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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Germann Bruno | Pfäffikon/SZ Switzerland | 01.04.2011 |
Ryf Patrick | Switzerland | 01.04.2011 |
Decnaeck Solange | Genève,Suisse | 01.04.2011 |
Balloux Jésabelle | Lausanne, Suisse | 01.04.2011 |
Іванна Яцюк | Івано-Франківськ | 01.04.2011 |
Анна Диамант | Киев | 01.04.2011 |
Наталія Жукова | Токмак | 01.04.2011 |
Berberova Léa | Suisse | 01.04.2011 |
Felber Elisabeth6. | CH 4600 Olten | 01.04.2011 |
Claudia Senn | Switzerland | 01.04.2011 |
Birkhahn Renate | Möriken Switzerland | 01.04.2011 |
Иван Кондратенко | Воронеж | 01.04.2011 |
Johannes Meyer | Zürich | 01.04.2011 |
Baumann Elisabeth | Switzerland | 01.04.2011 |
Robert-Charrue Josette | Bôle, Suisse | 01.04.2011 |
sergio zamorano | España | 01.04.2011 |
Цветкова Лилия | Днепродзержинск | 01.04.2011 |
Елена Проничева | Киева | 01.04.2011 |
Nadler Peter | Faellanden, Switzerland | 01.04.2011 |
Павел Синёв | Санкт-Петербург | 01.04.2011 |
Marina Stoffel | Bern, Schweiz | 01.04.2011 |
Кика Ольга | Львов | 31.03.2011 |
Isabelle Stoppa | La Neuveville Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Grimm Romy | Zürich, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Silvan Siegrist | Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Locher Julia | Bischofszell Schweiz | 31.03.2011 |
Claudia Jost | Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Pilz-Chassot, Christoph | CH-4460 Gelterkinden/Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Renggli Doris | Zürich, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Олена Якубовська | Ужгород | 31.03.2011 |
Новик Алина | Киев | 31.03.2011 |
Герасим Галина | Киев | 31.03.2011 |
Braun Jenny | Olten, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Анна Гребенюк | Київ | 31.03.2011 |
Руслана Коренчук | Харьков | 31.03.2011 |
rithner marlène | 1470 estavayer-le-lac suisse | 31.03.2011 |
Мар"яна Макарович | Ужгород | 31.03.2011 |
Yulia Dibrovska | Sevilla, Spain | 31.03.2011 |
Володимир Феськов | Ужгород | 31.03.2011 |
Dupont Dominique | Vevey Suisse | 31.03.2011 |
Елена Самойленко | Москва | 31.03.2011 |
Елена Белобородова | Москва | 31.03.2011 |
Fürst, Martin | Rheinfelden, Schweiz | 31.03.2011 |
Uwineza, Alice | Leuven, Belgium | 31.03.2011 |
sandrina palomera | Geneva, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Sauter, Katrin | Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Игорь Самохин | Киев | 31.03.2011 |
Михаил Каменев | Киев | 31.03.2011 |
Maya Herzog | Muttenz, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
klingele peter | naters, switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Leuenberger, Julia | Basel, Schweiz | 31.03.2011 |
Charlotte Baumann | Granada, Spain | 31.03.2011 |
Julie | Ambilly, France | 31.03.2011 |
MESSERLI-HUMAIR Guylaine | GENEVE CONFEDERATION HELVETIQUE | 31.03.2011 |
Batog Mihail | Chisinau | 31.03.2011 |
Waeber-Graf Janine | Lausanne, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
cailleau nathalie | gex, france | 31.03.2011 |
Gilberte Furet | Geneva, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Christian Flueck | Basel, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Галя Павлишин | Львів | 31.03.2011 |
Andrey Céline | Fribourg, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Sofia Liebermann | Reinach, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Anita Blom | Herrliberg, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Leandra Jordi | Brittnau, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Igor Stoica | Chisinau, Moldova | 31.03.2011 |
Вячеслав Иордаки | Кишинёв | 31.03.2011 |
Nichita Gurcov | Chişinău | 31.03.2011 |
Wodiunig, Tina | Zürich, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Stefyuk Oksana | Lviv, Ukraine | 31.03.2011 |
Oppliger Daniela | Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Zugravu Gheorghe | Chisinau | 31.03.2011 |
Šumanský Roman | Lipník nad Bečvou | 31.03.2011 |
Sivia Bezoari | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Ferracini Jasmin | Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
benmouaz 'mohamed el amine | algerie | 31.03.2011 |
Михайло Черешнюк | Івано-Франківськ | 31.03.2011 |
Haug Irmgard | Frenkendorf Schweiz | 31.03.2011 |
Sarah Dejaegher | Belgium | 31.03.2011 |
Kramer, Christoph | Winterthur, Schweiz | 31.03.2011 |
Müller, Hans | Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Nina, Gutweniger | Bern, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Berchtold Norma | Naters | 31.03.2011 |
Deborah Gos | Geneva, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Андрій Турак | Львів | 31.03.2011 |
Христина Макулович | Львів | 31.03.2011 |
Rosenmund Wennberg Theres | Ziefen, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Dan Grisel Elena | St-Saphorin-sur-Morges, SUISSE | 31.03.2011 |
Ростислав Семків | Київ | 31.03.2011 |
Ulysse Keller | Zurich, CH | 31.03.2011 |
Ivan Levytsky | Lviv | 31.03.2011 |
Игорь Коктыш | Барановичи | 31.03.2011 |
Knoepfel, Martin | Wolfertswil, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Shelley Tillemans | Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Fritz, André | Birsfelden, Switzerland | 31.03.2011 |
Gallo Jasmine | Felben-Wellhausen, Switzerland | 30.03.2011 |
Oleg Veremienko, attorney-at-law | Kyiv, UA | 30.03.2011 |
Andrea Mozzini | Bellinzona Svizzera | 30.03.2011 |
Liza Papazoglou | Zürich, Switzerland | 30.03.2011 |
Мар'яна Нагірняк | Київ | 30.03.2011 |
Прокопчук Дмитрий | Киев | 30.03.2011 |