News for January 2025
30.01.2025 The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Estonia: The farce organised by the dictator of Belarus is not election
The Foreign Affairs Committee's statement of 24 January 2025.
29.01.2025 Elections*2025. Analytical report on the results of monitoring the election campaigning
The expert election* 2025 observation mission was organized by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Viasna Human Rights Center as part of the "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign. The mission collects and analyzes information about the election campaign based on open sources and messages from voters from Belarus.
29.01.2025 The statement of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance on Belarus’s presidential election
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance made a statement on Belarus’s presidential election.
28.01.2025 Human rights situation in Belarus in 2024
The beginning and end of 2024 were marked by heightened repression. This was partly due to the fraudulent elections declared by the authorities in Belarus.
28.01.2025 "No election can be considered free when it is held in a climate of repression." The EU, the UK, and three more countries made a statement
Australia, Canada, the EU, New Zealand, and the UK have released a joint statement following Belarus’ sham presidential elections on 26 January 2025.
27.01.2025 EU calls Belarusian elections "a sham"
This is declared in a statement published on January 26 on the EU website.
26.01.2025 Propaganda and "international observers": how a Swiss far-right politician praises the Belarusian elections*
"The elections in Belarus are even better organized than in Switzerland."
25.01.2025 Special Rapporteur on Belarus Nils Muižnieks: "Elections become a catalyst for human rights violations"
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus, Nils Muižnieks, spoke at a press conference in Vilnius.
25.01.2025 "A sham." How does the international democratic community react to the elections in Belarus?
The "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign reports the comments of European politicians and institutions.
23.01.2025 More than 3,270 people were convicted for participating in protests against the falsified election results in 2020
Human rights defenders report how many people have been criminally convicted for participating in demonstrations, and Viasna lawyer Sviatlana Halauniova comments on the situation.
23.01.2025 The statement on the recognition of three people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
23.01.2025 Belarus: UN experts alarmed about widespread in absentia trials
The number of criminal proceedings in absentia initiated in Belarus against Belarusian citizens residing abroad increased dramatically in 2024, according to civil society reports.
23.01.2025 Belarus: Day of the Endangered Lawyer Jan. 24: Report & Executive Summary
In 2025, the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer spotlights the persecution of lawyers in Belarus, who face pervasive systematic harassment and interference with their professional activities.
22.01.2025 European Parliament resolution on the need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus
The resolution urges the EU and global community to reject the sham elections, support Belarusian civil society, and hold the regime accountable for human rights violations.
22.01.2025 So-called presidential elections in Belarus ‘set to be a sham’, says PACE General Rapporteur
An election held under such oppressive conditions cannot and will not meet international recognised standards of fairness and legitimacy.
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