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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Meynet Fred | Bonne, France | 24.10.2013 |
Ludovic Urso | Lyon, France | 24.10.2013 |
LE KERNEAU Sylvie | 24.10.2013 | |
Amandine Ménis | Fricourt, France | 24.10.2013 |
Lombard Shanty | VILLENEUVE-LOUBET, France | 24.10.2013 |
Isabelle Marengo | Marseille, France | 24.10.2013 |
Emilie Frasier | Paris, France | 24.10.2013 |
Екатерина Шутова | Омск, Россия | 24.10.2013 |
José Latarlouze | Maury, France | 24.10.2013 |
Cori Antoine | Le perreux sur Marne, France | 24.10.2013 |
Laplume Marlène | Saint Just Saint Rambert, France | 24.10.2013 |
Bressanut Carlo | Diekirch, Lëtzebuerg | 24.10.2013 |
Aurélie Laporte | Genève, Switzerland | 24.10.2013 |
Laurent Lacaze | France, Toulouse | 24.10.2013 |
VARDON Stéphane | ST CYR L'ECOLE, FRANCE | 24.10.2013 |
Poac Maxime | Nantes, France | 24.10.2013 |
Eric Lombard | 24.10.2013 | |
Damien LERY | Tours, France | 24.10.2013 |
Mancier Damien | Meaux, France | 24.10.2013 |
GALLOT Damien | Nantes, France | 24.10.2013 |
gillot-rouillard damien | dijon, france | 24.10.2013 |
Viaud Mikael | Strasbourg, France | 24.10.2013 |
Lilian Delhomme | Saint-Etienne, France | 24.10.2013 |
Klaus Miret | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 24.10.2013 |
MARCHAND ROMUALD | FRANCE, BORDEAUX | 24.10.2013 |
masy didier | france, maubeuge | 24.10.2013 |
Catieau Steve | Paris, France | 24.10.2013 |
Hervieux Veronique | EPONE, France | 24.10.2013 |
Philippe Pascal | Cognac, France | 24.10.2013 |
PIERROT Raphaël | Montfermeil, France | 24.10.2013 |
Yohan Pomies | Albi, France | 24.10.2013 |
de pauw steve | montevrain, france | 24.10.2013 |
Bastié Nicolas | Brussels, Belgium | 24.10.2013 |
Moreau Olivier | ATHIS MONS, France | 24.10.2013 |
Guérin Nicolas | Toulouse, France | 24.10.2013 |
FABIEN DESCHAMPS | RETOURNAC, France | 24.10.2013 |
aguilar céline | montauban, france | 24.10.2013 |
Demolières Olivier | Paris, France | 24.10.2013 |
Buisson-Barge Sylvain | MONTPELLIER, FRANCE | 24.10.2013 |
taillantout vincent jessy | bordeaux, france | 24.10.2013 |
Анастасия Рудакова | Москва, Россия | 24.10.2013 |
Wilmann Allan | Tours, France | 24.10.2013 |
Valērija Pašegorova | Riga, Latvia | 24.10.2013 |
Nina Leroy Leroy | Narbonne, France | 24.10.2013 |
NICOLAS CLEMENCE | CLERMONT FERRAND, France | 24.10.2013 |
Talon Émilie | Grandvillars, France | 24.10.2013 |
bouvret cecile | chatenoy le royal, france | 24.10.2013 |
Christian Garre | Marseille, France | 24.10.2013 |
Roelly Baptiste | St Paul de Vence, France | 24.10.2013 |
Reveau Thomas | Paris, France | 24.10.2013 |
louvet loic | ermont, france | 24.10.2013 |
Kev Adams | Paris, France | 24.10.2013 |
Matthias Menguy | Brest, France | 24.10.2013 |
thibaut evelyne | la gueriniere, france | 24.10.2013 |
Alicia Chevalier | Caen, France | 24.10.2013 |
meunier maryse | herblay, France | 24.10.2013 |
fiorentino veronique | gigean, France | 24.10.2013 |
Azevedo Laurent | Clermont Ferrand, France | 24.10.2013 |
Mertens Arnaud | Bruxelles, Belgium | 24.10.2013 |
Fanny L | Le Mans, France | 24.10.2013 |
gaillard tifenn | mordelles, france | 24.10.2013 |
CESARI PASCAL | BESANCON, FRANCE | 24.10.2013 |
FOURNIER Lucas | Paris, FRANCE | 24.10.2013 |
Claire Chevrier | Pau, France | 24.10.2013 |
Mulot Cedric | Lyon, France | 24.10.2013 |
манто ашикиан нина | Gentilly, Франция | 24.10.2013 |
Slater Texia | Paris, France | 24.10.2013 |
Sablayrolles Christelle | 24.10.2013 | |
Adrien Forestier | Heillecourt, France | 24.10.2013 |
Moulin olivier | Brussels, Belgium | 24.10.2013 |
PICHET Stéphane | Paris, France | 24.10.2013 |
Pradeau Philippe | Chateauneuf du faou, France | 24.10.2013 |
sandrine girard | geneva, suisse | 24.10.2013 |
jerome Babon | France, bretagne | 24.10.2013 |
Lunair Tristan | Pézenas, France | 24.10.2013 |
Grandpierre Quentin | Reims, France | 24.10.2013 |
anthony clevenot | Nancy, france | 24.10.2013 |
boudreault sylvain | longueuil, canada | 24.10.2013 |
Gaynon Lise | St clément les places, France | 24.10.2013 |
Mael Le Drast | Brest, France | 24.10.2013 |
Isabelle Vuillaume | Nancy, France | 24.10.2013 |
Sabrina Sab | METZ, FRANCE | 24.10.2013 |
Louise CICCONE | London, United Kingdom | 24.10.2013 |
Wattin Thierry | Saint Montan, France | 24.10.2013 |
Schwindling Quentin | Metz, France | 24.10.2013 |
Sass Sebastien | Paris, France | 24.10.2013 |
Preschey jade | Lyon, France | 24.10.2013 |
Bergen Véronique | Brussels, Belgium | 24.10.2013 |
Janos Janurik | 24.10.2013 | |
De Sandro Chloé | Nantes, France | 24.10.2013 |
Lieser Laurent | Cocurès, France | 24.10.2013 |
gaillard corinne | EPINAL, FRANCE | 24.10.2013 |
Mélissa TIROT | Somloire, France | 24.10.2013 |
carpent michael | 24.10.2013 | |
karine vdv | 24.10.2013 | |
visage mathilde | france, indre et loire | 24.10.2013 |
GAILLARD THIERRY | EPINAL, FRANCE | 24.10.2013 |
Kevin Gargot | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 24.10.2013 |
BENVEGNU Alexandro | Brussels, Belgium | 24.10.2013 |
Chrystelle Guiguet | Villefontaine, France | 24.10.2013 |