02.07.2014 Baranavichy activists bid for picketing on anniversary of Declaration on State Sovereignty of Belarus
July 1 Baranavichy civil society activists and representatives of political parties Ryhor Hryk, Viachaslau Bolbat and Siarhei Housha filed an application to Baranavichy City Executive Committee city council to hold a picket on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Belarus.
02.07.2014 Ales Bialiatski visits Brussels and Strasbourg
July 1 Ales Bialiatski, head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), visited Brussels. He met with representatives of the European Union to thank them for their tireless efforts on his release and call for the struggle for the liberation of all political prisoners in Belarus and systemic changes in the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
02.07.2014 Mother of Ihar Ptichkin: Why did experts fail to determine cause of my son's death after 6 months?
Ihar Ptsichkin, an inmate of a temporary detention facility in Minsk, died of a cardiac arrest, but causes of it have not been found out.
01.07.2014 Baranavichy entrepreneurs elected representatives for negotiations with president
July 1, about 300 individual entrepreneurs working at the central market of Baranavichy, strarted a collective strike in protest against Presidential Decree No. 222.
01.07.2014 Complete video of Ales Bialiatski's press conference for Lithuanian media
On 27 June in Vilnius, Head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and one of the founders of the Belarusian Human Rights House Ales Bialiatski gave a press conference for the Lithuanian media.
01.07.2014 Official Minsk is criticized in Baku over political prisoners
Two committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE adopted resolutions on Belarus.
01.07.2014 Beltelecom clients unable to reach Ukrainian web-sites
Belarus’ largest internet-provider does not allow its users to enter Ukrainian web-sites.
01.07.2014 Entrepreneurs' strike in Baranavichy
Individual entrepreneurs demand a meeting with Lukashenka and the resolution of their problems.
30.06.2014 UN Human Rights Council extends mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus
On June 27, the delegates of the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council voted to extend the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus, the UN News Centre said.
30.06.2014 Ales Bialiatski: No hard feelings towards Lithuania
Belarusian human rights activist Ales Belyatsky says he has no hard feelings towards Lithuania for providing the Belarusian authorities with information that became a pretext for his detention.
30.06.2014 ENFIN LIBRE! – Paris welcomes Ales Bialiatski’s release
As promised by the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, the portrait of Ales Bialiatski, which was installed in front of the city’s 11th district hall, now features an inscription “Free at Last!” The French capital thus welcomes the release of the Belarusian human rights defender, an honorary citizen of Paris, Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
30.06.2014 New human rights group to appear in Belarus
A group of human rights defenders has submitted to the Ministry of Justice documents for registration of the National Human Rights Association PAKT (“Covenant”, a movement for the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights). The organization’s constituent assembly has elected chairman, Mikhail Pastukhou, vice-chairman, Viktar Karniayenka, and executive director, human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka.
27.06.2014 Vasil Parfiankou: I have more than 20 violations
Human rights defender Anastasiya Loika has received a letter from political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou, who told her about his latest news.
27.06.2014 Authorities open another criminal case for insulting Lukashenka
A criminal case has reportedly been opened against former political prisoner Katsiaryna Sadouskaya.
26.06.2014 Appeal of Belsat Journalist Dismissed
The Judge of the Hrodna Regional Court dismissed the appeal of Ales' Zaleuski, staff journalist of Belsat who had been fined for "unlawful production of mass media products".
