The second part of the film “Six Arguments against Death Penalty” by film producer Viktar Tratsiakou has appeared on the web recently.
The second part of the film “Six
Arguments against Death Penalty” by film producer Viktar Tratsiakou
has appeared on the web recently.
Aleh
Alkayeu, who used to be the head of the remand prison No. 1 in Minsk
in 1996-2001 and with the participation of whom 134 death verdicts
were executed, tells about the specifics of the activities and the
psychological state of the people who executed the death sentences.
Mr. Alkayeu states that the stress during the execution has nothing
to be compared with.
None of the executors can imagine how
the first execution will affect their physical state. During the
first-time participation in the process of shooting they get the
“time dilation effect” and other signs of post-traumatic
syndrome. The names of the executors are secret and even their
relatives don't know about this kind of “activity”.
Aleh
Alkayeu said: “The execution of the death sentence is a
terrible burden that falls on those who implement
it. It is difficult to kill a man who hasn't done anything bad to
you, to kill without malise and ardour. This is a murder, and a
murder never goes unpunished. At war a man
shoots from a distance, not alawys knowing
whether he gets a hit or miss. This is completely different. That's
why the group is secret, so that even the relatives and colleagues
wouldn't know what the person does. Murder always remains a murder,
even if it takes place according to the
law".
The opinions of the human
rights defender Valiantsin Stefanovich and the psychiatrist Valdas
Banaytis can be also heard in the film.
The
film was prepared within
the framework of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against
the Death Penalty
in Belarus”.
