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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Anna Dzierla | Żerków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Hajda | Potępa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Czapnik | Skierniewice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Oliwia Pałka | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Janik | Białobrzegi, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
ewa krzyzowska | braintree, Wielka Brytania | 18.05.2012 |
ANNA WŁODARCZYK | ŁÓDŹ, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Emilia Gapińska-Dykiel | Głogów Małopolski, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kamila Dąb | Bielsk Podlaski, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jarosław Mazur | Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Elwira Prymek | Częstochowa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Dmoch | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Wojciech Pawliczak | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Pawel Ziolek | Bedzin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Wiktoria Katarzyna Huber | Przeźmierowo, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Patrycja Barcik | Oświęcim, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Andrzejewska | Piekary slaskie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Kalinska | Debno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Cierniak | Sosnowiec, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bronisław Bolek | Opole, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Czarnecka | warszawa, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Lubaszka | Ząbki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Lepich | Szczejkowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Waśko | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Wejzer | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Serwin | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
ANNA ZALEWSKA | TORUŃ, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Malwina i Michal Wisniewscy | Berlin, Niemcy | 18.05.2012 |
barbara matuszynska | mścice, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Gontarz | 18.05.2012 | |
Dorota Wełna | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Helena Knieć | Zabrze, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
NATALIA KLIMCZYK | ŁÓDŹ, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Serejko | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Pietrzak | Wadowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Maja Kmiecik | Krzepice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aneta Ornowska | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Wójcik | Rzeszów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Górniak | Przemyśl, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Halman | Gdańsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sylwia Goncerz | Gdansk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Korska | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Woźniakowska | Toruń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Alina Fiszbach-Gaida | Dobrodzień, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Idzik | 18.05.2012 | |
JOANNA KONCEWICZ | RACIBÓRZ, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Cyran | Jastrzębie Zdrój, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Paszewska | Radom, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Arleta Burzyńska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Piotr Baran | Wieliczka, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Angelika Dryja | Radom, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Lach -Mierzejewska | Świdnica, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
elzbieta tomanek | Żory, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Izabella Klogie | Żyrardów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Łuczak | london, United Kingdom | 18.05.2012 |
Jerzy Marek Barnaś | Mielec, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Jacak | Głogów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Natalia Kopaczel | Uzarzewo, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Cieślak | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Poradowska | Legnica, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Jawniak | rzeszów, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Daria Szaban | Gorzów Wlkp., Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Sidorko | Rzeszów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kornelia Czereda | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
monika kantarek | szczecin, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Antonina Bobola-Cedzyńska | Środa Śląska, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bartłomiej Kalinowski | 18.05.2012 | |
Karolina Wielgosz | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Bernat | Puławy, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Alicja Mika | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Gabara | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Chmielewska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Nowak | RYCZÓWEK, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Kaźmierczyk | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewa Wolańska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anita Krakowiecka | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Górka | Bochnia, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Dorota Skałba | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Gutkowska | Malbork, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Diana Gloc | Tarnowskie Góry, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Flejsierowicz | Rewa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Korcik | Oleśnica 56-400, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Zuhlke | Piła, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kamila Ślepko | Mrągowo, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Prokopenko | Żory, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
EWELINA SUTOR | SOSNOWIEC, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Małgorzata Kawalerowska | Siemianowice Śląskie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kinga Frydryczak | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karol Mazurek | Sosnowiec, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Gościniak | Leszno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Gandzel | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Daria Majchrzak | Wolsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Młynarczyk | Częstochowa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Pełka | Żyrowa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Pinczak | MANCHESTER, United Kingdom | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Solińska | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Walczak | Oleśnica, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
MONIKA WOJCIECHOWSKA | CZAPLÓW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Dagmara Gawrońska | Gorzów Wlkp., Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Zawierucha | 18.05.2012 |