sweden | 18.02.2017 |
ROMET Daniel | Lussas, France | 18.02.2017 |
Evelyne Chikondi Chikwamba | Dzimwe, Malawi | 18.02.2017 |
Colliot Isabelle | Brindas, France | 18.02.2017 |
Prince Ifesinachi Ogbu | Enugu, Nigeria | 18.02.2017 |
Mark Hollinrake | Rochdale, UK | 18.02.2017 |
LAIRIE Alain | SQY, FRANCE | 18.02.2017 |
Ollivier Pinay Pinay | 18.02.2017 | |
Mireille Urbain | Marseille, France | 18.02.2017 |
PHANDARASAR FENIES | BAGNEUX, FRANCE | 18.02.2017 |
Agnès Lacornerie | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 18.02.2017 |
Anne-Marie KOUNGA | PARIS, FRANCE | 18.02.2017 |
Falcou Sonia | Lorient, France | 18.02.2017 |
Verdon Benoit | Paris, France | 18.02.2017 |
Hollard Jean-Jacques | Lyon, France | 18.02.2017 |
Le Gall Lina | Paris, France | 18.02.2017 |
Le sauze Jean | Querrien, France | 18.02.2017 |
Linnea Andersson | 18.02.2017 | |
Vard Christiane | Valréas, France | 18.02.2017 |
Dominique Charrieau | Plesse, France | 18.02.2017 |
Elisabeth Guibert | Bruyères, France | 18.02.2017 |
Anthony Smith | London, United Kingdom | 18.02.2017 |
Jean-Charles CABANEL | 28944 Fuenlabrada (Madrid), España | 18.02.2017 |
boduin-raymond caroline | pluneret, France | 18.02.2017 |
Isabelle Fourquaux | Castanet-Tolosan, France | 18.02.2017 |
AMMERICH Albane | Strasbourg, France | 18.02.2017 |
COURONNE Bernard | MONTBRISON, FRANCE | 18.02.2017 |
Simon Thierry | Lorient, France | 18.02.2017 |
lemaire philippe | St Gervais, france | 18.02.2017 |
Bachelier Béatrice | 18.02.2017 | |
Silvia Bezoari | 18.02.2017 | |
Ranise Michel | Paris, France | 18.02.2017 |
Somerhausen Patrick | La hulpe, Belgium | 18.02.2017 |
JAHN Ursula | Villers-Cotterêts, France | 18.02.2017 |
Gobert Daniel | Bruxelles, Belgium | 18.02.2017 |
Dacenko jeanne | Paris, France | 18.02.2017 |
Christie Miedema | 18.02.2017 | |
Chaubit Claude | GRADIGNAN, france | 18.02.2017 |
Ana Cleja Cleja | Fumel France, France | 18.02.2017 |
BRET Danile | Aix-les-bains, France | 18.02.2017 |
Garrigues Paul | Dijon, France | 18.02.2017 |
Baby Ludovic | Dijon, France | 18.02.2017 |
DUWEZ Francis Francis | CORAY, France | 18.02.2017 |
Shanell Haure | Pessac, France | 18.02.2017 |
Vergniol-Orengo Claudine | Mazamet, France | 18.02.2017 |
Saget Daniele Daniele | REIMS, France | 18.02.2017 |
Barthelemy Michel | Asnieres sur Seine, France | 18.02.2017 |
FABRE Serge | Montpellier, France | 18.02.2017 |
kremer michel | vizille, france | 18.02.2017 |
Sylviane Chambellant | Paris, France | 18.02.2017 |
madeleine walter walter | paris, France | 18.02.2017 |
patricia sequier | 18.02.2017 | |
Omar Ali Ewado | Djibouti, Djibouti | 18.02.2017 |
Alexander Tanaskidis | Thessaloniki, Greece | 18.02.2017 |
Moulin Jacqueline | Marseille, France | 18.02.2017 |
Denis Renier | Roubaix, France | 18.02.2017 |
Blandine Boulekone | Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 18.02.2017 |