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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Emilia Prokopiuk | Chełm, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Czwarnóg | Konstantynmów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Wioletta Bogucka | Milanowek, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Maciej Kupiec | Jasienica, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Rafał Jeruć | Augustów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Alina Chemperek Gumiela | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Justyna Pląskowska | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
TOMASZ MAZUR | PRZEMKÓW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Czekaj | Mysłowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dorota szczepanska | Tczew, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Zofia Zielińska | Międzyrzecz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Alicja Kreft | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Kluf | Zabrze, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Zachara | Brzesko, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
bozena szymanski | willich, niemcy | 18.05.2012 |
Marzena Sziers | Bourg les Valence, Francja | 18.05.2012 |
Sławomira Barzant | Ostrów wlkp, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Adam Majewski | Glasgow, Wielka Brytania | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Kudyk | Hrubieszów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
agata kesicka | słubice, polska | 18.05.2012 |
joanna mysliwiec | zabrze, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Pomykala | London, United Kingdom | 18.05.2012 |
Wanda Staszak-Merta | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anita Stebel | Wisła, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Wolińska | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Alicja Karbowska | Zduńska Wola, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Tabuła | Bieruń 43-150, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bartłomiej Żywicki | Władysławowo, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
David Roberts | Manchester, England | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Kmiotek | Irządze, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
JOANNA JAGIEŁŁO | WARSZAWA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Maciej Wogórka | Białogard, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Holzman | Oświęcim, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Robert Pławiak | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Sapieja | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Justyna Paraniak | Nowa Ruda, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Wojciech Lewandowski | Gdańsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jarosław Wronka | Ruda Śląska, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dagmara Piekutowska | Jaworzno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Lidia Stepinski | Ludwigsburg, Deutschland | 18.05.2012 |
Daria Nastuła | KRAKÓW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Giersz | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Zsdziebko | Brzozów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Wirkijowska | Radymno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Adamczyk | Legionowo, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Kuk | Gdańsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Wiśniewska | Elbląg, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Lucyna Rodzeń | Leszno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Foruś | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Drożdżewicz | szczecin, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Celina Maciuszek | Mańkowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Adam Wojciech Saczko | Kielce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Malwina Magdalena Kurasiak | 18.05.2012 | |
Katarzyna Olszowiak | Lubin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Machel | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Alina Wysińska | Raduń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iza Zaborowska | Bytom, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Wodnicka | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Juwko | Biała Podlaska, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
sylwia tomaszewska | gniezno, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Machniowska | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Angelika Twardowska | Kazuń Nowy, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jadwiga Ficek | Juszczyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sylwia Wojciechowska | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Beata Waszczyk | Stargard Szczeciński, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Hugo Kwarowski | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
stefan Łobocki | kaliska, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Szmidt | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Hanna Naliwko | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marzena Czesława Daniel | Wołów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Danuta Daszkiewicz | Miedzyrzecz, Pokals | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Zajkowska | Mysiadło, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Gluzicka | Busko-Zdrój, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Korina Normann | Leszno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Biernacka | Gorzów Wielkopolski, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Kowaluk | Maszewo, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Beata Bogielczyk | Montichiari, italia | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Mańkowska-Macewicz | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Kamińska - Klimczak | Sulechów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Zofia Urbańska | Sieradz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
WERONIKA PRZYBOROWSKA | WARSZAWA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Renata Wilewska | Ciechocinek, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Płowik | Sochaczew, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Łukasz Gilarski | Rzeszów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Daniel Lipski | Szczecin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Łomżyńska | Reszel, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
grazyna jankowska | gdansk, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Kerl | Łazy, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Szewczyk | Tychy, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
AGNIESZKA HAJDIUK | NYSA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Konkel | KARTUZY, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Teper | Zarszyn 38-530, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Krasna | Kałuszyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Silkowska | Grudziadz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
LECH BERGIER | WARSZAWA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Danuta Nowakowska | Ostrołęka, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marek Matuszewskai | Poznan, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Księżopolska- Dobrowolska | Siedlce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Olesińska | Zawiercie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Damian Kwaśny | Legnica, Polska | 18.05.2012 |