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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геннадий севрук | гродно | 16.08.2011 |
Scholl, Niklas | Solingen, Germany | 16.08.2011 |
Дмитрий Синяк | Минск | 15.08.2011 |
Chantal Gahlinger | Bern, Switzerland | 14.08.2011 |
Наталья Шурыгина | Минск | 13.08.2011 |
Vol'ha Asipenka | Warszawa | 12.08.2011 |
Liudmila Pranovich | Minsk | 12.08.2011 |
Харук Алена | Мінск | 11.08.2011 |
Алёна Мохнач | Минск | 11.08.2011 |
Iгар Iваноу | Лунiнец | 11.08.2011 |
Iванова Веранiка | Лунiнец | 11.08.2011 |
Юрась Антонаў | Віцебск | 11.08.2011 |
Левандоўская Эльміра | Мінск | 10.08.2011 |
Манько Аляксандра | Менск | 10.08.2011 |
Васілеўская Вольга | Віцебск | 08.08.2011 |
Елена Барашкова | Могилев | 08.08.2011 |
Дмитро Прокопчук | Киев | 08.08.2011 |
Кунець Юрий | Львов | 08.08.2011 |
Абдуллаєва Лейла | Львов | 08.08.2011 |
Вольга Чарных | Кракаў | 08.08.2011 |
Olena Skrypnyk | Kyiv, Ukraina | 08.08.2011 |
küffer simon | bern switzerland | 08.08.2011 |
Айнур Мамедава | Віцебск | 07.08.2011 |
Андрэй Дварэцкi | Менск | 05.08.2011 |
Тарова Людмила | Гомель | 05.08.2011 |
Миранович людмила | витевск | 05.08.2011 |
Anton Harachau | Minsk | 04.08.2011 |
Уладзімір Дзявятка | Ворша | 03.08.2011 |
Светлана Ростиславовна | Минск | 03.08.2011 |
михаил толкачев | могилев | 02.08.2011 |
y. bilginer | hamburg, germany | 01.08.2011 |
Дар'я Драбышэўская | Гомель | 01.08.2011 |
Vollenweider,Noëmi | Zürich | 31.07.2011 |
Ганка Марза | Гародня | 28.07.2011 |
бохан любовь | пинск | 28.07.2011 |
Сяргей Мядзведзеў | Мінск | 28.07.2011 |
Елена Пищ | Минск | 28.07.2011 |
Михаил Соловьёв | минск | 28.07.2011 |
Сяргей Шчамялёў | Менск | 28.07.2011 |
Молчан Игорь Иванович | Минск | 28.07.2011 |
Иван Лебедев | Менск | 28.07.2011 |
Виталий Синьков | Молодечно | 28.07.2011 |
Дмитрий Пронько | Минск | 28.07.2011 |
Аляксей Цёплы | Мінск | 27.07.2011 |
Юлия Вашкевич | Минск | 26.07.2011 |
Сяргей Мулярчык | Гродна | 25.07.2011 |
Аляксандр Быстрык | Навагрудак | 25.07.2011 |
Антось Мядзьвецкі | Менск | 25.07.2011 |
Wilke,Ilona | Kirchstetten | 24.07.2011 |
Андрей Силич | Осло | 23.07.2011 |
Elena Pechurina | Minsk | 23.07.2011 |
Hölzl Theodor | Graz, Austria | 23.07.2011 |
Алесей Гордиенко | Старые Дороги | 22.07.2011 |
Святлана Рэйзіс | Мінск | 21.07.2011 |
Бондар Сяргей | Светлагорск | 21.07.2011 |
Алеся | Минск | 21.07.2011 |
Дзямковiч Таццяна | Мiнск | 21.07.2011 |
Наталья Черномыс | Минск | 20.07.2011 |
Ahmeti, Fedaije | Collombey, Switzerland | 19.07.2011 |
Ihar Ivaniuk | Varšava | 19.07.2011 |
Святлана Раслякова | Менск | 19.07.2011 |
Ирина Нестерович | Витебск | 19.07.2011 |
Christoph Nyfeler | Basel, Switzerland | 18.07.2011 |
Вайда Эдуард | Менск | 18.07.2011 |
Ірына Харлап | Мінск | 18.07.2011 |
Каневiч Таццяна | Лiда | 16.07.2011 |
Марына Кастылянчанка | Мінск | 13.07.2011 |
Voĺha Zalieckaja | Гомель | 13.07.2011 |
Канаховіч Ганна | Брэст | 12.07.2011 |
Чэмiсава Аляксандра | Мiнск | 11.07.2011 |
Янчык Лізавета | Мінск | 11.07.2011 |
Fueter Marie-Zoé | Porrentruy, Suisse | 10.07.2011 |
Анастасія Сіпач | Мінск | 09.07.2011 |
Марына Штрахава | Гомель | 09.07.2011 |
CASTEL DOMINIQUE | FRANCE | 08.07.2011 |
Андрей Марченко | Киев | 08.07.2011 |
Андрэй Сычэускi | Гародня | 08.07.2011 |
Гарбуноў Павал | Менск | 07.07.2011 |
Maria Arkadieff | Germany | 07.07.2011 |
Maarten Horeman | Брюссель | 07.07.2011 |
Hirt Markus | switzerland | 07.07.2011 |
Савелаў Дзмітрый | Мінск | 07.07.2011 |
Elena Kovalenko | kharkov | 07.07.2011 |
Ольга Орлова | минск | 07.07.2011 |
Павленко Алла | Харьков | 07.07.2011 |
Anna Velychko | Kyiv | 07.07.2011 |
Alina Fedenko | Kharkov | 07.07.2011 |
Дзянiс Макарэвiч | Мiнск | 07.07.2011 |
Настя Соголовська | Львів | 07.07.2011 |
Марыя Цвяткова | Баранавiчы | 07.07.2011 |
Филимонов Никита | Минск | 07.07.2011 |
Сакалова Вікторыя Васільяўна | Мінск | 06.07.2011 |
Раман Навоеў | Менск | 06.07.2011 |
COGNEE Anaïs | Yverdon les bains, Suisse | 06.07.2011 |
Крысцiна Залеская | Мiнск | 05.07.2011 |
Надежда Тупикова | Минск | 05.07.2011 |
Василий Казак | Минск | 05.07.2011 |
Татьяна Тупикова | Минск | 05.07.2011 |
Яна Тащенко | Ужгород | 05.07.2011 |
Овчинникова Елена | Херсон | 04.07.2011 |