News on the topic: human rights defenders
26.02.2014 Human rights defender Barys Zvozskau would have been 65 today
Barys Zvozskau was born on February 26, 1949 in the town of Belogorsk (Russia). He graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute with a degree in engineering. Later, Barys Zvozskau graduated from the Higher International Human Rights Course.
25.02.2014 Case files of Belarusian dissident Mikhail Kukabaka finally declassified
Seven and a half years of walking around the courts and numerous requests to various government agencies finally brought results, thanks to the tenacity of the famous Belarusian dissident, who has been repeatedly subjected to punitive psychiatry. This month Mikhail Kukabaka received a message stating that the materials of a number of forensic psychiatric examinations of 1970 and of subsequent years had been declassified.
24.02.2014 Observatory condemns continued harassment of Viasna
The Observatory has been informed of the continued harassment of the Human Rights Centre “Viasna” and the rejection by the Court of a complaint challenging the blackmailing of its website www.spring96.org.
21.02.2014 Valiantsin Stefanovich: “We will go back to debate on restricted access to spring96.org website”
Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valiantsin Stefanovich sent a private complaint to the Board of Civil Cases of the Minsk City Court to challenge a decision of the Tsentralny District Court of Minsk, who dismissed his lawsuit against blacklisting Viasna’s website.
18.02.2014 Viasna fails to protect website in court
Judge Alena Siamak of the Tsentralny District Court of Minsk considered today a complaint filed by deputy chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valiantsin Stefanovich to challenge a decision of the Prosecutor General's Office to blacklist the spring96.org website as a resource with restricted access. The judge previously considered the case of a travel ban imposed on a number of Belarusian human rights defenders.
17.02.2014 Court in Minsk to hear complaint against blacklisting spring96.org site
The Court of Minsk’s Tsentralny district will consider tomorrow morning a complaint filed by deputy chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valiantsin Stefanovich to challenge a decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office to restrict access to the website spring96.org.
14.02.2014 Yearly Report of «Platform Innovation» seized on the border
The yearly report of “Platform Innovation” was seized on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border and sent to an expert examination to reveal if it contains extremist or libel contents.
13.02.2014 Pavel Levinau initiated two examinations at election commissions
The human rights activist applied to the prosecutor and the Investigative Committee with allegations of violations of the electoral legislation.
12.02.2014 Ales Bialiatski: Finalist for the 2014 Front Line Defenders Award
February 10 the international organization Front Line Defenders presented the Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the first of six finalists for the 10th annual Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, awarded in collaboration with medyyasetkay "Al Jazeera."
10.02.2014 Front Line Defenders launches Olympics campaign on 12 human rights defenders
‘Rights. Risks. Change!’ Campaign to focus attention on targeted human rights defenders.
07.02.2014 Palitviazni.info: The Chronicles of Belarusian Political Prisoners
Human Rights Center Viasna and Polish organization Foundation for the Development of Democratic Initiatives published book Palitviazni.info: The Chronicles of Belarusian Political Prisoners
06.02.2014 Salihorsk District Court upholds the ban on a Human Rights Day picket
On February 4 the Salihorsk District Court considered the appeal of the socio-political activist Uladzimir Shyla against the nban on his picket, issued by the Salihorsk District Executive Committee.
04.02.2014 Baranavichy: human rights defender appeals to Constitutional Court
Human rights activist Siarhei Housha wrote a letter to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus. He reports that the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations (hereinafter HRC Committee) adopted two positive decision on his appeals.
31.01.2014 Viasna activists top media reference rating
Ales Bialiatski, the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, is one of the most cited civil society leaders, occupying the second place in the media reference rating with 259 mentions in 2013.
29.01.2014 “Relevant authorities” to decide on Ales Bialiatski’s book
On January 29, the Court of Ashmiany District held a preliminary hearing of human rights defender Tatsiana Reviaka’s lawsuit against local customs officials, who prohibited the importation of Ales Bialiatski’s book "Asvechanyia Belaruschunai" ("Enlightened by Belarusianness").
