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A press conference following the analytical review on rights of detained and prosecuted after the events on December 19th

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 22:02

On February 9 at 14.00 Human Rights Center Viasna is holding a press conference following the analytical review on rights of detained and prosecuted after the events on December 19th

At the press-conference the following people will be speaking:

Обыск в квартире активиста Антона Койкиша

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 13:39

В Минске начался обыск в квартире активиста Антона Койкиша. При обыске присутствуют родители Антона, трое сотрудников КГБ, двое понятых и вызванный следственной группой сотрудник милиции. Самого Антона в данный момент в квартире нет. Представители Международной наблюдательной миссии не были допущены в квартиру. Сотрудники КГБ отказались предоставить информацию о том, в рамках какого дела ведется обыск и о статусе Антона Койкиша. Сотрудник милиции, переписавший паспортные данные представителей наблюдательной миссии, отказался предъявить свои документы.

Обыск у Михася Мацкевича

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 13:10

По информации, полученной Международной наблюдательной миссией, сегодня в Минске прошел обыск у Михася Мацкевича.

Сам Михась, будучи в отъезде, не присутствовал при проведении следственных действий. Из квартиры были изъяты компьютер и портативные носители информации. Пока не удалось получить информацию о том, кто именно и в рамках какого дела проводил обыск.

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"KGB arrested the reporter of Radio "Ratsiya". The journalist had been released, all the tapes on the recorder were erased"

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 13:51

On January 24th at 11:30 AM journalist Gennady Barbarich was detained at the club named after Dzerzhinsky.

Reporter of Radio “Ratsyja” Gennady Barbarich interviewed the wives of prisoners. KGB officers approached him, they asked him the documents and the reasons for his being there. After that, he was taken with officers.

OSCE Chairperson meets international human rights NGOs, encourages open dialogue

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 22:46

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, met representatives from international non-governmental organizations in Vilnius today and invited them to take part in an open dialogue with Lithuania’s 2011 OSCE Chairmanship.

Minister Ažubalis met representatives from international non-governmental human rights organizations from the International Civic Initiative for the OSCE, offered to maintain a regular dialogue and urged them to actively participate in OSCE eventsand thereby contribute to the OSCE’s work.

Michail Kameniev was released from Central police station

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 21:22

Assistant of the Chairman of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the human rights situation in Belarus has been detained during the monitoring of the observance of the freedom of assembly during the action carried out by citizens of Belarus in solidarity of detainees of the KGB Detention Facility.

Assistant of the Chairman of the International Observation Mission has been detained

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 17:04

Assistant of the Chairman of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the human rights situation in Belarus has been detained during the monitoring of the observance of the freedom of assembly during the action carried out by citizens of Belarus in solidarity of detainees of the KGB Detention Facility.

Belarus: a month after December 19th. What's next? Press conference

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 10:10

On 19 January 2011, the Belarusian Human Rights House is hosting a press conference on the human rights situation in Belarus. International experts and representatives of human rights organizations from different countries will present their assessment of what is happening in Belarus from the human rights perspective.

When: Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 13:00

Where: Vilnius, Latako str. 3

Host: Belarusian Human Rights House

Contact: ( +370 5 212 7703 )

Пресс-конференция в Беларусском Доме прав человека

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 21:00

Belarus: a month after December 19th: Tragedy for one country or for the whole Europe?

Беларусь: месяц после 19 декабря: трагедия для одной страны или для всей Европы?

Search in the office of the unregistered Human Rights Protection Center “Vyasna” (Minsk)

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 15:36

At the moment search in the office of the unregistered Human Rights Protection Center “Vyasna” (Minsk) has started. One representative of the Committee On State Security (KGB), three unknown persons, 2 legal witnesses required by the procedure and chairman Ales Belyatskiy are inside. Representatives of the International Monitoring Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus and local human rights defenders are at place waiting for the end of the search procedure.

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Head of the International Observation Mission is being deported from Belarus

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/17/2011 - 11:55

Today, on March 17th, at 11 a.m. Andrey Yurov, a famous human rights defender, Head of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Situation with Human Rights in Belarus was released from custody in the Soviet district police department of Minsk. He spent the whole night there after his detention in a flat in Minsk where Andrey often stays.

Head of the International Observation Mission is detained in Minsk

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/17/2011 - 00:11

Mr. Andrey Yurov, a prominent human rights activist and citizen of the Russian Federation, is detained in Minsk. According to the police, he is officially banned from entering the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Currently, Mr. Yurov is held at the police department of the Soviet District of Minsk. His local and international colleagues fear that the authorities of the Republic of Belarus may deport the human rights defender.

MEPs call for tougher measures against human rights abuses in Belarus

Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 15:32

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