17.03.2015 Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in Belarus in 2014 (PDF-version)
The situation of human rights during 2014 remained consistently poor with a tendency to deterioration at the end of the year. Human rights violations were of both systemic and systematic nature: basic civil and political rights were extremely restricted, there were no systemic changes in the field of human rights.
17.03.2015 BELARUS: The only registered regional human rights organisation under the threat of dissolution
Joint statement by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee on a lawsuit to close down the Mahiliou Human Rights Center, which will be heard in the Mahiliou Regional Court on March 17.
17.03.2015 What is the new purpose of the museum "Perm-36"?
The scandal with reprofiling the unique Memorial Museum of the history of political repression "Perm-36", opened on the former site of the camp for those convicted of anti-Soviet propaganda and activities, gradually acquires universal resonance. The international community asks the question: what kind of "technology" and "heroism" will the guides of the now “museum of GULag workers” speak about?
17.03.2015 Salihorsk: densification and felling trees will continue
Activists of the campaign "Protect the Forest" declare the need to adjust the master plan of the development of Salihorsk.
16.03.2015 Tamara Sialiun appeals to Constitutional Court
Tamara Sialiun, mother of an executed death row convict Pavel Sialiun, has filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court. In it, she draws attention to the fact that the present practice of executing the death penalty and implementation of Article 175 of the Criminal Executive Code of the Republic of Belarus brings the suffering to the families and friends of those executed.
16.03.2015 Ashmiany customs officers seize Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations
March 13 at the border crossing "Kamenny Loh" Belarusian customs officersseized 47 copies of "Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in 2014" in English and Belarusian, prepared by the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" on the basis of monthly reviews of human rights violations.
16.03.2015 Baranavichy police fail to identify wreath burners
Civil society activist Viktar Syrytsa has received a reply from the Baranavichy City Police Department, signed by the head of the public security division, lieutenant-colonel Aliaksei Trafimau.
16.03.2015 Freelance journalist files individual communication with UN Human Rights Committee
A journalist from Homel, Mikalai Biamko, has filed an individual communication with the UN Human Rights Committee, seeking protection of his right to receive an impart information.
16.03.2015 Vitsebsk: public hearing is over, the questions remain
March 13, a public hearing concerningthe felling of four trees and two lilac bushes near the Vitsebsk regional library named after Lenin was held in Vitsebsk. The hearing was held outdoors and was attended by about 30 people.
16.03.2015 Vital Huliak appeals UN Human Rights Committee
Vaukavysk activist Vital Huliak has filed an individual communication with the United Nations Human Rights Committee. It can be considered a double appeal.
16.03.2015 Svetlahorsk police fail to identify persons who threatened Yury Liashenka
Svetlahorsk police keep answering to the repeated appeals of a civil society activist, disabled of the first group Yury Liashenka by saying they didn't manage to identify the protractors.
16.03.2015 Ales Bialiatski: Authorities are trying to beat journalists and human rights activists out of the electoral process
The head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" commented on the recent facts of the persecution of journalists and human rights defenders in Mahiliou at his public Facebook page.
16.03.2015 Blogger threatened after refusing to go to police station without summons
A renowned blogger defies an established practice in Belarus when people must report to police just after a telephone call from investigators. Journalist and blogger Hleb Labadzenka came across the outrageous methods used by a police officer from Minsk's Saviecki DIstrice Police Department.
16.03.2015 Minsk Regional Court dismisses Mikhail Hladki's appeal
March 13, Minsk Regional Court considered the appeal of Mikhail Hladki against the verdict of the Minsk District Court by which he was denied a compensation for the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages resulting from unlawful imprisonment.
13.03.2015 Son of Babruisk blogger, sentenced to personal restrain, unable to find a job
Aliaksei Zhalnou, the son of the Babruisk blogger Aleh Zhalnou, has been serving a personal restraint term in an open correctional facility in the village of Zalip'ye in the Homel region since November 2014.
