News on the topic: human rights defenders
04.12.2012 Ukrainian activists of “Amnesty International” held an action against the use of the death penalty in Belarus
On 3 December “AI” activists held a street action in Lviv to condemn the ongoing use of the death penalty in Belarus and support Liubou Kavaliova, whose son was executed in March 2012 in Minsk.
04.12.2012 Boris Grebenshchikov supports Ales Bialiatski
“Amnesty International” has launched the Write for Rights 2012 marathon.
30.11.2012 Website about political prisoners and their persecutors presented in Minsk
On 29 November another human rights initiative, the informational resource about the political prisoners of Belarus starting from 1989 – palitviazni.info – was presented in Belarus.
29.11.2012 Dangerous precedent in Mahiliou – Aliaksei Paulouski not employed because of the “disagreement of the staff”
On 27 November the judge of the Leninski District Court of Mahiliou Yuliya Trapynina turned down the lawsuit of the activist of the Independent Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Aliaksei Paulouski, thus denying the fact of adverse discrimination during his attempts to get employed.
28.11.2012 Human rights defender Tatsiana Reviaka gets questioned concerning the receipt of finances from Ales Bialiatski
The tax agencies use new ways to pressurize the member of the Council of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, the president of the Belarusian Human Rights House Tatsiana Reviaka.
28.11.2012 How “Viasna” was evicted (video)
On 26 November bailiffs confiscated the assets and sealed the premises of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” where legal aid to repressed citizens had been conducted, trainings, meeting, seminars and press conference on human rights violations had been conducted for the 12 last years.
28.11.2012 You can phone to “Viasna”
Despite the confiscation of the office, the Human Rights Center “Viasna” continues its work. Not a single direction of its activities has been abandoned.
27.11.2012 “Viasna”: central office and property confiscated
At 10 a.m. the office in Nezalezhnasts Street, 78a-48 in Minsk was attended by court marshals, policemen, a cameraman in plain clothes, representatives of public utilities and two witnesses.
26.11.2012 Statement by Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The imprisonment of the head of the organization, Ales Bialiatski, and confiscation of its office won't stop the activities of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”
24.11.2012 With the one year anniversary of the conviction of Ales Bialiatski, Human Rights Centre “Viasna” faces relentless harassment
Paris-Geneva, November 23, 2012 – One year after Ales Bialiatski’s conviction, 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), remains gravely concerned about the arbitrary detention of the prominent human rights defender and the continuous harassment targeting members of the Human Rights Centre “Viasna” and other human rights defenders in the country.
23.11.2012 Human rights defender Barys Bukhel seeks to refute false information
Mahiliou human rights defender Barys Bukhel lodged a claim with head of the Internal Affairs Department of Mahiliou Region Baleika, following a publication on the Department’s website on 8 December 2011, entitled “Everyone, really, has the right to... Or what right does human rights defender Barys Bukhel protect?”
22.11.2012 Viasna invites you!
At 10 a.m. November 26, the office and property of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” will be seized. The bailiffs are expected to seal up the doors of the NGO that has provided assistance to the repressed for 12 years, hosted press-conferences on key human rights issues and numerous human rights events. This is the authorities’ way to mark one year since the sentencing of Viasna’s leader Ales Bialiatski to 4.5 years of imprisonment on November 24, 2011.
22.11.2012 Human rights defender who was expelled from Belarus last year included in human rights council under aegis of Russian president
Russian human rights defender Andrey Yurov, who was expelled from Belarus in March 2011, has become a member of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights under the aegis of the President of Russia, BelaPAN said.
22.11.2012 Human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka fined 500,000 over tax charges
A fine of five basic units (500,000 rubles) was awarded on November 21 by the Tax Inspection of Savetski District of Homel to human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka, after he faced charges under Article 23.9 of the Administrative Code (“violation of procedures for the submission of the tax declaration”).
20.11.2012 Minsk Economic Court turns down Platforma’s appeal
The appeal board of Minsk Economic Court rejected today an appeal lodged by the “Platforma” human rights NGO against the Court's earlier decision on its dissolution. According to Platforma’s leader Andrei Bandarenka, the complaint was considered in the absence of the NGO’s representatives.
