Statement by the Spokesperson of High Representative Catherine Ashton following the meeting of the Political and Security Committee on Belarus

Brussels, 10 August 2012
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Statement by the Spokesperson of High Representative Catherine Ashton following the meeting of the Political and Security Committee on Belarus

The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement
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PACE rapporteur dismayed by harassment of Viasna human rights centre in Belarus

Strasbourg, 21.11.2012 – Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD), the rapporteur on Belarus of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has expressed his dismay that the “Viasna” human rights centre in Minsk has been ordered to vacate its office by 27 November, following a year of obscure legal procedures which transferred ownership of the apartment in which the office is located to the state.

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