News for 8 Sep 2020
08.09.2020 Claudia Roth, Vice President of the German Bundestag, takes over the prisoner’s godparenthood for Maria Kolesnikova
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Claudia Roth, Vice-President of the German Bundestag, has taken over the prisoner’s godparenthood for Maria Kolesnikova and demands her immediate and unconditional release.
08.09.2020 Amnesty International: Authorities subject opposition leader Maryia Kalesnikava to abduction-style arrest
Belarusian authorities must immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of opposition leader Maryia Kalesnikava and release her without delay, Amnesty International said today. According to eyewitnesses, Maryia Kalesnikava was abducted by masked men in Minsk on Monday morning, contradicting the Belarusian authorities’ claim that she was detained at the border with Ukraine.
08.09.2020 BHC alerts UN to Kalesnikava’s forced disappearance
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has sent a message to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on the situation with the abduction of Maryia Kalesnikava, one of the leaders of the opposition Coordination Council.
08.09.2020 Council of Europe Secretary General gravely concerned by human rights violations in Belarus
The Secretary General of the 47-nation Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, has made the following statement concerning Belarus
08.09.2020 HRDs call to end repression and release political prisoners
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
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