24.06.2014 Human Rights Watch: Bialiatski’s release is a positive step
“Every day Ales Bialiatski spent in prison was one day too many,” said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “From the very beginning, this case had nothing to do with justice and was solely about retaliation for Bialiatski’s human rights work.”
24.06.2014 Preventive register will not become an obstacle for Ales Bialiatski in his international activities
On June 23, head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski visited the criminal-executive inspection of Minsk’s Pershamaiski District Police Department, where he was registered after his early release from prison.
24.06.2014 Libereco welcomes the release of Belarussian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski
Libereco welcomes the release of Belarussian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski on 21st June 2014 under an amnesty law, under which more than 2700 people have been released from prison.
23.06.2014 Ales Bialiatski: Belarus should be a country without political prisoners
“Being a prisoner for the sake of a democratic, independent Belarus is normal,” said Ales Bialiatski during a press conference held today in the Minsk office of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”. He then crossed out his name on a T-shirt bearing the names of the remaining seven political prisoners.
23.06.2014 EU welcomes Ales Bialiatski's release
"We welcome the release of Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski. After almost three years of imprisonment on politically motivated grounds, he can now finally rejoin his family and friends," says a statement by the Spokesperson of the European Union's External Action Service released on June 21 after the release of Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski.
22.06.2014 US welcomes Ales Bialiatski’s release
Jen Psaki, the U.S. State Department spokesperson, welcomed the release of Ales Bialiatski on Saturday, calling it “a positive development,” but reiterated the call for Belarus to immediately release all political prisoners and restore their political rights,” svaboda.org said.
22.06.2014 Civil Rights Defenders: Ales Bialiatski released after 1052 days behind bars
Ales Bialiatski, Belarus leading human rights defender and the head of the human rights organisation Viasna, was in 2011 imprisoned on trumped up charges. 21 June – after 1052 days behind bars – he was released and could reunite with his family, friends and colleagues.
22.06.2014 Invitation to the press conference of Ales Bialiatski
On June 23, the Minsk office of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” will host a press conference of the organization’s leader and vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights, Ales Bialiatski, who was released on Saturday after almost three years of arbitrary detention.
22.06.2014 Soviet dissident Mikhail Kukabaka: Ales Bialiatski’s release manifestation of political expediency
Belarusian dissident and political prisoner of the Soviet times, Mikhail Kukabaka, having learned of the release of Ales Bialiatski from a report on the radio station “Echo of Moscow”, has written about it in a letter to the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
22.06.2014 FIDH: Ales Bialiatski Free at Last!
Ales Bialiatski, distinguished human rights defender, president of Viasna Human Rights Centre of Belarus and Vice President of FIDH was released this Saturday, 21 June after nearly three years in prison.
21.06.2014 PACE welcomes the release of Ales Bialiatski
“For many years Ales Bialiatski has been a committed partner of the Assembly, who shared with our members his expertise and restlessly fought for human rights in Belarus. His imprisonment in 2011 came as a shock, and we have never missed an occasion to demand his unconditional release,” said Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
20.06.2014 Abolition of the death penalty. How can journalists help?
Palina Stsepanenka, a writer and an activist of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty”, tells about the issue of the death penalty and the “place for the press” in an interview for Radio Racyja.
20.06.2014 Political prisoner Vaskovich put in punishment cell
Wardens try to present Vaskovich as a “malicious violator”.
20.06.2014 Belsat facing another trial
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court wants a reversal of a decision in a lawsuit against the Belsat TV Channel and a new consideration of the case file, press service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists reports.
20.06.2014 Homel journalists sue Prosecutor’s Office over warnings
Two journalists in Homel are suing local Prosecutor’s Office. In early May, Mikalai Bianko and Yuliya Sivets were warned by the Homel Regional Prosecutor’s Office for working for foreign media without accreditation, Radio Racyja reports.
