14.06.2016 Viasna demands respect for procedural rights of Eduard Palchys
Viasna demands respect for all the procedural safeguards and rights in relation to Eduard Palchys, who is currently held in custody in the detention center in Žodzina. In particular, he should be allowed to see his lawyer and be provided with appropriate conditions of detention and treatment.
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.
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.
24.05.2016 Common position of Belarusian human rights defenders ahead of the next round of the EU-Belarus human rights dialogue
The country's leading human rights groups say there is no significant progress or systemic changes in the field of human rights and freedoms in Belarus, urging the government to develop a National Human Rights Plan.
06.05.2016 Statement on detention of Dzmitry Paliyenka
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" believes that the detention of civil society activist Dzmitry Paliyenka is a disproportionate measure applied as part of his prosecution over involvement in the events of April 29.
13.04.2016 Viasna calls to repeal criminal defamation
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" insists on the decriminalization of acts committed by Aliaksandr Lapitski, and calls for the termination of criminal prosecution for defamation offenses, considering as a first step the abolition of Articles 367, 368, 369, 369-1, 391 of the Criminal Code.
04.04.2016 Viasna urges authorities to stop persecution of citizens for exercising freedom of peaceful assembly and expression
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" is ready to provide recommendations and proposals to the government bodies possessing the right of legislative initiative.
28.01.2016 Concerted position by Belarusian human rights organisations on priorities in shaping the strategy of international partners' relations with Belarus
We regard further improvement of the human rights situation as a top priority for both Belarusian human rights defenders and international partners in shaping the strategy for relations with Belarus.
09.12.2015 Human rights defenders call on government to take urgent restorative measures
We, representatives of the human rights organizations in Belarus, guided by an interest in the development of the Belarus-EU relations and the promotion and protection of human rights in the country, call on the government to enforce in the near future the following measures of restorative nature, which do not require legislative changes.
01.12.2015 List of political prisoners
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” considers the following people as political prisoners in Belarus and demands their immediate release.
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
24.08.2015 Human Rights Center "Viasna" welcomes release of six political prisoners and calls on authorities to take more steps aimed at systemic changes of human rights situation in Belarus. A statement.
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" welcomes the release of six political prisoners and calls on the authorities to take more steps aimed at systemic changes in the field of human rights in Belarus
17.08.2015 Viasna: Persons detained in graffiti case are new political prisoners
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" calls to stop the prosecution under Part 2, Art. 339 of the Criminal Code ("malicious hooliganism") of Viachaslau Kasinerau, Yaraslau Ulyianenkau, as well as Maksim Piakarski and Vadzim Zharomski, and demands their immediate release from custody.
14.04.2015 New presidential decree in Belarus uses fines and imprisonment as a means to "stimulate" employment
Human rights activists call on the Belarusian authorities to immediately annul the presidential decree on the "prevention of dependency on social aid" due to its non-compliance with the international human rights obligations of Belarus.
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.
