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Cassation appeal on Ales Bialiatski's case to be considered on 24 January

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 16:26

The cassation appeal of Ales Bialiatski against the verdict of the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk will be considered by the panel of judges of the Minsk City Court on 24 January. The hearings begin on 10 a.m.

OSCE media freedom representative protests jailing of journalist in Minsk

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 14:06

VIENNA, 11 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the sentencing of Ales Barazenka, an independent Belarusian cameraman, to 11 days’ imprisonment for "participating in an unsanctioned event".

Briefing Paper for the Participants of Exchange of Views on EU approach towards Belarus at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 13:45

The Working Group on Foreign Investment of the Committee on International Control
over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus prepared the Briefing Paper for the participants of exchange of views on EU approach towards Belarus at the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

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Ales Bialiatski pays tribute to father in Minsk morgue

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 09:20

Ales Bialiatski was given 10 minutes to pay last tribute to his father in a morgue in Minsk this morning.

Ales Bialiatski managed to say a short prayer and immediately after that he was escorted back to Zhodzina prison.
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Will Bialiatski be allowed to attend father's funeral?

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/26/2011 - 10:32

Every authority possible has been involved to obtain permission for imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski to attend the funeral of his father, who died on 24 December, says the human rights defender's wife Natallia, following her today's appeals submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Interior Ministry.

The authorities are going to close down the Belarusian Helsinki Committee?

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 07:06

The Ministry of Taxes and Duties asks to initiate the process of winding up the RPRPA "Belarusian Helsinki Committee". The Ministry of Justice informed the BHC chairman Aleh Hulak that the taxmen appealed with such a statement to the ministry.

Belarus trials highlight need for substantial justice reform, OSCE human rights chief says

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 13:46

WARSAW, 10 November 2011 – The trials conducted in the aftermath of the 19 December 2010 presidential election in Belarus highlighted the need for a substantial reform of the country’s justice system, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today following the publication of a report on the findings of ODIHR’s trial monitors.

Andrey Yurov about the situation for civil society in Belarus

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 18:23

Andrey Yurov, from the Moscow Helsinki Group, International Youth Human Rights Movement and Head of International Observation Mission in Belarus, talks to Adele Poskitt at CIVICUS during the OSCE Civil Society Parallel conference about the situation for civil society in Belarus.

OSCE PA calls for release of Belarusian rights defender

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 14:37

COPENHAGEN, 25 November 2011 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly leaders today expressed deep disappointment with yesterday's ruling in the case of Ales Bialiatski, leader of the Belarusian human rights organization Viasna.

Belarus: “New legislative amendments unduly restrict fundamental rights,” warn UN experts

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 14:30

GENEVA (24 November 2011) – Three United Nations independent experts warned that the new legislative amendments recently adopted by the National Assembly of Belarus may severely and arbitrarily restrict the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, association and expression, and breach international law.

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Bialiatski’s book banned in Belarus

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/10/2014 - 00:00

Книга политзаключенного может "нанести ущерб имиджу" страны в соответствии с властями.

Another person sentenced to death in Belarus

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 00:00

Belarusian human rights defenders learned that one of the courts in Belarus issued another death penalty. The decision was made on 26 November 2013 in relation to 53-year-old citizen, who was accused of five cases of murder while intoxicated. The convicted has been under investigation since 2011 and during that time he had changed three lawyers.

Anouncement for position opening of the Representative on the situation of the media and freedom of expression

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/10/2013 - 19:34

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR POSITION OPENING

of the Representative on the situation of the media and freedom of expression

of the International Observation Mission
of the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus

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