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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Lucie Henrioux | Nyon, Switzerland | 06.02.2011 |
Rohner Anita | Bad Ragaz, Switzerland | 06.02.2011 |
Barut Rojda | Switzerland | 06.02.2011 |
Seyda Aydar | Bern, Switzerland | 06.02.2011 |
Mathiuet Sina | Switzerland | 06.02.2011 |
Мікіта Бароўскі | Гародня | 05.02.2011 |
Dux Fredy | Switzerland | 05.02.2011 |
Аляксандр Іўлеў | Мiнск | 05.02.2011 |
Людмила Горда | Брест | 05.02.2011 |
dora biasio | affoltern a.a., switzerland | 05.02.2011 |
Валентина Соболева | Борисов | 04.02.2011 |
Kamiya, Cora | Basel, Switzerland | 04.02.2011 |
Geiser Pierre-Alain | Romont, Switzerland | 03.02.2011 |
Pürro Tatjana | Freiburg, Schweiz | 03.02.2011 |
Алексей Масленников | Минск | 03.02.2011 |
Res Diesler | Schaffhausen, Switzerland | 03.02.2011 |
Eggmann Marcel | Rickenbach Sulz, Switzerland | 02.02.2011 |
Алеся Шарипова | Минск | 02.02.2011 |
Castellari raffaela | Sessa, Switzerland | 02.02.2011 |
Pierre Courbat | Nyon, Suisse | 02.02.2011 |
Suzanne Courbat | Nyon, Suisse | 02.02.2011 |
Alfred Le Prevost | London, United Kingdom | 02.02.2011 |
Evamaria Nittnaus | Ebmatingen, Switzerland | 02.02.2011 |
Ольга Любич | Минск | 02.02.2011 |
Florian Egloff | CH Zürich switzerland | 01.02.2011 |
CHRISTENSEN, ANNE-SOPHIE | COPPET, SWITZERLAND | 01.02.2011 |
Anne ROESSINGER | Lausanne, S | 01.02.2011 |
Виталий Рудковский | Борисов | 01.02.2011 |
Zbinden yolande | fribourg suisse | 01.02.2011 |
Madeleine Sanchez | Genève , Suisse | 01.02.2011 |
Наталля Гранькова | Менск | 01.02.2011 |
Jansen Christine | Frenkendorf, Switzerland | 01.02.2011 |
Gabriella Soldini | 6900 Lugano/CH | 01.02.2011 |
Grin Daniel | Genève Switzerland | 01.02.2011 |
Lüthi Catherine | Langenthal, Schweiz | 01.02.2011 |
Yannic Schmezer | Swiss | 01.02.2011 |
Алесь Баразенка | Пінск | 31.01.2011 |
бунько ганна | львів | 31.01.2011 |
Самойла Iрына | Гродна | 31.01.2011 |
Jean-Claude VIGNOLI | Geneva, Switzerland | 31.01.2011 |
GARRAUX Stéphane | GRÄNICHEN, SWITZERLAND (CH) | 31.01.2011 |
Olmes,Gregor | Germany | 31.01.2011 |
Alex Grether | zurich ch | 31.01.2011 |
Ebbertz, Christian | Düren, Germany | 30.01.2011 |
Rey, Pierre-Antoine | Geneva, Switzerland | 30.01.2011 |
Theißen, Nadja | Nürnberg, Germany | 30.01.2011 |
Sautier, Charlotte | Erlangen, Germany | 30.01.2011 |
Квяткоускi Аляксандар | Наваполацк | 30.01.2011 |
Arlova Larysa | minsk | 30.01.2011 |
Christian Sandfeld | Stäfa, Switzerland | 29.01.2011 |
Daniele Colombo | Lugano, Switzerland | 29.01.2011 |
kohler annemarie | 9613 mühlrüti swizerland | 29.01.2011 |
Keller Robin | Genève, Suisse | 29.01.2011 |
Keller Jean-Pierre | Genève, Suisse | 29.01.2011 |
Keller Corinne | Genève, Suisse | 29.01.2011 |
Guelich, Rosemarie | Winterthur, Switzerland | 29.01.2011 |
Greco Alexandre | Switzerland, Geneva | 28.01.2011 |
Noirmain Caroline | Switzerland, Geneva | 28.01.2011 |
Людзмiла Мiкалаеуна Чартовiч | Мiнск | 28.01.2011 |
Людзмiла Чартовiч | Мiнск | 28.01.2011 |
peter seiler | interlaken, switzerland | 28.01.2011 |
Silvia Bezoari | Switzerland | 27.01.2011 |
Heller Camille | Lausanne, switzerland | 27.01.2011 |
Moreira Coralie | Neuchâtel,Switzerland | 27.01.2011 |
Шыдэрскi Раман | Слонiм | 27.01.2011 |
Brunner-Mettler Susi | Hittnau, Schwitzerland | 27.01.2011 |
Stolz Ruth | St. Gallen Schweiz | 27.01.2011 |
Mehta Ritu | Huettlingen, Switzerland | 27.01.2011 |
Melissa Pacheco | Zurich, Switzerland | 27.01.2011 |
Vogel Veronika | Boll, Switzerland | 27.01.2011 |
Meier, Jessica | Switzerland, St.Gallen | 27.01.2011 |
Ясінскі Арцём | Віцебск | 27.01.2011 |
Wieler Angelika | Zürich Switzerland | 26.01.2011 |
Эльвiра Ж. | Менск | 26.01.2011 |
z'brun ady | raron, suisse | 26.01.2011 |
z'brun marlies | raron, suisse | 26.01.2011 |
rüttimann simone | raron, suisse | 26.01.2011 |
z'brun berno | kaluga, russia | 26.01.2011 |
z'brun achim-david z'brun | raron, suisse | 26.01.2011 |
Канстанцін Трыпуцень | Менск | 26.01.2011 |
Гурыновіч Яўгенія | Мінск | 26.01.2011 |
Юлия Гольдюк | Минск | 26.01.2011 |
Weber, Marie | Germany | 26.01.2011 |
Andrea Cadilek | Lucerne, Switzerland | 26.01.2011 |
Падзiла Кацярына | Мазыр | 26.01.2011 |
Strässle Edwin | Wil SG, Schweiz | 26.01.2011 |
Alex Machado | Geneva, Switzerland | 26.01.2011 |
Дар'я Шаткова | Мінск | 26.01.2011 |
Björn Peters | Hamburg, Germany | 26.01.2011 |
daniela schneider | Zürich , schweiz | 26.01.2011 |
ROGGO, ELIANE | BASEL, SCHWEIZ | 26.01.2011 |
delez jeng fabienne | suisse | 26.01.2011 |
Івінская Аксана | Мінск | 26.01.2011 |
Hufschmid Karin | Schweiz | 26.01.2011 |
Brunner, Angelika | Regensburg, Germany | 26.01.2011 |
Надзея Бажко | Баранавічы | 25.01.2011 |
Глеб Сандрас | Мінск | 25.01.2011 |
Ellen Sanchez | Las Palmas, Spain | 25.01.2011 |
Падсасонная Янiа | Менск | 25.01.2011 |
Honkela, Markku | Bern, Switzerland | 25.01.2011 |