08.06.2016 Join urgent action of Amnesty International to abolish death penalty in Belarus
Since the start of the year, there have been the third death sentence handed down and one sentence executed. Urge Belarus authorities to impose a moratorium on death penalty, to ensure full information to the public and families of the condemned and advocate respect for the right to life.
08.06.2016 Activists Demand to Stop Pressure on Andrei Bandarenka
Human rights defenders from Viasna appealed to the Minister of Home Affairs denouncing severe pressure on the prisoner Andrei Bandarenka, former head of the cultural and enlightening establishment Platforma Innovation.
08.06.2016 Seminar on Rights of People with Disabilities Held in Kharkiv
A joint seminar “Rights of people with disabilities and methods of advocacy” was given in Kharkiv by Belarusian and Ukrainian human rights activists.
07.06.2016 Preventive Supervision Imposed on Pavel Vinahradau
June 7, the Maskouski district court of Minsk imposed preventive supervision on civil activist Pavel Vinahradau. Meantime, the real term of supervision should close on September 14, the date for expungement of the conviction.
07.06.2016 Case of Lapitski to Be Reviewed
On June 3, the Minsk City Court considered the appeal of 80-year old Aliaksandr Lapitski, who had been found guilty of insulting public officials and sentenced to forced psychiatric treatment. The appeal court ruled that the case should be reviewed.
07.06.2016 People of Spring: 20 Years of Human Rights Watch
In its festive 20th year, the Human Rights Center Viasna launches the website about human rights defenders in the regions – Liudzi Viasny (People of Spring).
07.06.2016 Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections launch observation of parliamentary elections
Bearing in mind the importance of independent assessment, we, representatives of Belarusian human rights organizations – the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center Viasna – start monitoring of the elections of deputies to the Chamber of Representatives.
06.06.2016 Parliamentary Elections to Take Place on September 11
The decision on holding the elections to the Chamber of Representatives was enforced by the edicts of the President of Belarus signed on June 6.
03.06.2016 Viasna demands to stop political persecution of activist Pavel Vinahradau
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" urges the authorities to immediately stop the proceedings aimed at establishing preventive supervision against Pavel Vinahradau.
03.06.2016 Pavel Vinahradau facing another preventive supervision
Police may bring back preventive supervision over the activist Pavel Vinahradau. the supervision was introduced after his release and canceled a year ago. Incidentally, during the surveillance period, Pavel was forced to leave Minsk for Berazino.
03.06.2016 Libereco: Repressions in Belarus increased since EU lifted sanctions
Repressions in Belarus have increased since the EU lifted sanctions, says Libereco´s analysis published on June 3, 100 days after the EU abandoned its sanctions against Belarus.
02.06.2016 Activists fined over animal rights protest
The Court of Minsk’s Partyzanski district has convicted animal rights activists for staging a picket outside the City Circus on April 17. All of them faced charges of participating in an unauthorized mass event (Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code).
02.06.2016 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: May 2016
During the month, there were some negative trends indicating the deterioration of the human rights situation in comparison with the previous months.
31.05.2016 Prison authorities prevent death convict from writing to UN Human Rights Committee
According to information received by human rights defenders, there have been no letters from death convict Henadz Yakavitski since May 11. As a result, his relatives feared that the prisoner could have been executed.
27.05.2016 Viasna website blocked again
The Belarusian authorities have enforced another blocking of access to the website of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”. In particular, employees of government institutions cannot access the resource, which is “blocked under the laws of the Republic of Belarus.”
