News on the topic: EU-Belarus
27.09.2012 Belarusian anti-nuclear activists not let to Lithuania
Two Belarusian anti-nuclear activists Mikalai Ulasevich and Tatsiana Novikava were prohibited to enter Lithuania, their visas were terminated, RFE/RL informs. The activists were travelling to attend a conference on nuclear safety in Lithuania.
26.08.2012 Ales Bialiatski on agenda in the Élysée Palace
On 24 August, Mrs. Souhayr Belhassen, president of the International Federation for Human Rights, as well as Mr. Sidiki Kaba, FIDH honorary president, and Mr. Antoine Bernard , FIDH executive director, were received at the Élysée Palace by French President Mr. François Hollande.
09.08.2012 Dunja Mijatović calls on Belarusian authorities to release Anton Surapin
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asked Belarusian authorities to drop charges against detained journalist.
08.08.2012 Lukashenka closes Embassy in Stockholm
Belarus withdraws its embassy in Sweden and all its employees. As the reason for withdrawal of diplomatic mission the Foreign Ministry was called the expulsion of two Belarusian diplomats from Sweden. Recall, this happened after the decision of the Belarusian side about the non-renewal of accreditation of the ambassador of Sweden to Belarus Stefan Eriksson.
06.08.2012 German MPs demand the release of Ales Bialiatski
Marieluise Beck, Member of the German Bundestag, and Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Vice-President of the German Bundestag, made the statement.
03.08.2012 Ambassador of Sweden Stephan Ericsson expelled from Belarus
The Embassy of Sweden in Belarus confirmed that the Swedish Ambassador to Belarus Stephan Ericsson had been expelled from Belarus and is in Sweden now.
26.07.2012 German MP takes on prisoner’s godparenthood for Anton Surapin
Bijan Djir-Sarai, Member of the German Bundestag and of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, has taken on a prisoner’s godparenthood for Anton Surapin.
29.06.2012 Ashton: Stop the repressions in Belarus
EU High Representative calls to stop all acts of harassment of the opposition, media and civil society.
22.06.2012 EU: The situation in Belarus has been worsening steadily
EU adopted the statement on the first anniversary of the presentation of the OSCE Rapporteur’s report on Belarus.
19.06.2012 EU may expand blacklist of Belarusians
The European Union may expand its list of Belarusians subject to the bloc’s visa ban and asset freeze, Gunnar Wiegand, a senior official in the European External Action Service (EEAS), told reporters in Brussels on Monday, according to the online newspaper EUobserver.
16.05.2012 Current situation in Belarus to be discussed at human rights documentary film festival in Bruxelles
FIDH, Viasna and People in Need invite you to the screening of ONE WORLD 2012 documentary “BELORUSSIAN DREAM” by Ekaterina Kibalchich with the presence of Taciana Reviaka from VIASNA and Alexandra KOULAEVA from FIDH to be held in Bruxelles at Rue Caroly 15, 1050 on 21 May as part of the sixth annual One World human rights documentary film festival.
30.04.2012 Lithuanian MP not allowed in Belarus
A member of the Lithuanian Parliament, Kazimieras Uoka, was ordered to get off the train and return to Vilnius.
25.04.2012 European Parliament Vice-President's letter to Ales Bialiatski: "I write to assure you of the European Parliament's determination to have you released"
The EU "sanctions will continue as long as the Belarusian regime denies its citizens democracy and abuses their human rights," says Edward McMillan Scott, Vice-President of the European Parliament for Democracy & Human Rights, in his letter to the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski dated 19 April.
25.04.2012 Marek Migalski demands to stop torture of Mikalai Statkevich
A member of the European Parliament, Marek Migalski, has applied to the Corrections Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.
25.04.2012 Marek Migalski takes over a prisoner’s godparenthood for Siarhei Kavalenka
"I have been monitoring the situation of Kavalenka for a long time and have taken a number of actions. In particular I addressed an appeal in writing to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, appealed to the Prosecutor General and to the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz. As Siarhei's godfather I will continue to raise awareness of his case on the international arena, just like I have done it before," says Marek Migalski, a substitute to the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with Belarus.
