News on the topic: human rights defenders
06.03.2015 Ales Bialiatski: human rights are universal
On March 5, after speaking at the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva Ales Bialiatski further commented to Human Rights Center "Viasna" about the topics he touched in his three-minute report.
05.03.2015 Procedural protection of the rights of detainees in custody
The National Report for the Universal Periodic Review (second cycle), prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been published.
04.03.2015 Ales Bialiatski to speak at a session of the UN Human Rights Council
Ales Bialiatski, vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, chairman the Human Rights Centre “Viasna”, closed by the Belarusian authorities, will take the floor at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, which runs March 2-27 in Geneva.
04.03.2015 Prisoners' rights and the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights
The National Report for the Universal Periodic Review (second cycle), prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been published.
03.03.2015 Leanid Markhotka's appeal against picket ban to be considered March 12
The cassation appeal of the Salihorsk human rights activist Leanid Markhotka against the prohibition of a picket dedicated to the Universal Human Rights Day will be considered by the panel of judges on civil cases of the Minsk Regional Court at 10 a.m. on March 12.
03.03.2015 The Human Rights Council should continue to take responsibility regarding the Human Rights situation in Belarus
The human rights situation in Belarus continues to be characterized by serious, widespread and systematic violations. In the words of the UN Special Rapporteur, Miklós Haraszti, violations in the country have a “systemic and systematic” character.
02.03.2015 Mikhail Kukabaka: Who and what will investigate in the country of lawlessness?
Mikhail Kukabaka, the famous Belarusian dissident living in Moscow, shared with the human rights defenders of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” his views on the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.
02.03.2015 Ales Bialiatski asks Italian activists to continue fight for political prisoners in Belarus
Ales Bialiatski, Mayor of Syracuse Giancarlo Garrozzo, Heather McGill of Amnesty International’s International Secretariat, Giuseppe Provenza, Amnesty International’s National Coordinator, and Amnesty activists
27.02.2015 Östgruppen encourages Swedish Foreign Ministry to criticize verdict for Dziadok
Swedish human rights initiative Östgruppen calls yesterday’s verdict by the Mahiliou court pronounced in the case of political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok, on the one hand, extremely "original" and the other - "politically motivated", according to svaboda.org. The human rights activists are urging the government of Sweden to sharply and clearly criticize the Lukashenko regime for the persecution of dissidents.
27.02.2015 Ales Bialiatski becomes honorary citizen of Syracuse
On February 26, the municipal authorities of Syracuse (Italian region of Sicily) awarded Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski the title of honorary citizenship of Syracuse, the “city of peace and human rights”.
25.02.2015 Human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka writes to police about threats to his children
Leanid Sudalenka, chairman of the Homel city branch of the public association “Legal Initiative”, has lodged a complaint with the police department of the Homel Regional Executive Committee. He asks the police to identify the individual or legal person (IP-address), which administers the website gomelbest.com and which committed, in his opinion, a criminal offense under Article 186 of the Criminal Code (threat of homicide).
25.02.2015 Efficiency of the Use of International Human Rights Mechanisms in Respect of Belarus
A number of Belarusian NGOs have published a report prepared by graduates and experts of the Human Rights House Network’s program “International Law in Advocacy” as a result of a study entitled “Efficiency of the Use of International Human Rights Mechanisms in Respect of Belarus”.
24.02.2015 Azerbaijan Extends Rights Activist's Pretrial Detention By Five Months
BAKU -- A court in Azerbaijan has reportedly ordered that human rights activist Arif Yunus be held in pretrial detention for at least five more months.
24.02.2015 Ales Bialiatski visits Italy at invitation of Amnesty International
From 23 to 27 February, Ales Bialiatski is going to visit Rome, Palermo, Syracuse and Milan, where activists of Amnesty International’s local groups have arranged meetings of different levels with the participation of the Belarusian human rights defender.
20.02.2015 Court dismisses Tonkacheva's appeal against deportation from Belarus
The human rights defender must leave Belarus on February 21.
