News for 26 Feb 2015

26.02.2015 Famous Journalist Denied Visa to Belarus

David Crawford was going to be a lecturer at the Press Club Belarus on February 27. Instead, a webinar will be organized.

Human rights defenders receive more reports on ongoing harassment of Roma

26.02.2015 Human rights defenders receive more reports on ongoing harassment of Roma

The Human Rights Center "Viasna" has received a complaint from a group of citizens representing the Roma diaspora in Minsk. According to them, they are facing unreasonable and arbitrary detentions by the law enforcement bodies.

Human rights activists meet with PACE Special Rapporteur Andrea Rigoni

26.02.2015 Human rights activists meet with PACE Special Rapporteur Andrea Rigoni

On February 25, Andrea Rigoni, Special Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), continued his fact-finding visit to Belarus with a meeting with representatives of key human rights organizations: the Human Rights Center "Viasna", the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the Belarusian Association of Journalists and the Center for Legal Transformation Lawtrend.

Opposition activist in Homel writes complaints while in detention

26.02.2015 Opposition activist in Homel writes complaints while in detention

Opposition activist Kanstantsin Zhukouski, who is serving a 10-day arrest in the detention center for alleged disorderly conduct (swearing), continues his hunger strike.

26.02.2015 Andrei Bastunets: It is mechanism of obviously repressive character

Websites will be blocked within 24 hours, but restoring access to them will take months.

26.02.2015 Brest journalist fined in absentia

Leninski District Court of Brest has flagrantly violated Procedure Code, the Constitution and intermational standards. Independent journalist Alina Litvinchuk informed Radio Racyja.

Amnesty International stresses politically motivated prosecution of Yury Rubtsou

26.02.2015 Amnesty International stresses politically motivated prosecution of Yury Rubtsou

In its annual report presented yesterday across the world, Amnesty International has highlighted the prosecution of Belarusian activist Yury Rubtsou, who is serving a sentence in an open institution in the village of Kuplin, Pruzhany district.

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