News for 19 Nov 2013
19.11.2013 Sweden’s Östgruppen launches project to campaign for freedom of assembly in Belarus
The Swedish human rights organization «Östgruppen» launched a web project entitled “To Dare - To Think – To Say” (“Våga, tycka, tala”). This is an interactive map, which shows the situation of freedom of assembly in Belarus, as well as the methods by which that right is violated, www.svaboda.org reports.
19.11.2013 Angela Merkel demands release of Belarusian political prisoners
Political prisoners in Belarus should obtain the possibility to speak and act freely. Angela Merkel spoke of that to Bundestag members, Radio Svaboda reports.
19.11.2013 Ukraine’s experience: Abolition of the death penalty fails to cause boost in homicides
In the late 1990’s Ukraine saw heavy debate on whether to abolish the death penalty. One of the arguments of supporters of retaining the death penalty was the claim that it will cause a significant increase in the number of murders, saying that when criminals are not afraid of punishment, it is much easier to kill people.
19.11.2013 Censorship of prisoners’ correspondence: how to eliminate unreasonable restrictions?
Censorship of mail correspondence of prisoners is one of the most extensive problems reported to human rights defenders from Belarusian prisons. Analyzing the practice, lawyer Pavel Sapelka compares it with the situation in prisons abroad, as well as considers the rules of national law in this area in the context of international human rights standards.
19.11.2013 Human rights defender Andrei Bandarenka released
Andrei Bandarenka, leader of the of the human rights institution “Platform Innovation”, was released today after serving five days of arrest.
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