News for 11 Sep 2014
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 Statement by the Head of the US Government Interagency Delegation on the Conclusion of Their Official Visit to Belarus
A United States Government Inter-Agency delegation from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Departments of State and Defense completed a two and a half day official visit to Minsk.
11.09.2014 Enforced disappearances of the political opponents of the authority
Individual Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review was prepared by the human rights organization "Belarusian Documentation Center" within the framework of preparation of the alternative report of Belarusian NGOs. These documents on the Republic of Belarus will be considered at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in May-June 2015.
11.09.2014 Ex-political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich freed from preventive supervision
September 10, the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk withdrew preventive supervision from a former political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich.
11.09.2014 Ecological picket banned in Salihorsk
Salihorsk City Executive Committee did not authorize a picket in the central square, aimed at collecting signatures for a healthy environment.
11.09.2014 Viktar Statkevich and Maryna Adamovich ask police to find author of anonymous threat letter
The father of Mikalai Statkevich, Viktar Statkevich, and the five of the former, Maryna Adamovich, appealed to the police in connection with an anonymous threat letter, thrown into the postbox of Viktar Statkevich on September 8.
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.
11.09.2014 Mahiliou: unidentified people punctured tires of Ihar Barysau's car
All in all, 16 punctures were counted at the service station.
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