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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Agnieszka Rauch | Dębica, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Danuta Milczanowska | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
KATARZYNA ROMANOWSKA | UBOCZE 177, POLSKA | 21.05.2012 |
Marta Nowicka | olsztyn, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Paulina Chabowska | Sztumska Wieś, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Marlena Pawłowska | Szczecin, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Jolanta Pernak | Ostrow wielkopolski, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Skiwski | Ożarów, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Pernak | Ostrow wielkopolski, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Daria Strzelecka | Gniezno, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Diana Julia Trzeciak | Rudna Wielka, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Siwecka | Poznań, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Ela Pieczonka | 21.05.2012 | |
Stanisława Suchan | Kraków, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Maciek Bezkota | Bielsko-Biała, Polsk | 21.05.2012 |
Aldona Szeliga | Oborniki, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Barbara Kuzub-Samosiuk | Czeremcha, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Joanna Bojakowska | Lublin, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Alicja Polska | Wrocław, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Magdalena Cholewa | Brzeg Dolny, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Malgorzata Kowalik | Gdańsk, Poland | 21.05.2012 |
Monika Kucharska | Rejowiec, Poland | 21.05.2012 |
Barbara Twardawa | Knurów, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Christophe PACAUT | Cagne sur mer, France | 21.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Maszczak-Lipczyńska | Wrocław, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Rudnicka | Kraków, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Marlena Ilona Lewowicka | Elbląg, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Julia Kurowska | Wejherowo, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
monika kowalska-sadowska | toruń, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Денис Томашевич | Минск, Беларусь | 21.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Marta Wesolowska | Kisielice, polska | 21.05.2012 |
Sławomir Sławiński | Gdańsk, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Błońska | Gdańsk, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Natalia Nowacka | Teresin, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Anna Bartosiak | Biała Rawska, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Wojtek Duda | Szczecin, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Kamińska | Miłków, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Magdalena Kuzniar | Gniewczyna, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Renata Polit | Ostrowiec Św., Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Karolina Anioł | 21.05.2012 | |
Małgorzata Agata Deręgowska | Szczecin, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Grazyna Borowka | Katowice, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Andrzej Tomanek | Tychy, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Barbara Świetlik | Kraków, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Karolina Glinka | Kąty Wrocławskie, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Weronika Liśniewska | Wrocław, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Joanna Wolak | London, UK | 21.05.2012 |
Adrian Doroszko | Wrocław, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Karwaczyńska | Opole, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Anna Kurek | Warszawa, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Sandra Tatarczak | Warszawa, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Marja Silwanowicz | Minsk, Belarus | 21.05.2012 |
Zdzisława Chruścińska | Zamość, Polska | 21.05.2012 |
Wojciech Golda | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 21.05.2012 |
Piotr Konieczny | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 21.05.2012 |
Izabela Socha | Kielce, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Przemysław Witczak | 20.05.2012 | |
paulina sułkowska | Stare Miasto, polska | 20.05.2012 |
Angelika Madura | Tarnów, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Kamila Szymańska | Wrocław, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Marlena Frankiewicz | Warszawa, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Zbigniew Chruściński | Zamość, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Sonia Chruścińska | zamosc, polska | 20.05.2012 |
Olga Gwozdewa | Siedlce, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Sylwia Duda | Dąbrowa Górnicza, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Iwona Narodowiec | Wrocław, polska | 20.05.2012 |
sylwia koziel | gorzyce, polska | 20.05.2012 |
janusz Malicki | Sochaczew, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Marcin Sulikowski | Wrocław, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Anna Herbut | Dublin, Irlandia | 20.05.2012 |
Paulina Piątek | Wrocław, Poland | 20.05.2012 |
Teresa Łabęcka | Pabianice, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Mariola Jakubiec | Puławy, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Kalina Cywińska | Nowy Bedoń, Poland | 20.05.2012 |
Aneta Kozodoj | Fakenham, United Kingdom | 20.05.2012 |
Karolina Drabik | jeżowe, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
adam Cisak | Międzyrzec Podlaski, POLSKA | 20.05.2012 |
Natalia Wawrzyniak | Grudziądz, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Joanna Kinga Wilczyńska | Ostrów Mazowiecka, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Ewa Marcinkiewicz | Oulu, Finlandia | 20.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Borusinska | exeter, Wielka Brytania | 20.05.2012 |
Maria Cholewa | Krasnystaw, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
henryk cholewa | siennica krolewska mala, polska | 20.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Cholewa | Siennica Królewska Mała, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Eliza Witaszek | Kąty Wrocławskie, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Elzbieta Rozanska | Debica, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Anna Cerkowniak | Racibórz, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Michał Sapuń | Wrocław, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Marcela Mikulska | Sopot, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Martyna Feluś | Libiąż, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Madej | Kraków, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Zbigniew Madej | Opoczno, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Kazimiera Krystyna Galant | ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA | 20.05.2012 |
Urszula Makarewicz | warszawa, polska | 20.05.2012 |
Maria Norkowska | Poznań, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
andrzej kolasiński | słopsk, polska | 20.05.2012 |
Marianna Sułkowska | Stare Miasto, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Ryszard Sułkowski | Stare Miasto, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Maria Monika Kurek | Legionowo, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Adrianna Sasin | Nowa Sól, Polska | 20.05.2012 |