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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Anka Herbut | Wrocław, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Monika Narbut | Gdańsk, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Anna Wójtowicz | Kielce, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Halina Sochoń | Biłystok, RP | 20.05.2012 |
Magdalena Nowakowska | Poznań, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Justyna Ulanowska | Zamość, polska | 20.05.2012 |
dariusz kmetyk | Szczecin, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
brat Bonawentura Sułkowski | Kraków, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
wiesław kramarz | toruń, polska | 20.05.2012 |
BARBARA KRANZ | SZCZECIN, POLSKA | 20.05.2012 |
Magdalena Klocek | Rzgów, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Ilona Kacprzyk | Zambrów, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Magdalena Szczechura | manchester, wielk brytania | 20.05.2012 |
Alain Kobyniewicz | Chodzież, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Andrzej Marciniszyn | Żagań, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Анна Кузьмина | Санкт-Петербург, Россия | 20.05.2012 |
Alicja Jędrzejczak | Wrocław, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Sylwia Łaszewska | Katowice, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Artur Dura | Kedzierzyn- Kozle, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Dariusz Jarzębski | Mińsk Mazowiecki, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Natalia Anna Kowalska | Kedzierzyn- Kozle, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Sylwia Jarzębska | Mińsk Mazowiecki, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Aneta. Ścibor | Kraków, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Joanna Przybyło | Szczecin, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Angelika Pietrzak-Rydzik | Świerzawa, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Barbara Radłowska | Kołobrzeg, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Marta Wiater | Zory, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Karolina Kalinowska | Toruń, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Natasza Wojtowicz | Schaumburg, USA | 20.05.2012 |
Anna Pawełek | Malbork, Poland | 20.05.2012 |
ula jańczyk | lublin, polska | 20.05.2012 |
kieron gravesande | London, England | 20.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Wrocławska | Warszawa, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Kaczmarek | Wrocław, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Maria Chorowska | Wrocław, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Ewa Kucharska | Wałbrzych, Polska | 20.05.2012 |
Halina Szymczak | Choszczno, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Monika Iwanicka | Kraków, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Aneta Brycka | Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Anna Kałuża | Trzebnica, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Gach | Sosnowiec, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Marianna Popiel | Przemyśl, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Maria Stachowiak | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Tomasz Sochański | Warszawa, Poland | 19.05.2012 |
Hanna Michalska | Ostrów, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Alicja Anna Przepiórka | Szczecin, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Martyna Graduszewska | Brodnica, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
KATARZYNA STASZKIEWICZ | MALBORK, POLAND | 19.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Gaczyńska | Paczków, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Justyna Fabiszak | poznań, polska | 19.05.2012 |
ewa berecka | Wrocław, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Anna Janiczek | K-Kozle, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Karolina Paterak | Nowa Sól, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
martyna chwedczuk | Wrocław, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Patrycja Słowikowska | Wólka Kijewska, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Anna Sobotka | Malbork, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Tomasz Chmielewski | Bytom Odrzański, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Kamil Kiklica | surmaczowka, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Eugeniusz Kłyza | Sępólno Krajeńskie, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Jarosław Daciuk | Elbląg, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
anna iwona mućko | garwolin, polska | 19.05.2012 |
Kinga Janik | Kołki, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Karina Daciuk | Elbląg, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Izabela Daciuk | Elbląg, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
konrad krkowski | stargard szczecinski, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Aneta Adamek | Lublin, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Joanna Rablewska | Szczecin, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
ADAM ANTOSZEWSKI | SZCZECIN, POLSKA | 19.05.2012 |
Екатерина Селейкович | Дрогичин, Беларусь | 19.05.2012 |
Joanna A | Olsztyn, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Justyna Hinz | Gdańsk, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Peplińska | Bytów, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Daria Pogiel | Szubin, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Szydłowska-Buba | Radom, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Anna Eweliana Mienkina | Kluczbork, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Danuta S. | Włocławek, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
romano romanowicz | opolie, polska | 19.05.2012 |
Joanna Sierpinska-Redel | Larnaca, Cypr | 19.05.2012 |
Joanna Dybza | Poznań, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Dybza | Poznań, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Mateusz Pawlikowski | Malbork, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Daria Onisk | Skierniewice, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Kolenda | Żyrardów, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Marcin Sobotka | Malbork, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Monika Broda | Rzeszów, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Natalia Wielgosz | Malbork, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Martyna Sobotka | Malbork, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Beata Czerencka | Tarnów, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Marek Krzysztof Bugno | Ozorków, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Michalina Bielewicz | Gdańsk, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Andrzej Skiba | gdansk, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Jagoda Bachorska | Pleszew, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Patrycja Bachorska | Pleszew, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Serafin-Myk | Kielce, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Izabela Janicka-Lipska | Poznań, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Magdalena Karolina Tonn | Uniejów, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Honorata Olszewska | Chodzież, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
Jacek Maliński | Piaseczno, Polska | 19.05.2012 |
PATRYCJA OLSZAMOWSKA | KRAKÓW, POLSKA | 19.05.2012 |
Daria Blaszczyk | Pszów, Polska | 19.05.2012 |