News on the topic: human rights defenders
05.06.2015 13 arguments showing that conditions in penal colonies are not "almost like in the army"
Lawyer of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Pavel Sapelka compares the challenges faced in prisons in Belarus with the Soviet and European practice and draws 13 arguments showing that present-day Belarusian penal colonies aren't “almost like the army”.
05.06.2015 State does not want to admit its guilt in illegal imprisonment of Mikhail Hladki
For several years already Mikhail Hladki has been seeking recognition of his right to compensation for materials and moral damages and prosecution of those who had participated in the proceedings in his case.
05.06.2015 Kryčaŭ District Court drops administrative case against Uladzimir Kudrautsau
June 4, the consideration of the administrative case against the publisher of the newspaper "Voĺny Horad" Uladzimir Kudrautsau, who was charged with libeling the employee of the main bureau for combating organized crime of the Kryčaŭ District Police Department Aliaksandr Dziameshka, finished at the Kryčaŭ District Court.
05.06.2015 FIDH: European governments must take action to release the political prisoners in Azerbaijan
One week before the opening ceremony of the first European Games in the history of the continent, FIDH calls on the European leaders to make the participation of their countries in the opening ceremony of the Games contingent upon the release of political prisoners and activists placed in pre-trial detention on trumped-up charges.
05.06.2015 Human Rights Humanitarian Mission launched in Kharkiv
June 4, Human Rights Humanitarian Mission started its work in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
04.06.2015 Homieĺ: human rights activist asks to recognize him a victim in criminal case
June 13, there expires the two-month term since the instigation of the criminal case concerning the fact of sending pornographic materials to the Belarusian state agencies from the hacked e-mail account of the human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka, sudalenko.mail.ru.
04.06.2015 Statement of Freedom House concerning assault on HR organizations in Grozny, Chechnya
“The second attack in six months on Grozny office of the Committee Against Torture and destruction of property shows the Russian government to be either complicit in violence against human rights groups, or unable to ensure their protection,” said Susan Corke, director of Eurasia programs.
04.06.2015 Baranavičy: Yadviha Rubtsova visits her husband in prison
June 3 Yadviha Rubtsova, wife of political prisoner Yury Rubtsou, visited her husband, who is currently held in jail No.6 in Baranavičy. This is the first meeting of Mrs. Jadviha and her husband after the trial, which declared Yury Rubtsou guilty of evasion of serving punishment of restraint of liberty (Art. 415 of the Criminal Code), and punished him with two years of medium security colony, taking into account the unserved term of punishment.
04.06.2015 Viciebsk: Department of Justice rejects candidacy of human rights defender for Monitoring Commission
Human rights activist Pavel Levinau has been nominated to the Viciebsk Regional Public Monitoring Commission by Belarusian Helsinki Committee. The corresponding letter with the request to approve the candidacy of the representative of the BHC was sent to the justice department of the regional executive committee. However, the request was not satisfied.
03.06.2015 Attack on human rights organizations in Grozny
In Grozny, May 3, unidentified persons destroyed the office of the human rights organization "Committee against Torture". The office staff managed to escape through the window.
03.06.2015 Prosecutor General's Office: “You were forcibly taken to the psychiatric hospital, but the subsequent treatment was carried out on your agreement”
Valiantsin Kavalchuk, who lives in the village of Vialiakaja Hać, has been trying to appeal the actions of the local medics and police, who had forcedly and illegally sent him to the Mahilioŭ psychiatric hospital in October 2013.
03.06.2015 Human rights activists launch a humanitarian mission in Ukraine
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" initiated a humanitarian mission in Ukraine. Its main goal is to help Ukrainian immigrants from the conflict zone, 100,000 of whom are living in Kharkiv alone.
02.06.2015 Baranavičy activists challenge picket ban at Supreme Court
Human rights activist Siarhei Housha has filed a supervisory appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Baranavičy City and District Court of january 27, 2015 and the determination of the Judicial Board on Civil Cases of the Brest Regional Court of March 19, 2015.
02.06.2015 Will Supreme Court help make open "open trials " in penal colonies?
Lawyer Pavel Sapelka asks the Supreme Court of Belarus to clarify the procedure of citizens' access to offsite hearings held in penitentiary institutions.
01.06.2015 Trial of Mikhail Zhamchuzhny starts behind closed doors
June 1 at 10 a.m., the trial of the organizers of the organization “Platform Innovation” Mikhail Zhamchuzhny has started behind the closed doors. The fact that the trial will be closed was known long ago, though there was almost no official information about the case, as Mr. Zhamchuzhny wrote about it in his letters to like-minded persons and human rights activists.
