News on the topic: EU-Belarus
19.03.2013 Maryna Adamovich: Paleckis should demand meeting with political prisoners
Maryna Adamovich, the wife of political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich, believes Justas Paleckis, European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Belarus, should meet with Belarusian prisoners of conscience, the Charter-97 website reports.
19.03.2013 European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Belarus Justas Paleckis arrives in Minsk
Justas Paleckis, 71, European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Belarus, arrived in Minsk on a working visit to end on March 21. The purpose of the visit is the preparation of the report on the state of relations between the EU and Belarus, the BelaPAN news agency reports.
14.02.2013 Iryna Khalip allowed to meet with her husband in the UK
The spouse of the former presidential candidate was granted the possibility to temporarily leave Belarus.
01.02.2013 Police start putting down passport data of visitors of foreign Embassies
The Belarusian police started putting down the passport information of the persons who visit the Embassies of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany. This information was passed to "Charter'97" by the leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Liabedzka.
24.01.2013 MEP Marek Migalski writes to Belarus’ MFA to request meeting with political prisoners
Member of the European Parliament Marek Migalski, who initiated a campaign of solidarity with two Belarusian political prisoners – leader of the “Young Front” Zmitser Dashkevich and former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich – has addressed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking for an opportunity to meet with them in prison.
11.01.2013 Lithuanian Foreign Minister: What is more important: human rights or freight traffic in Klaipeda?
Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius presented his own opinion on the Lithuania-Belarus relations in an interview on Morning Topic programme on 10 January. The minister thinks that “Belarusians are our partners. Both Lithuania and the EU can and should talk to them.” “Only in this case we will be able to see changes,” DELFI new agency quotes Linkevicius.
09.01.2013 European MP Marek Migalski supports Hrodna human rights defenders
On 5 January the Leninski District Court of Hrodna sentenced each of the three human rights activists to 1.5 million rubles of fine for a photo with portraits of the head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski.
06.12.2012 European Commissioner Štefan Füle: release of Belarusian political prisoners remains a principal issue
It was once again stated by the European Commissioner during a meeting with the deputy head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Valiantsin Stefanovich and the head of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Zhana Litvina on 5 December in Brussels.
27.11.2012 Ukrainian student leader not let in Belarus
The president of the Ukrainian student self-government association Lizaveta Shchepetylnykova was not let in Belarus where she intended to meet with student activists.
15.11.2012 Maira Mora: Release of political prisoners is main demand
The head of the EU Delegation to Belarus reminded on what conditions the relations between official Minsk and the EU can be improved.
14.11.2012 Polish ambassador calls for release and exoneration of political prisoners
The demands of the European Union and Poland remain unchanged.
06.11.2012 Syrian opposition calls on UK to sanction Lukashenka's regime for supporting Assad
Today, a London-based human rights organization 'Syrians in the UK' sent a letter to members of the British Parliament requesting to take action against Belarus and a possibility of 'Europe's last dictatorship' to grant asylum to Bashar al-Assad. 'Syrians in the UK' asked MPs to consider increasing sanctions against Belarus and warning UK and European companies against doing business with state-owned Belarus companies.
29.10.2012 European Parliament Criticizes Minsk Over Elections
STRASBOURG, France -- The European Parliament has strongly criticized the recent parliamentary elections in Belarus, noting they failed to meet many basic democratic standards.
16.10.2012 EU Ministers Keep Sanctions On Belarus
European Union foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg have resolved to keep sanctions in place against Belarus, but they are continuing to hold out the prospect of lifting sanctions if Minsk improves its human rights record.
03.10.2012 EU Ambassadors present a démarche to Foreign Ministry of Belarus to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty
On 2 October, to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October), the Ambassador of Latvia to Belarus, together with the Ambassadors of France and Italy in Belarus and representatives from the European Union Delegation in Minsk presented a démarche to the Foreign Ministry of Belarus to repeatedly draw attention of Belarusian authorities to the issue of abolishing capital punishment in Belarus.
