Recommendations for the International Community on Actions on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus after the Presidential Elections on 19 December 2010 by the Committee on International Control over the Situation with Human Rights in Belarus

Submitted by admin on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 12:30

On the occasion of the 17th session of the UN Human Rights Council

Framework for actions by the international community:

1.The human rights situation in Belarus should be discussed at the 17th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The Council should adopt a resolution on the situation in Belarus and establish a monitoring and reporting mechanism. The best option would be establishment of a position of a Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus.

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President welcomes the release of Ales Bialiatski

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

Today, Ales Bialiatski, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender who became the first laureate of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize in 2013, was released from prison after spending almost three years behind bars.

Commission Starts Negotiations of Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements with Belarus

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/04/2014 - 00:00

Commission DG for Home Affairs, Stefano Manservisi and Belarus Deputy Foreign Minister Alena Kupchyna met in Brussels to launch the negotiations on Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements between the EU and Belarus. Since 2011 the Commission has been regularly reminding of its readiness to launch the negotiations.

The negotiations will focus on agreements to facilitate the procedures for issuing short-stay visas as well as the readmission of irregular migrants between the European Union and Belarus.

Political prisoner Ales Bialiatski could walk free

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/21/2014 - 00:00

The political prisoner can be “pardoned” if “it is proved the damage he caused with the tax fraud has been repaid.”