Statement on the Final Human Rights Assessment of the Events of 19 December 2010 in Minsk, Belarus

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 13:41

United States Mission to the OSCE
Statement on the Final Human
Rights Assessment of the Events of
19 December 2010 in Minsk, Belarus
As prepared for delivery by Ambassador Ian Kelly
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
February 9, 2012

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
The United States remains deeply concerned about serious violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Belarus. I would like to bring to the Permanent Council’s attention the Final Human Rights Assessment of the Events of 19 December 2010 in Minsk, Belarus.  This assessment was issued by Neil Jarman, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus.  He was assisted by a group of experts on freedom of assembly and police response measures from OSCE countries.

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The website charter97.org announced winners of the National Human Rights Award 2014

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/30/2014 - 21:00

This year's winners of the Viktar Ivashkevich National Human Rights Award are:

Vasil Parfiankou

The life of Vasil Parfiankou is a demonstration of how dissidents are treated in Belarus. Parfiankou has been jailed three times in the last four years for his active citizenship.

Belarussian political prisoners need European Parliament support

Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 00:00

Today, on the occasion of the visit of Ales Bialiatski, a recently released political activist and Chairman of the Belarus Human Rights Centre "Viasna", Petras Auštrevičius MEP (Liberal Movement, Lithuania) and Hans Van Baalen MEP (VVD, Netherlands) commented:

Prominent Belarusian Rights Activist Released

Submitted by admin on Sat, 06/21/2014 - 00:00

Prominent Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski has arrived in Minsk after he was released from prison.

He was welcomed at a Minsk train station by his wife Natalya Pinchuk and a group of supporters on June 21.

Byalyatski told reporters he was released under an amnesty law that came into force on June 21. The rights activist also that the domestic and international support he had received heped in getting him released early.