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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Marika Dulat | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Martyna Gozdur | Radom, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Izabela Anna Birnbach | Jarosław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Szwakop-Skowrońska | Kolbuszowa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Gliwińska | Klucze, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Wilkowska | Szczecin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
KATARZYNA MAJCHER | WROCŁAW, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Dominika Malik | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Wasyliszyn | Gliwice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Zgórska | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Truchel | Zambrów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
beata jaworska | dębowiec, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Adriana Mackiewicz | Złotoryja, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
JArosław Tarnowski | warsaw, POLAND | 18.05.2012 |
Jolanta Salczyńska | Elbląg, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magda Grodzka | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Mroczkowska | Koszalin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Orwat | Nowy Tomyśl, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sylwia Wolna | Wieluń, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
dagmara czerwinska | dabrowa gornicza, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Wiszowata | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Różewicz | 62-240 Trzemeszno, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Sliwinska | Frederikshavn, Dania | 18.05.2012 |
Elżbieta Zaorbrajt | Antibes, Francja | 18.05.2012 |
Daria Ryczek | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Urszula Ogłozińska | Łomża, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Walkiewicz | Międzyrzecz, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Elżbieta APOSTOLUK | Zielona Góra, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Magdalena Zalas | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
KATARZYNA MAJEWSKA | TORUŃ, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Martyna Tyborowska | Polkowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kamila Nakonieczna | Police, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dagmara Chalupczynska | Krzywin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
wojciech buks | warszawa, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marcin Maćkowiak | Lubań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Iwona Frańczak | Mielec, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Buszta | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Kuba Nosal | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Piec | Gdańśk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
WIOLETA WIECHA | OLSZTYN, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Szadkowska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Skała | Zambrów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
dorota armatys | 18.05.2012 | |
Magdalena Czerny-Galińska | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Patrycja Podgajna | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Mikołajczak | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dagmara Wąsiewicz | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Kulik | Gdańsk, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Modzelewska | Stalowa Wola, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
janina Los | bialystok, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sylwia Mazur | Rzeszów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Zenker | Zielona Góra, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Burkowska | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Kozlowska | Olsztyn, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
katarzyna kłapińska | siechnice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Mościcka | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Patrycja Matulewicz | Piła, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Birnbaum | Ożarów Mazowiecki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Ilona Niwisiewicz | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Agnieszka Kmin | Pabianice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
AGNIESZKA PIONTEK | ŁAZISKA GÓRNE, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magda Sawicka | Muszyna, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Adrianna Rubacha | Lublin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magda Jachymiak | Czernichów, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
KAROLINA PŁONKA | SKAWINA, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sandra Malecka | Zabrze, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dagmara Kalinowska | Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Edyta Barszcz | Jasło, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Weronika Dąbrowicz | Legnica, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
JUSTYNA KOPER | WARSZAWA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Karolina Dujczyńska | Katowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anita Osses | Oborniki, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jowita Lewandowska | Chocianów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Natalia Anna Karnowska | Łódź, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Aleksandra Pytkowska | Wołomin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Anna Żółtowska | Płock, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Gawle-Sawa | Darłowo, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Jolanta Roszczenko | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Przybylska | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
marzena gotowska-sanczuk | poznan, polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Szczygieł | Bielsko Biała, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Paulina Gładysz | Jeżewo Stare, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Maria Barnaś | Mielec, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Ryfka-Cygan | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
KAROLINA KOŁODZIEJ | LEGNICA, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Katarzyna Czerucka | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Olga Ewa Sęk | Bełchatów, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Przewoźniczek | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Małgorzata Głowacka | Stargard Szczeciński, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Klaudia Meier | Wejherowo, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Magdalena Seginakova | Lubin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Dorota Werner | Poznań, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Lidia Rafalska | Rypin, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Caroline Bohan | Kraków, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Monika Baranowska | Wrocław, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Beata Sile | Warszawa, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Joanna Kaczyńska | Białystok, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Sylwia Imbierowska | Mysłowice, Polska | 18.05.2012 |
Marta Krupska | Wrocław, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |
Agata Pest | Kobierzyce, POLSKA | 18.05.2012 |