23.12.2014 Belarus has new political prisoner – Yury Rubtsou
Joint statement by the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee.
19.12.2014 Eduard Lobau: I have to look around and decide what to do next
The Minsk office of the Belarusian Popular front hosted today the first press conference of former political prisoner Eduard Lobau, who was released yesterday after serving four years of imprisonment in penal colony No. 22 in Ivatsevichy.
17.12.2014 “Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty in Belarus” under patronage of Lithuanian MP
According to Dalia Kuodyte, member of Parliament of Lithuania, she will patronize the campaign “Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty in Belarus” with the intent to distribute information about this issue in the framework of her powers.
10.12.2014 “Viasna” launches video project “Kitchen”
Human Rights Centre “Viasna” starts the series of video programs “Kitchen TV”.
08.12.2014 Invitation to presentation of report on results of monitoring of penitentiary institutions
December 10, the International Human Rights Day, Human Rights Center "Viasna" presents an analytical study "Report on the results of monitoring penitentiary institutions in the Republic of Belarus".
05.12.2014 Statement of HRC “Viasna” and Belarusian Association of Journalists regarding detention of journalist Aliaksandr Alesin
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" and "Belarusian Association of Journalists" urge Belarusian KGB to inform the public about the cause and place of detention of the journalist of the newspaper "Belarusy i Rynak", a member of the NGO "Belarusian Association of Journalists" Aliaksandr Alesin, as well as the essence of the accusation against him.
28.11.2014 Army’s no bowl of cherries?
Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Valiantsin Stefanovich has commented on certain provisions of the draft law on alternative service, which was adopted in first reading by the House of Representatives of the National Assembly on November 10.
27.11.2014 Ales Bialiatski: “I took the decision of the UN Human Rights Committee as a personal satisfaction” (full text of the document)
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” publishes the official text of a decision taken by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the case of its leader and vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights, Ales Bialiatski.
17.11.2014 UN recognizes that Belarus violated the rights of Ales Bialiatski
Remarkable decision against states that violate the freedom of association
04.11.2014 Threat to expel human rights activist Elena Tonkacheva from Belaruis is legal lynching reminiscent of Soviet times
We, representatives of Belarusian and international human rights organizations, consider the actions of the Belarusian authorities aimed at annulment of the residence permit and subsequent expulsion of one of the country's leading human rights activists as politically motivated and aimed at the involuntary termination of Elena Tonkacheva's legitimate human rights activities or creation of significant obstacles in the conduct of such activities.
04.11.2014 Let's demonstrate solidarity with Elena Talkachova: petition state bodies with the request to refrain from expelling the human rights activist from the country
The Human Rights Centre “Viasna” joins the call of our colleagues from the Center for Legal Transformation Lawtrend to direct petitions to the state agencies with the request not to expel human rights activist Elena Tonkacheva from Belarus.
31.10.2014 "After the expulsion of Alena Tankachova Belarus authorities will only increase the level of nonconfidence to them"
The head of the Human rights center "Viasna" and Vice President of FIDH Ales Bialiatski considers the government's decision on deprivation of residence permit and probable expulsion from the country of his colleague Alena Tankachova as reprisals against active human rights defender, who works professionally for the benefit of Belarus.
23.10.2014 Ales Bialiatski: Position of Sweden to Belarus will remain unchanged
During a working visit to Sweden, the Head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Ales Bialiatski met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Margot Wallström on October 23.
21.10.2014 The situation of human rights and the situation of human rights defenders in Belarus will be discussed at the UN General Assembly
The Special Rapporteur on human rights defend¬ers, Michel Forst, is to present his first report to the General Assembly on October 23rd 2014. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklos Harastzi, is to present a thematic report on human rights defenders in Belarus to the General Assembly on October 28.
16.10.2014 Human rights defenders about the preventive detention: This is used arbitrarily - in order to fulfill the political order
Human Rights Center "Viasna" held on October 15 a press conference devoted to the various aspects of the preventive arrests in Belarus, where were presented the corresponding flaws in the legislation, the typical abuse of law by the police and new trends in this problem.
