News on the topic: human rights defenders
07.08.2012 General procuracy to human rights defenders: no grounds to consider Your appeal
The General Procuracy answered the address of the heads of a number of human rights organizations concerning the problem of preventive detentions and administrative punishment of civil activists and representatives of youth opposition group by sending a letter to the E-mail address of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
07.08.2012 Petition for release of Ales Bialiatski and all political prisoners passed to Ambassador of Belarus to Lithuania (video)
On 6 August Lithuanian and Belarusian civil activists gathered near the Belarusian Embassy in Vilnius to express solidarity with the well-known human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, detained a year ago and sentenced to 4.5 years of prison for work for the human rights in Belarus.
07.08.2012 Confiscation of property of human rights defender Mr Ales Bialiatski set to go ahead
On 4 July 2012, the Court of Pervomayski District of Minsk confirmed the list of property to be confiscated as part of the sentence handed down to Mr Ales Bialiatski in 2011 for alleged 'tax evasion on a large scale'.
06.08.2012 International Solidarity Day with Civil Society and Human Rights Movement of Belarus (photo report)
Actions in support of Ales Bialiatski and all political prisoners in Belarus were held on 4 August in different countries of the world: France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Switzerland, Norway… We propose to your attention a photo report from these actions.
06.08.2012 Maskouski District Court of Minsk refuses to consider Aleh Volchak's appeal
On 10 July Aleh Volchak addressed the Maskouski District Court of Minsk with an appeal against the actions (inaction) of the state institution resulting in inhuman and humiliating treatment, asking to close down the delinquents' isolation center in Akrestsin Street for bringing it in line with the UN standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners.
06.08.2012 Human rights defender appeals ruling about mass events
Human rights defender Uladzimir Tseliapun applied to the Mazyr District Court against ruling of the Mazyr District Executive Committee #1202 of 15 September 2011 concerning the holding of mass events. After the adoption of this ruling the local authorities started demanding that organizers of mass events concluded paid service agreements with police, medics and communal utilities and attached them to applications for the authorization of such actions.
06.08.2012 Navapolatsk: detention for banner “Freedom to Bialiatski!”
In the evening of 5 August an activist of the civil association “Free Region” Aliaksandr Drazdou was detained during an attempt to hang out a banner “Freedom to Bialiatski!”.
06.08.2012 Human rights defender reminds Maladechna citizens about Ales Bialiatski
As the city authorities prohibited Maladechna dweller Eduard Balanchuk to hold a picket at the central square, he walked there wearing a T-shirt “Freedom to Ales Bialiatski” in order to remind about the anniversary of the arrest of the well-known human rights defender. The police didn't pose any pretensions to him.
06.08.2012 Baranavichy: action of solidarity on anniversary of imprisonment of Ales Bialiatski
On 4 August, the anniversary of the imprisonment of Ales Bialiatski, local human rights defenders and civil activists held an action of solidarity with political prisoners. They posted and handed out leaflets with the demand to release the human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
06.08.2012 Vaukavysk: activist detained for posters “Freedom to Bialiatski!”
Civil activist Vital Huliak was detained while posting leaflets “Freedom to Ales Bialiatski!” in the center of Vaukavysk. As he said to RFE/RL over the telephone, he did it in order to express solidarity with Ales Bialiatski, marking the international solidarity day with the civil society of Belarus.
06.08.2012 Brest: human rights defender holds race of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski
Human rights defender Uladzimir Malei ran along the busiest streets of the region's capital wearing a T-shirt “Freedom to Ales Bialiatski!”.
03.08.2012 Belarusian human rights defenders pass petition for release of Ales Bialiatski and all political prisoners to Presidential Administration
Representatives of democratic NGOs, civil activists and human rights defenders of Belarus paid a visit to the Presidential Administration to pass the petition demanding an immediate and unconditional release of Ales Bialiatski and all political prisoners and cessation of pressurization on human rights and civil society organizations of the country.
03.08.2012 Barysau authorities ban picket in support of Ales Bialiatski
The Barysau District Executive Committee prohibited the local human rights defenders to hold a picket under the slogan “Freedom to Ales Bialiatski!” near one of large departments store of Barysau on 4 August.
03.08.2012 Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: BELARUS:
First year of imprisonment for Ales Bialiatski, a sad illustration of the ongoing repression of the Belarusian civil society
03.08.2012 The head of FIDH: Belarusian human rights activists amaze by their persistence
Souhayr Belhassen supported the initiative of the International Day of Solidarity with the civil society in Belarus.
