24.09.2015 International human rights activists call on OSCE to condemn persecution of colleagues in Belarus
On October 23, Warsaw hosted an event on the challenges and threats faced by human rights defenders in the OSCE region. The meeting was held within the framework of the OSCE Human Dimension Conference.
24.09.2015 Human Rights Lawyers at Risk
On 23 September, HRHN launched its report Human Rights Lawyers at Risk, detailing systematic violations against lawyers and revealing how governments have departed from their international obligations to provide special guarantees for members of the legal profession. HRHN presented and discussed the report at an event of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
23.09.2015 Valiantsin Stefanovich: “We all know what elections in Belarus come to”
The European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs held yesterday a hearing on the situation in Belarus, which was attended by Gunnar Wiegand, European External Action Service (EEAS) Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and OSCE, and Miklós Haraszti, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus. Valiantsin Stefanovich, deputy chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", highlighted in his speech a number of issues, focusing on the presidential election scheduled for October 11.
23.09.2015 Strict information diet: Why CEC hides its decisions?
The Central Election Commission fails to publish all of its rulings, says Barys Bukhel, a human rights activist in Mahilioŭ. According to him, he first paid attention to the problem during the 2010 presidential election and nothing has changed since then.
23.09.2015 Activist in Viciebsk wins compensation over years of persecution
The Court of Viciebsk’s Kastryčnicki district has ruled to partially grant a claim by local opposition activist Piotr Ivanou. As a result, the government is expected to pay 25 million rubles in moral damages. The initial amount that the activist mentioned in his lawsuit was over 7.5 billion rubles.
22.09.2015 Homieĺ: Students and professors excused from lectures to attend meeting with Lukashenka’s trustee
On September 22, the Homieĺ-Raton free trade zone hosted a meeting with Chairman of the Homieĺ Regional Executive Committee, Uladzimir Dvornik, who spoke as a trustee of presidential candidate Aliaksandr Lukashenka with the rectors, professors and students of local universities.
22.09.2015 Ongoing politically motivated criminal affairs in Belarus should be closed
Ongoing politically motivated criminal affairs in Belarus should be closed. Joint Press release by FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights and Human Rights Center VIASNA
22.09.2015 Mikalai Statkevich fined over illegal picket
The Court of Minsk’s Centraĺny district heard today administrative charges brought against former political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich. He was accused of organizing an unsanctioned mass event, a picket held on September 10 in Minsk.
22.09.2015 Bialyničy: Administrative resources used to arrange meetings with Lukashenka’s trustee
On September 17, Iryna Akulovich, a trustee of presidential candidate Aliaksandr Lukashenka and head of the state broadcasting company “Mahilioŭ”, visited Bialyničy district to take part in a series of meetings with voters.
22.09.2015 Hrodna Regional Court confirms fines for freelance journalists
The Hrodna Regional Court heard today appeals by local freelance journalists Ales Dzianisau and Ales Kirkevich. As a result of a five-minute consideration, the judge sided with the Lieninski District Court and dismissed the journalists’ appeals.
21.09.2015 Analytical report on the results of weekly observation: September 14-20
Observation of the election of the President of Belarus is carried out by activists of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center "Viasna" in the framework of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections".
21.09.2015 Local authorities in Brest region advertise meetings with Lukashenka’s election activists only
The official websites of a number of district executive committees in Brest region have announced upcoming campaigning events by Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s election headquarters.
21.09.2015 OSCE observers visit Smarhoń
Tereza Ambrazhova and Sergey Ermakov, long-term observers of the OSCE mission in Belarus, have visited the town of Smarhoń, Hrodna region. They visited the district election commission and met with local human rights activist and long-term observer Ales Dzerhachou.
21.09.2015 European Belarus activist detained in Jeĺsk
Aliaksandr Rybachenka, an activist of the European Belarus opposition movement, was detained on Saturday in Jeĺsk, Homieĺ region. Police officers detained him when he was taking photos of posters calling for election boycott.
18.09.2015 Viciebsk Prosecutor’s Office launches probe into reports on coercion to vote for Lukashenka
Tatsiana Seviarynets, an activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy’s branch in Viciebsk, has been summoned to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office, after the BCD’s website published a report alleging that the parents of pupils of local school No. 38 were forced to sign a written promise to vote for Aliaksandr Lukashenka in the upcoming election scheduled for October 11.
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