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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Анна Кудинова | Минск | 26.09.2011 |
Ольга Бутрамьёва | Гомель | 25.09.2011 |
Елена Бутрамьёва | Гомель | 25.09.2011 |
Елена Лиховид | Минск | 25.09.2011 |
Andrew Voitovich | Svetlogorsk | 25.09.2011 |
Alena Lembrecht | Forst | 25.09.2011 |
Aliaksandra Ihnatovich | Vilnius, Lithuania | 24.09.2011 |
Дмитрий Соболь | Минск | 23.09.2011 |
Корженевская Вера | Борисов | 23.09.2011 |
Глазунова Наталья | Борисов | 23.09.2011 |
Корженевская Эмма | Минск | 23.09.2011 |
Нэлi Гiрэй | мiнск | 23.09.2011 |
Сергей Гурьянов | Минск | 23.09.2011 |
Вiкторыя Фёдарава | Менск | 22.09.2011 |
Каржанеуская Марыя | Мiнск | 22.09.2011 |
Корженевская Мария Станиславовна | Минск | 22.09.2011 |
Юлія Дранчук | Мінчк | 22.09.2011 |
Глеб Анішчанка | Менск | 22.09.2011 |
Alena Werner | Erftstadt | 21.09.2011 |
Шека Екатерина | Минск | 21.09.2011 |
Hancharuk | Philadelphia | 21.09.2011 |
саша | запорожье | 21.09.2011 |
Scriba, Johanna | München, Deutschland | 20.09.2011 |
Юлія Ніскоўская | Наваполацк | 20.09.2011 |
Екатерина Зданевич | Брест | 20.09.2011 |
Екатерина Гончар | Минск | 20.09.2011 |
Андрэй Бародзіч | мінск | 20.09.2011 |
Сергей Семенов | Украина, Хмельницкий | 20.09.2011 |
Екатерина Тумченок | Полоцк | 20.09.2011 |
Павел Макаров | Солигорск | 19.09.2011 |
Алена Седеревичус | Минск | 19.09.2011 |
Александр Соболь | Жодино | 19.09.2011 |
Власенко Евгений | Минск | 19.09.2011 |
Алексей Шевчик | Минск | 19.09.2011 |
Сергей Зеневич | Минск | 19.09.2011 |
Мажуль Е.П. | Минск | 19.09.2011 |
Сергей Тамашевич | Минск | 19.09.2011 |
Ніна Леанавец | Брэст | 19.09.2011 |
Яуген Бондареу | Мiнск | 19.09.2011 |
Ян Ов | adviral@gmail.com | 19.09.2011 |
Алексей Петринич | Пинск | 19.09.2011 |
Татьяна Матусевич | Минск | 18.09.2011 |
Екатерина Широчина | Минск | 18.09.2011 |
Дмитрий Володько | Минск | 18.09.2011 |
Наталля Мотуз | Менск | 18.09.2011 |
Иванова Валентина | гомель | 18.09.2011 |
Ганна Правалинская | Талачын | 18.09.2011 |
Sestranetz Raphaelle | Geneve, Switzerland | 17.09.2011 |
Надзея Камарэуцава | Минск | 17.09.2011 |
Дмитрий Новик | Минск | 17.09.2011 |
Вячаслау Чэрнік | Гродна | 16.09.2011 |
Мікіта Семяненка | Менск | 15.09.2011 |
эдуард банад | минск | 13.09.2011 |
Андрэй Стасевiч | Бабруйск | 12.09.2011 |
Аліса Чэкатоўская | Гродна | 12.09.2011 |
мордвилко сергей | лиозно | 12.09.2011 |
ягор закрэускi | полацк | 09.09.2011 |
Костя Каплин | Гродно | 09.09.2011 |
Илья Шапиро | Минск | 08.09.2011 |
Врэнеску Виктория | Минск | 07.09.2011 |
Аляксеенка Таццяна | Мазыр | 07.09.2011 |
Сергей Москаленко | Гомель | 07.09.2011 |
Муравская Татьяна | Минск | 06.09.2011 |
Святлана Казакова | г.Менск | 03.09.2011 |
Андрэй Дземiдович | Мiнск | 02.09.2011 |
Koessler Rossi, Myriam | Geneva, Switzerland | 01.09.2011 |
Костяхина Наталия Всеволодовна | Минск | 28.08.2011 |
Костин Валерий | г.Гродно | 28.08.2011 |
Ihar Dziadchanka | Minsk | 28.08.2011 |
Вадзiм Субач | Мiнск | 27.08.2011 |
Iрына Субач | Мiнск | 27.08.2011 |
Григорьева Екатерина | Минск | 27.08.2011 |
Наталья Рева | Минск | 26.08.2011 |
Дубалека Мікіта | Слуцак | 26.08.2011 |
Крымоўскі Дзмітрый | Орша | 26.08.2011 |
Аляксей Шпакоўскі | Менск | 26.08.2011 |
Максім Чарняўскі. | Менск. | 26.08.2011 |
Канаплянік Сяргей | Салігорск | 25.08.2011 |
Кондратьев Сергей | Бобруйск | 25.08.2011 |
Марына Драбышэўская | Гомель | 24.08.2011 |
Галушко Дарья | Минск | 24.08.2011 |
Вольга Шылейка | Баранавічы | 24.08.2011 |
Tatiana Ihantovich | Minsk | 24.08.2011 |
Семенова Татьяна | Мозырь | 24.08.2011 |
Алексей Августинович | Минск | 24.08.2011 |
Макута Евгений | Могилёв | 23.08.2011 |
Перхунов Алексей | Гомель/Минск | 23.08.2011 |
Scheiwiller Simone | Bern, Switzerland | 22.08.2011 |
Rohner, Anita | Bad Ragaz, Switzerland | 22.08.2011 |
Яшчанка Кацярына | Магілеў | 21.08.2011 |
Васіль Хадневіч | Рудзенск | 21.08.2011 |
Мурзёнок Татьяна | Минск | 19.08.2011 |
Marcel Jud | Teufen, Switzerland | 18.08.2011 |
Іваноў Антон | Магілёў | 17.08.2011 |
Beni Ritzmann | Schaffhausen,Switzerland | 17.08.2011 |
andrin wahlter | Schaffhausen,Switzerland | 17.08.2011 |
Jonas Rah | Schaffhausen,Switzerland | 17.08.2011 |
Sascha Stoll | Schaffhausen,Switzerland | 17.08.2011 |
Настя Мазепина | Минск | 17.08.2011 |
Любоў Кучынская | Менск | 16.08.2011 |