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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Марк Малько | Минск | 17.03.2011 |
Марыя Калеснікава | Мінск | 16.03.2011 |
Алена Шарамет | Менск | 16.03.2011 |
Christina Cuénod | Oberrohrdorf, Switzerland | 16.03.2011 |
Dr Ruediger Scheibl | Zuerich, Switzerland | 16.03.2011 |
Ballanfat Stéphanie | Genève, Suisse | 16.03.2011 |
Paul Kocian | Disentis, Switzerland | 15.03.2011 |
Hänggi, Susanne | Basel, Switzerland | 15.03.2011 |
Hunziker Judith | Geneva | 14.03.2011 |
Marco Leibundgut | Switzerland | 14.03.2011 |
Vöhringer Nina | Switzerland | 14.03.2011 |
Niggli, Kaj | Basel, Switzerland | 13.03.2011 |
вы все уроды,живите спокойно | Ельня | 12.03.2011 |
Прохар Юлiя | Магiлёу | 12.03.2011 |
Annette Fuchs | Schweiz | 12.03.2011 |
Albers, Klaus | Volketswil, Switzerland | 12.03.2011 |
Nora, Sandmeier | Praha, Ceska Republika | 12.03.2011 |
Ines de Crombrugghe de Looringhe | Newfane, VT | 11.03.2011 |
Vontobel, Adelheid | Basel, Switzerland | 11.03.2011 |
janicke johansen | Oetwil a/S, Switzerland | 11.03.2011 |
Галацэвіч Кірыла | Магілеў | 11.03.2011 |
Maître Carole | Suisse | 10.03.2011 |
Valeria Rolli | Ticino, Svizzera | 10.03.2011 |
Bär rahel | Horgen Schweiz | 10.03.2011 |
Galloni Vanessa | Lugano, Switzerland | 09.03.2011 |
Fiona Berkeley | Geneva, Switzerland | 09.03.2011 |
Le Hénanf Marine | Geneva , Switzerland | 08.03.2011 |
Stagakis Fereniki | Basel, Switzerland | 08.03.2011 |
KUMMER Antonin | Geneva. Switzerland | 08.03.2011 |
Koch, Gabriele | Switzerland | 08.03.2011 |
Daniela, Stehlin | Basel, Switzerland | 08.03.2011 |
Hodel Mirja | Zug, switzerland | 08.03.2011 |
Anouk Stucky | Switzerland | 08.03.2011 |
Brand Sandra | Switzerland | 07.03.2011 |
Jungo Dominique | Clarens, Switzerland | 07.03.2011 |
Anna Suter | Basel Switzerland | 07.03.2011 |
Du Bois-Cassani Sylvie | Genève Suisse | 07.03.2011 |
Peter Früh | Basel | 07.03.2011 |
Stefanie Freudenthaler | 5610 Wohlen, Switzerland | 07.03.2011 |
huguenin marianne | 1884 Ollon Switzerland | 06.03.2011 |
Florin Barbara | Waedenswil, 8820 | 06.03.2011 |
Pascal Germann | Morges, Switzerland | 06.03.2011 |
Hermann Daniel | Zürich, Switzerland | 06.03.2011 |
Debora Ferrari | Cernier, Switzerland | 06.03.2011 |
Stanic Elisabeth | Switzerland | 06.03.2011 |
Christine Supersaxo | La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland | 06.03.2011 |
Waldesbühl Theresa | 5412 Vogelsang, Switzerland | 06.03.2011 |
Gehrer Marianne | Riehen, Switzerland | 06.03.2011 |
Küch marie-josé | Cugy Suisse | 06.03.2011 |
Anne-Catherine Folly Chappuis | Fribourg, Suisse | 05.03.2011 |
Buchli Ruth | Rothenbrunnen, Switzerland | 05.03.2011 |
Elisabeth Peyer | Villars-sur-Glâne | 05.03.2011 |
Diana DEY | Chézard, Switzerland | 05.03.2011 |
Stierli Andrea | Zurich, Switzerland | 04.03.2011 |
Meyer Catherine | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | 04.03.2011 |
Wegmann Erwin | Tagelswangen, Switzerland | 04.03.2011 |
Elisabeth Zobel | Switzerland | 04.03.2011 |
Brigitte Terim | Zürich, Switzerland | 04.03.2011 |
Susanne Fleischli | Switzerland, Bern | 04.03.2011 |
Kohli Marie Lea | PULLY SWITZERLAND | 03.03.2011 |
Annette Dubois | Geneva, Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
Bucher Irma | Meggen Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
Monica Gemperli | Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
Clerson, Jean-François | Echichens, Suisse | 03.03.2011 |
Павел Слепухин | Борисов | 03.03.2011 |
Вячеслав Борисов | Минск | 03.03.2011 |
Вячеслав Борисов | Минск | 03.03.2011 |
Светлана Борисова | минск | 03.03.2011 |
Александр Борисов | Минск | 03.03.2011 |
Vollenweider, Noëmi | Zürich, Schweiz | 03.03.2011 |
Thorimbert Jean-Pierre | Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
Françoise SCHMID | Genva - Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
Cléa Robin | 1896 Vouvry Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
Patthey Jacqueline | 1807 Blonay, Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
a-star | Менск | 03.03.2011 |
Florian Knappe | Zürich, Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
Grandgiard Marie-Jo | La Corbaz Switzerland | 03.03.2011 |
Grandi Rebekka | 4514 Lommiswil, Suisse | 03.03.2011 |
fournier sylvain | genève Suisse | 03.03.2011 |
Алеся Чарняўская | Мінск | 02.03.2011 |
Suremann Monika | Schweiz | 02.03.2011 |
Raffaela Castellari | Sessa, Switzerland | 01.03.2011 |
FUHRER DOMINIQUE | GENEVA SWITZERLAND | 01.03.2011 |
Schuessler, Christa | Brunnen, Switzerland | 01.03.2011 |
гаурыленка аляксей | магилеу | 01.03.2011 |
Renz Juerg | Münchenstein, Switzerland | 01.03.2011 |
BRUNNER Corinne | Fontainemelon, Switzerland | 01.03.2011 |
delphine bourgeois | geneva switzerland | 28.02.2011 |
Евгений Воротынский | Минск | 28.02.2011 |
Roman NIedermann | Herisau CH | 28.02.2011 |
deonucui guk | минск | 27.02.2011 |
сергей жук | солигорск | 27.02.2011 |
светлана жук | солигорск | 27.02.2011 |
Klenk Karl | Steffisburg, Switzerland | 27.02.2011 |
Renaud Claire | Switzerland | 27.02.2011 |
Alessandro Suter | Basel, Switzerland | 27.02.2011 |
Lea Egloff | Baden, Switzerland | 27.02.2011 |
Weber, Dorothea | Dübendorf, Switzerland | 27.02.2011 |
Rocchi Hannah | Bern, Switzerland | 27.02.2011 |
Жукова Дарья | Минск | 26.02.2011 |