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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Natalia Cisowska | Szczytna, Polska | 19.06.2012 |
Magdalena Szpura-Kakol | Lublin, Polska | 19.06.2012 |
Rae Zehel | Madison, USA | 18.06.2012 |
Сергей Васенда | Мозырь, Беларусь | 18.06.2012 |
Адольф Вождь | Браунау-на-Инне, Рансхофен | 17.06.2012 |
Руфан Мустафаев | Гомель, Беларусь | 16.06.2012 |
Лилия Войчевская | Минск, Беларусь | 15.06.2012 |
Walentyna łojewska | Białystok, Polska | 14.06.2012 |
Надежда Коледа | Санкт-Петербург, Россия | 13.06.2012 |
Алексей Кузнецов | Новополоцк, Беларусь | 13.06.2012 |
Anna Matysek | Warszawa, Polska | 13.06.2012 |
Андрей Никитин | Полоцк, Беларусь | 13.06.2012 |
Яуген Гулецкi | Мiнск, Беларусь | 13.06.2012 |
Татьяна Архипова | Москва, Россия | 13.06.2012 |
Dzmitry Herasimau | Vitabsk, Belarus | 13.06.2012 |
Justyna Czarnik | 13.06.2012 | |
Aleksandra Łakoma | Opole Lubelskie, POLSKA | 12.06.2012 |
AGNIESZKA JAKALA | WYSOKA, POLSKA | 11.06.2012 |
Magdalena Pełka | Jugów, polska | 10.06.2012 |
Marian Lipczyński | Gliwice, Polska | 10.06.2012 |
Наталья Аниска | Гродно, Беларусь | 10.06.2012 |
Людміла Карона | Менск, Беларусь | 10.06.2012 |
Zofia Godowska | Warszawa, Polska | 09.06.2012 |
Zuzanna Ślemp | Sanok, Polska | 09.06.2012 |
Mateusz Paluch | Kraków, Polska | 09.06.2012 |
Вiкторыя Бурая | Лiда, Беларусь | 08.06.2012 |
Paulina Reichhart | Stalowa Wola, Polska | 08.06.2012 |
Anita Przybylska | Tychy, POLSKA | 07.06.2012 |
Adam Nagięć | Niepołomice, Polska | 07.06.2012 |
Gabriela Krypska | Sanok, Polska | 07.06.2012 |
Izabela Rogacka | Zielona Góra, Polska | 06.06.2012 |
Dominika Józefiak | Kutno, Polska | 06.06.2012 |
Olimpia Liber | 06.06.2012 | |
Robert Różycki | Wolsztyn, Polska | 05.06.2012 |
Aleksandra Olszewska | Wrocław, Polska | 05.06.2012 |
Kamil Byliński | Bytom, Polska | 05.06.2012 |
Inga Dudek | Warszawa, Polska | 05.06.2012 |
Anna Piasecka | Lublin, Polska | 05.06.2012 |
Міміш Яўгеній | 04.06.2012 | |
Eleonora Żurawska | Lublin, Polska | 04.06.2012 |
Аліна Байгужакава | Люблін, Польшч | 04.06.2012 |
Katarzyna Denis | Lublin, Polska | 04.06.2012 |
Anna Dąbrowska | Lublin, Polska | 04.06.2012 |
Mieczysław Kobus | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 04.06.2012 |
Agnieszka Kurowska | Gliwice, Polska | 04.06.2012 |
Anna Dębinny | 03.06.2012 | |
Edyta Rutkowska | Olszyny, Polska | 03.06.2012 |
Danuta Stroz | Pfullendorf, NIEMCY | 03.06.2012 |
Юлия Савчук | Минск, Беларусь | 03.06.2012 |
Олег Желнов | Бобруйск, Беларусь | 03.06.2012 |
rafał kania | Białystok, polska | 03.06.2012 |
Monika Kwaśniewska-Mikuła | Kraków, Polska | 03.06.2012 |
Anna Białek | Szczecin, Polska | 03.06.2012 |
Karolina Imielska | wrocław, Polska | 02.06.2012 |
Justyna Dekarz | Białystok, Polska | 02.06.2012 |
Grażyna Jędrychowska | Olsztyn, Polska | 02.06.2012 |
Anna Horszwald | Olsztyn, Polska | 02.06.2012 |
Arkadiusz Chmielewski | 02.06.2012 | |
Marina Goncharenok | Bobruisk, Belarus | 02.06.2012 |
Ольга Михновец | Минск, Беларусь | 02.06.2012 |
Małgorzata Daniluk | Warszawa, POLSKA | 02.06.2012 |
Adam Eppa | Olsztyn, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Katarzyna Boczek | Lublin, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Weronika Jutrzenka | 01.06.2012 | |
Marta Parada | Edinburgh, Szkocja | 01.06.2012 |
Bartłomiej Kozłowski | Michałów Grabina, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Maria Jędrzejewska | Warszawa, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Natalia Kośnik | Olsztyna, Poland | 01.06.2012 |
Anna Adamczak | Warszawa, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Julia Bartosz | Wroclaw, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Robert Majsterek | Warszawa, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Aliaksandr Drahun | Kielce, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Adriana Mazurek | Olsztyn, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Konrad Drzewiecki | Warszawa, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Dagmara Skawińska | 01.06.2012 | |
Magdalena Brzezińska-Hendzel | Słupsk, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Weronika Lewandowska | Nebrowo Małe 14, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Justyna Kosiń | 01.06.2012 | |
Agnieszka Kurasińska-Woźniak | Poznań, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Sandra Post | Gliwice, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Agnieszka Szewczyk | Bytom, POLSKA | 01.06.2012 |
Przemysław Wierzbowski | Białystok, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
Monika Płuciennik | Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Polska | 01.06.2012 |
beata rys | warszawa, polska | 01.06.2012 |
Adam Januszewski | Łomża, Polska | 31.05.2012 |
Наталля Бордак | Нясвіж, Беларусь | 31.05.2012 |
Anna Lebda | 30.05.2012 | |
J Inoh | Białstok, Polska | 30.05.2012 |
Sylwia Kalejta | Suwałki, Polska | 30.05.2012 |
jakub Drózd | Cieszyn, Polska | 30.05.2012 |
валентина бульхеллер | гродно, рб | 30.05.2012 |
Dominique van Eick | 30.05.2012 | |
Ewelina Pietrzyk | Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Polska | 29.05.2012 |
Mateusz Paweł Smaruj | Warszawa, Polska | 29.05.2012 |
Markéta Eidrnová | Pilzno, Czechy | 29.05.2012 |
Justyna Glińska | Łempice, Polska | 29.05.2012 |
Ola Kapturek | Warszawa, Polska | 29.05.2012 |
Ruslana Kobryn | Dubno, Ukraina | 29.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Mansfeld-Piontek | Bielefeld, Niemcy | 29.05.2012 |
Marta Joanna Smaruj | Turyn, Włochy | 29.05.2012 |