AI brief report: death penalty in the Commonwealth of Independent States
Amnistía Internacional publicou onte un breve informe sobre a aplicación da pena de morte nos países que forman a Comunidade de Estados Independentes. So un de entre todos estes países, Bielorrusia, segue a dictar e executar penas de morte.
O informe leva por título “Commonwealth of Independent States: Belarus - the sole executioner”. Copio e pego o principio da introducción e os parágrafos dedicados a Bielorrusia:
The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It violates the right to life. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments.
In the past two years, four more countries - Albania, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines and Rwanda - have abolished the death penalty. At present, a total of 133 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. Sixty-four other countries and territories retain and use the death penalty, but the number of countries which actually execute prisoners in any one year is much smaller. [...]
Belarus: the last executioner
Belarus is the last executioner in law and practice in the CIS and the wider Europe and Central Asia region. In Belarus, the courts continue to hand down death sentences and prisoners continue to be executed. Figures for the number of executions carried out are not publicly available. Execution is by gunshot to the back of the head, and relatives are not officially told of the date of the execution or where the body is buried.
Amnesty International is calling upon the authorities of Belarus to promptly introduce moratoria on executions and death sentences.
