Новости Комитета

NGO's letter to support the adoption of a resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus at the 17th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

Submitted by admin on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 13:03

 To Permanent Representatives of all 
member states of the UN Human Rights Council 

RE: Addressing the situation of human rights in Belarus at the UN Human Rights Council

Geneva, May 30, 2011

News of Belarus

Statement by members of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” on the sentence to Ales Bialiatski

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 09:30

Today, on November 24, 2011, Judge Siarhei Bandarenka of Pershamaiski District Court in Minsk sentenced our colleague – chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, vice-president of FIDH Ales Bialiatski to 4.5 years of imprisonment. The human rights activist was convicted of allegedly committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code – “tax evasion on a large scale”.

A brief review of the fifth day of the Ales Bialiatski hearing

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 18:51

November 16, 2011 in Minsk saw the fifth day of the hearing of Human Rights Center Viasna Head and Vice-president of FIDH Ales Bialiatski.

Today's hearing was devoted to the disclosure of a new version of the indictment.

A brief review of the fourth day of the trial of Ales Bialiatski

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 16:32

On November 10, 2011 in Minsk, the 4th day began of the trial of Ales Bialiatski, head of human rights center Viasna, vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Situation with Human Rights in Belarus  followed the progress of the process. Today's hearing was devoted to the interrogation of the accused.