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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Ewelina Gilewska | Nowa Sól, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Anna Bracha | Kielce, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Post | Gliwice, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Magdalena Bednarek | Warszawa, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Magdalena Post | Gliwice, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Natalia Pustoła | Siennica, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Izabela Pachla | Trzydnik Duży, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Mikołaj Redlisiak | warszawa, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Emilia Czyż | Siennica, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Мария Тимофеева | Веймар, Германия | 23.05.2012 |
Michał Nitecki | Poznań, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Anna Wojciul | Poznań, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Wiśniewska | Pruszków, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Magdalena Bąkowska | Kraków, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Natalia Janowska | Koło, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Jakubik | Staszów, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Kinga Guldzińska | Gdańsk, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Barbara Urbaniak | Gorzów Wlkp, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Wichtowska | Poznan, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Aneta Walęga | Warszawa, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Anna Maria Kmieć | Gołkowice, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Marcin Staromłyński | Milicz, Polska | 23.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Koziołek | Bielsko - Biała, polska | 22.05.2012 |
Lidia Koziołek | Bielsko - Biała, polska | 22.05.2012 |
arkadiusz koziel | gorzyce, polska | 22.05.2012 |
Natalia Szydłowska | 22.05.2012 | |
Wojciech Litwin | Świętochłowice, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Julia Stańczyk | Łódź, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Anna Miszke | Legnica, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Karina Szorec | Kraków, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Krystyna Małkiewicz | Warszawa, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Zofia Matoga | Myślenice, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Marek Wyrazik | Staszów, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Mężyńska | Białystok, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Paweł Cyranowski | Staszów, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Stachowiak | 22.05.2012 | |
Bożena Fabiańska | Bytom, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Zosia Pikulska | 22.05.2012 | |
Rafał Krawczyk | Wadowice, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Gabriela Frydecka | Tychy, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Magrdalena Ryszka | Rybnik, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Konrad Chróścik | Kutno, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Piotr Tomczak | Poznań, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Ada Buczkowska | Poznań, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Kamila Hadaś | Olesno, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Justyna Jonczyk | Gorzów Śl., Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Anna Muszyńska | Suwałki, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Damian Kupis | 22.05.2012 | |
Agata Smagłowska | 22.05.2012 | |
Katarzyna Rutkowska | Kutno, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Weronika Czekalska | Sieroszewice, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Justyna Knera | Wrocław, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Rymarczyk | Świdnica, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Zofia Bobrowicz | Kraków, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Barbara Galińska | Kraków, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Janas | Lubsko, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Iwona Turek | Częstochowa, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Popieram karę | 22.05.2012 | |
Joanna Swierze | Stuttgart, Niemcy | 22.05.2012 |
Daria Kanicka | Poznań, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Rynkar | Pilzno, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
tadeusz sobczak | tułowice, polska | 22.05.2012 |
Klaudyna Opalińska | Gdańsk, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Jacek Rachwald | Lublin, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Anna Marzec | Kraków, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Anna Rogala | Jelcz-laskowice, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Paulina Ryczek | Białystok, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Anna Wilkos | Mikołów, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Lagierska | Krasocin, PolskA | 22.05.2012 |
Monika Drożdż | Otwock, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Anna Waluk | Białystok, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Bartłomiej Skiwski | Kraków, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Anna Badenska | Kolobrzeg, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Pająk | Kraków, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Seweryn Rudnicki | Kraków, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Andrzej. Paweł Kaczmarczyk | Kraków, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Patryk Moździoch | Lubin, Polska | 22.05.2012 |
Justyna Zaremba | 21.05.2012 | |
Edyta Widawska | Częstochowa, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Barbara Myśliwiec | Warszawa, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Turczyn | Kraków, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Tomczak | Warszawa, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Daria Błaszczyk | Herby, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Oliwniak | Lublin, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Magdalena Pilarska | Szczecin, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Kinga Szarkowicz | Tarnów, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Karolina Ostrowska | Turek, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Dagmara Tammena | Poznań, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Alicja Radziemska | Toronto, Canada | 21.05.2012 |
PIOTR ROBERT KWIATKOWSKI | PŁOCK, POLSKA | 21.05.2012 |
KATARZYNA CHRZĄSZCZYK | PŁOCK, POLSKA | 21.05.2012 |
Emilia Sobczak | Radom, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Ada Rogóż | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
magdalena macuda | wroclaw, polska | 21.05.2012 |
Janina Kijek | Włocławek, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Angelika Piotrowska | Toruń, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Danuta Zielińska | Żagań, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Waldemar Hyzopski | Krośniewice, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Ryszard Zieliński | Żagań, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Paweł Małysiak | Kraków, Polska | 21.05.2012 |