Ministry of Foreign Affairs is asked about publication of the decision of the UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Human rights derender Raman Kisliak and Inha Abramava
The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Belarus is asked to tell where a
decision of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women was published.
Brest activist of the movement
"For Freedom" Inha Abramava wants to
find out by which competent official body and in which printed
periodical the decision of the UN Committee
was published.
According to human rights activist Raman Kisliak,
Inha Abramava (the first Belarusian who
applied to this Committee) filed an appropriate request to the
Belarusian MFA. "The Committee found a
violation of Abramava's rights,
first of all discrimination against her as a
woman," said Raman
Kisliak. "The
matter is that the conditions of detention of
Inha were much worse
because the entire staff of the temporary detention center
during her time there consisted entirely of
men, whereas according
to international standards men aren't
allowed in the women's section unless accompanied by women. "
Inha
Abramova was detained
in 2008 for hanging blue ribbons dedicated "European march"
on trees and drenage pipes. She was found
guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced to 5 days of arrest.
