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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Ewa Spurgiasz | Szczecinek, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Jabłońska | Giżycko, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Całus | Mstów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
IWO BRZĘK | ZIELONA GÓRA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Michałowska | Płock, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Jachimowska | Tomaszów Maz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Wojdyła | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
BOŻENA LEWANDOWSKA-ANIŚKIEWICZ | Tarnowskie Góry, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Alicja Perszke | Tczew, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
EMILIA NOWICKA | OLSZTYNEK, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Palonek | Krakow, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Dąbrowska | Mińsk Mazowiecki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Justyna Kicio | Szczecin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Kosior | Toruń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Patrycja Zając | Sosnowiec, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Krzysiak | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Świtała | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Julian Kuczyński | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sylwia Renata Duda | Olsztyn, Poland | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Kobos-Marzec | 18.05.2012 | |
AGATA KUBICKA | MIŃSK MAZOWIECKI, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Tomiak | Andrychów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Adriana Dorota Karolczyk | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Rudnik | Bochnia, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Maria Kramkowska | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Humińska | Chodzież, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Emilia Golecka | Mońki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Żaneta Piecha | Skoczów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bożena Lipka-Gawlik | Szczejkowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Michalina Falkowska | Wąbrzeźno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Wolska | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Chmielewska | Gdańsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
JOANNA WOLANIN | BARLINEK, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Magda Jaskólska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Otwinowska | Siemianowice Śląskie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Pitura | Rzeszów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Maria Krause | Elbląg, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Kmak | Wałbrzych, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Artur Mierzejewski | Minsk Mazowiecki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Żydek | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Tarapata | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bożena Broś | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Radecka | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Weronika Ważna | Grudziądz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Rakowska | Bydgoszcz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
marcin chyza | warszawa, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małż Dorota | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Stepak | SZCZEPANOW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Olszewska | Szczecin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Bożena Dulkowska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ewelina Katarzyna Kaćkiewicz | Boguchwały, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dorota Wojtaszek | Luton, Poland | 18.05.2012 |
JUSTYNA OKOŃSKA | CHEŁM, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
SYLWESTER CICHY | PIŁA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Debska | Stratford upon Avon, United Kingdom | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Chmielewicz | Nowa Sól, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
MATYLDA GACEK | WROCLAW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Gulińska | Duszniki Zdrój, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Włodarczyk | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Szczepaniak | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Martyna Walkowiak | Sulechów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Beata Jagieła | Tomaszów Lubelski, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Mielczarek | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sylwia Guzal | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Sypulska | Skierniewice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kinga Ozga | Dębica, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
ZDZISŁAWA DULKO | WOLIN, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Pamela Skóra | Ruda Śląska, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Piątkowska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Buchnajzer | Koźminek, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Beata Fiołka | Racibórz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Morek | Drawsko Pomorskie, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
MARTA WEREDA | SIEDLCE, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Krystyna Leśniewska | Pruszków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Kaźmierczak | Psary, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Natalia Bystrzejewska | Gorzów Wlkp., Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Tomasz Jeremienko | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Zuzanna Krupa | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Bigos | Czerwionka, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Zych | Smegorzow, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Orkwiszewska | Elbląg, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Lenard | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Mrowiec | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Beata Tarapata | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Zbroch | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Sobczak | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Maria Kowalewska | Niemce, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona, Joanna Gajda | 18.05.2012 | |
Katarzyna Pastusiak | Aleksandrów Łódzki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Segin | Opole, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
MAGDALENA KONDRACIUK LEGUTKO | KRAKÓW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Aneta Traczyk | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Barbara Tarka | Rybnik, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Maj | Bielsko-Biała, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
DOMINIKA BARTKOWIAJ | PUSZCZYKOWO, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Netczuk | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
JOANNA MARTA CEGLAREK | SZCZECIN, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Pietrzak | Góra Kalwaria, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
ewa hernas | rajcza, polska | 18.05.2012 |
grazyna grecko | slupsk, polska | 18.05.2012 |