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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Dorota Krezymon | Grudziądz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Elwira Brzozowicz | Częstochowa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Kutowicz | Rzeszów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Małota | Brzesko, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marzena Szymanek | Częstochowa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Stanek | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Emilia Świercz | Elbląg, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Rzewuska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
alan rokoszyński | RZESZÓW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Jerzy Źrebiec | Jasło, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta, Magda Sadowska | Biała Podlaska, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Martyna Durasiewicz | Świętochłowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Mielcarek | Konin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Draczyńska | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bożena Hubińska | Gdynia, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marzena Mirys | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
DOMINIKA BRYLEWSKA | GOWARZEWO, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Maria Maćkowiak | Gostyń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Patrycja Zaradna | Wroclaw, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Julia Szymańska | Dolaszewo, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Wasilewska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Bałdowska | Sokółka, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dagmara Rogalewska | Pelplin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Wojciech Lewandowski | Olsztynek, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Alicja Sawa | Kąty Wrocławskie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jakub Stanisław Witkowski | Przecław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Zębala | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Data | Lubin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Trębicka | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marietta Stańczak | Annosław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Radosław Adamiak | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Barczyk | Wolbrom, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Radosław Szałecki | Płock, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Justyna Linkiewicz | Gryfice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Prus | Zielona Góra, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Śliwiński | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jowita Jastrzębska | włocławek, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Gołębiewska | Wyszków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
AGNIESZKA FIGAJ | POZNAŃ, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Bara | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Urszula Mantaj | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Kaczmarek | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dominika Nowak | Przemyśl, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marzena Krzynowek | Skawina, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Krystian Topór | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kamila Szota | Kroczyce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Antosz | Tychy, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Hanczewska | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Śliwińska | Świecie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Dylewska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Gołkowska | Lubin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bożena Szewczyk | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Dowda | Toruń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Orłowska | Drawsko Pomorskie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Włodek Kowalewski | Szczecin, Poland | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Jurczak | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Szatanik | Opole, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Bonarska | Krzeszowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
BOGUSŁAWA PLEWA-FORMELLA | GDAŃSK, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Spandowska | Chełmno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksander Krawiec | Koźmin Wlkp, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Kałuża | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Dorota Szyszko- Graban | Ługi, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sławomir Henryk Cichocki | Chełmno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Nowak-Grębowicz | Kalisz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Korytek | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kamila Jurkowska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Maria Kaczmarek | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Busko | Choroszcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Szewczyk | Świdnik, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Daria Bieńkowska | GDANSK, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Napieralska | Górsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
danuta wichlacz | steszew, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Czyż | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Adamowicz | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aneta Rocko | Ostróda, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Fedorczyk | Starogard Gdanski, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Żaneta Klas | Reda, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
barbara foksińska | 87-400 golub-dobrzyń, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Maria Sznura | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Natalia Krzewińska | Września, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
ANNA PACZEŚ | KONSTANTYNÓW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Kościelak | Malbork, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
iwona stelmach | cork, irlandia | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Hołownia-Kusior | Zabawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sylwia Rocka | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
ANNA TOMŻA | CZECHOWICE-DZIEDZICE, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Paweł Stryjewski | Sopot, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Nożewska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Daria Swakoń | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Kołakowska | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Postrożny | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Izabella Żaroń | Celestynów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marzena Rogacka | Pyskowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Pokrywka | zamość, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Suszek | Opole, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Ostrowska | BRZEG, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Gryglewska | Radomsko, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Gierszewska | Lębork, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Izabela Biernat | Janów Lubelski, Polska | 18.05.2012 |