News on the topic: human rights
05.03.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: February 2023
The authorities continued persecuting individuals for political reasons; the persecution of individuals continues under the guise of combating extremism and terrorism.
14.02.2023 Human rights defenders urge OHCHR to establish an independent investigative mechanism in Belarus
This would provide a tool to prepare the ground for effective accountability for human rights crimes in the country.
03.02.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: January 2023
The Lieninski District Court of Minsk started hearing the criminal case of members of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
21.01.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2022
Analytical review
09.01.2023 UN expresses grave concerns with trials in Belarus
The organization calls to drop the charges against Viasna members and immediately release them.
04.01.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: December 2022
"The whole of Belarus is here in prison now". The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski. The medal and diploma were received by his wife Natallia Pinchuk, who also gave a Nobel lecture.
03.12.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: November 2022
The profound human rights crisis has spanned across all spheres of public and political life. There were 1,447 political prisoners as of December 1.
02.11.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: October 2022
Ales Bialiatski became one of the three Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Valiantsin Stefanovich was re-elected Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
24.10.2022 Human rights defenders and experts share priorities for High Commissioner Volker Türk
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk took up his mandate on 17 October 2022.
11.10.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: September 2022
Coordinator of Viasna’s volunteers Marfa Rabkova and volunteer Andrei Chapiuk were sentenced to 15 and 6 years in prison, respectively.
11.10.2022 UN experts call for immediate release of Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski
Viasna members jailed to silence human rights defenders and eradicate the civic space in Belarus.
23.09.2022 The UNHRC held an interactive dialogue on Belarus
On September 23, at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, an interactive dialogue was held on the interim updated information of the High Commissioner on the situation with human rights in Belarus.
19.09.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: August 2022
It has been two years since the authorities rigged the presidential election of 2020 in favor of Mr. Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
31.08.2022 Not to be sheeple: latest Malanka.media release documents Viasna work in exile
The documentary is part of a joint effort between documentary filmmakers and Viasna Human Rights Center.
26.08.2022 UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus report: “Hostile environment is used as a powerful tool to compel people to leave”
The UN website has published the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin.
