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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Arkadiusz Sasin | Milanówek, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
laura wolender | Koszalin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Berczak | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Czuja | Sulęcin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Rogowski | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Grzegorzek | Bialystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Wydro | Zlotoryja, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Janina Woźniak | Toruń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
lukas kryscio | olecko, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Patrycja Leszczyńska | katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Chuchrak | Złotów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Górska | Wałbrzych, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Tomków | Skawina, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Jarmuła | Szczecin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Anna Wojna | Tarnów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Orzol | Walbrzych, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Jackowska | Pieszyce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Chowańska | Biała, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Natalia Lipska | Drawsko Pomorskie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
ANDRZEJ KUJAWA | KOSZALIN, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Zając | Nysa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Sokołowska | Gdynia, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
NATALIA RADZIO | WARSZAWA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Grzyb | Rzeszów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
justyna hyzopska | krośniewice, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Raczyńska | Bogatynia, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Siódmiak | Giżycko, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Wasik | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Agnieszka Sępek | Tarnów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bernardyna Sawczuk | Connah's Quay, UK | 18.05.2012 |
Aneta Sienkiewicz | Wronki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Sokal | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Smołka | Radlin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Kalinowska | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
adrian antos | Zabrze, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Rafał Smołka | Radlin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Justyna Wudarska | .., Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marek Chmiel | UK, london | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Sikorska | Jena, Niemcy | 18.05.2012 |
Greta Forbot | Przemyśl, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Dzido | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Wojnarowska | Gdańsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Teresa Maicher | Łaziska Górne, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Danuta Raczyńska | Bogatynia, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Angelika Piasecka | Gołdap, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Piotr Dłużniewski | Koszalin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
piotr leszok | katowice, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Czaja | Wodzisław Śląski, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Justyna Radke | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Fichtel | Lubin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dorota Kasprowska | Wroclaw, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Izabela Prądzyńska | Golub-Dobrzyń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kamila Katarzyna Buszek | Dębica, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Mikuła | Nasielsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Zduniewicz | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Ignaczuk | Redditch, United Kingdom | 18.05.2012 |
Maria Kozieł | Zabrze, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Szkudlarek | Kraśnik, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Staszewska | Kielce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Przemyslaw Welpa | Skarzysko-Kamienna, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Majchrzak | 62-035 czmoń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ada Zonenberg | Brzeziny, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sabrina Chmiel | płaza, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Zofia Natanek | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Kamińska | Starogard Gdański, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Wioleta Koszowska | Jaworzno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Kawiak | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bronia BAJOR | Lubin, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kamila Zygnerska | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Beata Niedzielska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Кацярына Бахцiзiна | Minsk, Białoruś | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Dębczak | Biała Podlaska, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Anna Pociask | Osiek Jasielski, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marcin Szwec | Berlin, Niemcy | 18.05.2012 |
KAMILLA PAWLUŚ | SZCZECINEK, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Grazyna Kozakiewicz | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Izabela Orszulik | Lędziny, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Lisowska | Binfield, Anglia | 18.05.2012 |
Piotr Zoladziejewski | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
LILIANA KOPIK | WARSZAWA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Baranowska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Wioletta Worytko | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Małek | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Waszkiewicz | Szczecin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Czerniakowska | Morąg, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Grzegorczyk | Koszalin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Patrycja Barchańska | Chorzów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
TERESA PANASIUK | GDAŃSK, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
karolina żukowska | jastrowie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Patrycja Mokrak | Sosnowiec, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dorota Krzystek | Żory, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kamila Twardowska | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Pawłowski | Gorlice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Rokowska | Andrychów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Malgorzata Scoarta | 63-900 Rawicz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Wojciech Kozioł | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Junkiewicz | Koszalin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marcin Łabaj | Rzeszów, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Dobierska | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Czajkowska | Sokolniki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |