News on the topic: human rights defenders
22.09.2014 Defending human rights of most vulnerable crucial to meeting security challenges, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw
WARSAW, 22 September 2014 – OSCE participating States have to focus on the most vulnerable in particular if their efforts to defend human rights are to effectively promote security, speakers said at the opening of the OSCE Human Dimension Meeting in Warsaw today.
16.09.2014 Quick Silver of Live Presented in Vitsebsk (photos)
The author, ex-political prisoner Ales Bialiatski came there together with the compiler of the book Alena Laptsionak. At a meeting in the "European club" they told the story of the creation of a collection of essays written in the Babruisk penal colony, where he served a prison term for his human rights activities.
16.09.2014 Criminal proceedings into disappearance of Aliaksandr Shachanok instituted in Homel
This was reported by human rights activist Barys Bukhel who maintains contact with the investigators. Last time Aliaksandr Shachanok was seen August 27, when leaving the building of the Bykhau District Court. August 29, his relatives started looking for him and then applied to the police.
12.09.2014 Azerbaijan: Acts of violence in prison against Ms. Leyla Yunus
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Azerbaijan.
12.09.2014 Ice Bucket Challenge: members of HRC “Viasna” support “Vostok-SOS” (video)
Representatives of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” take part in a charitable flash-mob in support of the activities of the Ukrainian initiative “Vostok-SOS”.
12.09.2014 Stateization of public activism taking place in Russia
President Putin decided to award millions to human rights defenders against the background of the ongoing attack on "foreign agents" including a number of human rights NGOs. Human rights activists fear of the possibility of being smothered in the embraces of such prizes.
12.09.2014 Mozyr: human rights activist appeals picket ban
On September 10, the Mazyr District Court held a preliminary hearing on the appeal of a human rights activist Uladzimir Tseliapun against the decision of the Chairman of the Mozyr District Executive Committee Siarhei Hvozdz and his deputy Feliks Haliuk to ban a picket organized by him.
11.09.2014 Delegation of US government meets with “Viasna” leadership
A United States Government Inter-Agency delegation from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Departments of State and Defence completed a two and a half day official visit to Minsk.
11.09.2014 New method: judge determines “extremism” by reading book titles
September 8, an activist of the anarchist movement Raman Khalilau was released after a ten-day. He told the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" how the judge defined the "extremist" content of the books, booklets and newspapers seized from him.
11.09.2014 KYRGYZSTAN: The Supreme Court refuses to review the sentencing of Mr. Azimjan Askarov to life imprisonment
Paris-Geneva, September 9, 2014. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), condemns the latest court decision regarding the sentencing of human rights defender Azimjan Askarov to life imprisonment.
11.09.2014 Human rights situation discussed in Brest
September 7, the human rights situation in the Brest region was discussed by the local human rights defenders and civil society activists. The discussion was held in Brest.
09.09.2014 Baranavichy: human rights defender Siarhei Housh demands amendments to regulation on mass events
September 9, human rights activist Siarhei Housha filed a complaint to the Chairman of the Brest Regional Executive Committee against the decision of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee dated July 14, 2014, prohibiting picketing on 27 July.
08.09.2014 Ukraine: Mounting evidence of war crimes and Russian involvement
Ukrainian militia and separatist forces are responsible for war crimes, Amnesty International said today. The organisation accused Russia of fuelling separatist crimes as it revealed satellite images indicating a build-up of Russian armour and artillery in eastern Ukraine.
08.09.2014 Round table on death penalty held in Homel
On September 5, a round table "Because we are human beings: theory and practice in the discussions on the topic of the value of human life" was held in Homel.It was attended by human rights activists, lecturers of universities and representatives of the Interfaith Mission "Christian Social Service".
05.09.2014 UHHRU appeal to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
The entire world has witnessed the armed invasion by the Russian Federation of Ukrainian territory. At first, with the use of Russian Federation forces the Crimea was seized and annexed. In order to conceal this crime Russia used quasi-legal justification in the form of a referendum in the Crimea on March 16 2014, in breach of Ukraine’s Constitution.
