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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Artur Prykiel | Marki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
MAŁGORZATA GORDZIEJEWSKA | MILICZ, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Owczarz | Rawicz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Łukasz Szota | Gdańsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Cecylia Jasińska | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magda Kowalska | gniezno, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Weronika Borawska | Zambrów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Kubacka | Skulsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Maksym Mulinek | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Urszula Oszczyk | Gostynin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Rawłuszko | Bartoszyce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Czerucka | Suwałki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Kopeć | Gliwice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Błaszczak | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
michal rzezuchowski | chapelhall, uk | 18.05.2012 |
waleria kwiatkowska | opole, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marzena Janaszek | Tczew, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Mizeracka-Andruszak | Staw, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tetevik Yesayan | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Jakubiec | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marlena Svital | Gdynia, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Nowak | Gorlice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Klocek | Dabrowa Gornicza, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Puchalska | Siedcel, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
joanna lechowicz | tychy, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kasia B | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Staszak | Nowa Sól, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Mirosława Kosmala | Szczecin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Piotr Kryczkowski | 18.05.2012 | |
Dominika Bloch | Warszaa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Justyna Kandziora | Tarnowskie Góry, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Grażyna Bełoniak | Łękno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
AGNIESZKA KRAJEWSKA | ZUROMIN, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Teresa Gajowska-Jaroszewska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dorota Brochocka | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
MARZENA MARIA BURZYŃSKA | LEGNICA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Graczyk | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Biesiadka | 18.05.2012 | |
Rafał Konkel | Kartuzy, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Piotr Kania | Żory, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Danielewska | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Łukasz Derda | Gorzów Wlkp, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Zachara | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Ryszard Paciorek | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Aszkiełowicz-Płocha | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
kamila brzęczkowska | kamień pomorski, polska | 18.05.2012 |
KATARZYNA GEZ | PIOTRKOW TRYB., POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Brusiło | Wałcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Kubow | bartoszyce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Łucja Baczewska | Warszawa, PL | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Kiełtyka | Otwock, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Łapiński | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aneta Ciszewska | Mysłowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jacek Szota | Kroczyce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Gałka | Reda, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Rzepka | Kwidzyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aneta Szczęch | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Leszek Krynicki | Zawiercie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Alicja Rusiecka | Gdańsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Piwnicka | Ciechanów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Stasilowicz | Kwidzyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Kołakowska | Wodzisław Śląski, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Teresa Gołdyn | Ostrów Wlkp, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Zielińska | Tczew, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jolanta Melianou | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Jabłonowska | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
MAGDALENA REWINKOWSKA | LEGNICA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Jolanta Gorczyca | Krakow, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
agnieszka czyz | resko, polska | 18.05.2012 |
MONIKA POPIEL | OBORNIKI ŚLĄSKIE, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Kowalewska | Bełchatów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Lelonkiewicz | Łowicz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Paweł Kruk | Radom, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
joanna antolak | rabka, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Emilia Borzewska-Danielak | Płock, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
KUBOŃ MARTA | TARNÓW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Andrzej Maćkowiak | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Pawlik | Busko-Zdrój, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Natalia Matuszewska | Poznan, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dorota Dąbrowska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Drozd | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marlena Erazmus Walerych | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Kontek | Pruszcz Gdański, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
KARINA Albigowska | ALBIGOWA, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jolanta Urbaniak | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Wąchalewska | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Halina Adamiec | Ustka, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Buława | Annopol, polska | 18.05.2012 |
JUSTYNA ADAMOWSKA | SZCZECIN, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Sławomir Maliński | Krotoszyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
maria pasztor | siedlce, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Stawiarska | Nowy Sącz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Świeca | 05-084 Leszno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Krzysztof Jurek | Sosnowiec, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Natalia Rabiej | Świętochłowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Adam Farmus | Wirki30, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Zuzanna Chomiszczak | Kolobrzeg, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Wrona | Jaworzno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Schab | Zamość, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Puzio | Ścinawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |