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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Ірина Брох | Славутич, Україна | 27.08.2014 |
Аляксей Баравiк | Брэст, Беларусь | 26.08.2014 |
Кірыл Марыкін | Гродна, Беларусь | 22.08.2014 |
Денис Мурза | 22.08.2014 | |
Анастасiя Кноп | Мiнск, Беларусь | 21.08.2014 |
Ірына Шынкевіч | Магілеў, Беларусь | 20.08.2014 |
Віталь Амяльковіч | Слуцк, Беларусь | 15.08.2014 |
Оля Таборко | Минск, Беларусь | 14.08.2014 |
Юрий Метельский | Слуцк, Беларусь | 14.08.2014 |
Лидия Масюк | Минск, Беларусь | 12.08.2014 |
Елена Абрамова | Могилев, Беларусь | 12.08.2014 |
Екатерина Папаика | Минск, Республика Беларусь | 08.08.2014 |
Зьміцер Варнашоў | Менск, Беларусь | 08.08.2014 |
Паліна Шкорава | Мінск, Беларусь | 07.08.2014 |
Аляксей Тумашчык | Менск, Бедарусь | 06.08.2014 |
Александра Петрова | Гомель, Беларусь | 05.08.2014 |
Надежда Путято | Минск, Беларусь | 03.08.2014 |
Metz Hans | 02.08.2014 | |
johan de Boer | Haarlem, The Netherlands | 01.08.2014 |
Boerma Truus | Haarlem, netherlands | 01.08.2014 |
Niesthoven Adriana | Haarlem, The Netherlands | 01.08.2014 |
Паліна Адамовіч | Мінск, Беларусь | 01.08.2014 |
Puljic Jelena | Berlin, Germany | 27.07.2014 |
Эла Малькевіч | Менск, Беларусь | 20.07.2014 |
Алексей Шумигай | Могилев, Беларусь | 16.07.2014 |
Екатерина Карлюк | Гомель, Беларусь | 15.07.2014 |
сяргей Вяракса | Минск, Беларусь | 14.07.2014 |
Анастасия Секоненко | Орша, Беларусь | 13.07.2014 |
Андрей Астрейко | Бобруйск, Беларусь | 13.07.2014 |
Микалай Драздоу | Гомель, Беларусь | 06.07.2014 |
Надзея Язмер | Полацк, Беларусь | 06.07.2014 |
Наталья Ошека | Речица, Беларусь | 06.07.2014 |
Наталля Пучко | Менск, Беларусь | 04.07.2014 |
Jakub Nojanowski | Warszawa, Polska | 03.07.2014 |
Wilhelm Smith | London, England | 03.07.2014 |
Haley Haley | New York, USA | 24.06.2014 |
Краснадземская Ганна | Мінск, Беларусь | 23.06.2014 |
Лукашевич Виталий | Минск, Беларусь | 23.06.2014 |
Анна Гапоненко | д. бронное Речицкий р-н, беларусь | 23.06.2014 |
Сяргей Кастрама | Мінск, Беларусь | 23.06.2014 |
Steven Steven | New York, USA | 21.06.2014 |
Татьяна Яловая | Санкт-Петербург, Россия | 21.06.2014 |
Михаил Аксарин | Псков, Россия | 20.06.2014 |
Александр Стасевич | Минск, Республика Беларусь | 20.06.2014 |
Ольга Аксарина | Москва, Россия | 19.06.2014 |
lightsoul lightsoul | New York, USA | 19.06.2014 |
Дарья Иванова | Витебск, Беларусь | 18.06.2014 |
Cameron Cameron | New York, USA | 15.06.2014 |
Alyssa Alyssa | New York, USA | 14.06.2014 |
Міхаіл Макей | Мінск, Беларусь | 09.06.2014 |
Cody Cody | New York, USA | 09.06.2014 |
Paige Paige | New York, USA | 08.06.2014 |
Krzysztof Budek | Niepołomice, polska | 08.06.2014 |
Аляксей Валабуеў | Салігорск, Беларусь | 07.06.2014 |
Алег Гапоненка | Мінск, Беларусь | 05.06.2014 |
Francesca Conti | Carlsbad, USA | 05.06.2014 |
Autumn Autumn | New York, USA | 04.06.2014 |
Екатерина Третьякова | Минск, Беларусь | 03.06.2014 |
Аляксандра Васільева | Мінск, Беларусь | 03.06.2014 |
Angelina Angelina | New York, USA | 03.06.2014 |
николай тихонович | гродно, беларусь | 02.06.2014 |
nidhi edhia | mumbai, india | 31.05.2014 |
Antonio Antonio | New York, USA | 30.05.2014 |
Helena Hýsková | Prague, Czech republic | 28.05.2014 |
Юлія Аляксеева | Менск, Беларусь | 26.05.2014 |
Drevon Manu | 25.05.2014 | |
Лысюк Алге | Мінск, Беларусь | 24.05.2014 |
Isabel Sommerfeld | Stockholm, Sweden | 21.05.2014 |
Jaroslav Ondruška | Praha, Czech Republic | 19.05.2014 |
Оксана Дерман | Барановичи, Беларусь | 16.05.2014 |
Юлiя Урублеуская | Менск, Беларусь | 11.05.2014 |
Weronika Tomczak | Poznań, Poland | 08.05.2014 |
Анастасія Бурмель | Мазыр, Беларусь | 04.05.2014 |
Volha Yurhel | Vilnius, Lithuania | 03.05.2014 |
Ілля Левачоў | Бешанковічы, Беларусь | 24.04.2014 |
Ягор Левачоў | Бешанковічы, Беларусь | 24.04.2014 |
Martyna Bartz | Gniezno, Polska | 24.04.2014 |
Ольга Жемойтель | Гродно, Беларусь | 23.04.2014 |
Radosław Lewandowski | Gdańsk, Polska | 23.04.2014 |
Анастасия Кулеш | Минск, Беларусь | 21.04.2014 |
Gaudreault France | Luzern, Switzerland | 15.04.2014 |
Jan Polívka | 14.04.2014 | |
Daria Gr | 26.03.2014 | |
Елена Вилькевич | Гродно, Беларусь | 25.03.2014 |
Валерыя Далевіч | Магілеў, Беларусь | 21.03.2014 |
gunilla öquist | skillingaryd, sweden | 19.03.2014 |
Марына Дзергачова | Менск, Беларусь | 16.03.2014 |
Сакалоуская Ганна | Менск, Беларусь | 15.03.2014 |
Vitaly Servetnik | Мурманск, Россия | 10.03.2014 |
Вiкторыя Сечка | вiцебск, бнларусь | 04.03.2014 |
Martin Skoog | Örebro, Sweden | 02.03.2014 |
сергей наумович | солигорск, беларусь | 25.02.2014 |
Zoya Diekmann | Heidelberg, Germany | 23.02.2014 |
Вера Данченко | Санкт-Петербург, Россия | 19.02.2014 |
Сергей Блюмин | Гомель, Беларусь | 17.02.2014 |
Maria Lemeshko | Belarus, Gomel region, Rectica, Беларусь | 15.02.2014 |
Антоний Бадей | Минск, Беларусь | 15.02.2014 |
Алексей Шульгач | Пинск, РБ | 14.02.2014 |
Екатерина Курилина | Минск, Беларусь | 14.02.2014 |
olga sinkevich | peterborough, uk | 12.02.2014 |