31.08.2015 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: August 2015
On August 22, it was reported that President Aliaksandr Lukashenka pardoned and released from prison six political prisoners: Mikalai Statkevich, Mikalai Dziadok, Ihar Alinevich, Yury Rubtsou, Artsiom Prakapenka, and Yauhen Vaskovich. Despite the absence of any systemic changes in the field of human rights, the move of the authorities can be assessed as positive.
04.08.2015 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: July 2015
There were no positive developments in the human rights situation in Belarus during the month. conditions of detention and increasing pressure on political prisoners continued to be an issue of particular concern for human rights organizations.
06.07.2015 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: June 2015
During the month there were no positive developments in the human rights situation in Belarus. Increased pressure on political prisoners caused particular concern of both Belarusian and international human rights organizations.
02.06.2015 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: May 2015
In May, there were no positive developments in the human rights situation in Belarus.
30.04.2015 Situation of human rights: April 2015
Despite ongoing intensification of contacts between the Foreign Ministry of Belarus and the EU and the United States, there were no positive changes in the field of human rights in the country in April.
16.04.2015 Human rights activists: Belarus' participation in the UPR gives hope for changes
Universal Periodic Review is one of the few UN mechanisms recognized by the Belarusian authorities. The UPR provides for cooperation between the authorities and civil society. The process of this interaction is still far from perfect, but human rights activists seek to use the platform of the UPR to promote the necessary changes.
13.04.2015 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus. March 2015.
In March, the human rights situation in Belarus remained at an unsatisfactory level. The country’s penal facilities continued to hold six political prisoners. Siarhei Ivanou, 21, was sentenced to death.
12.03.2015 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus. February 2015.
February was marked by a negative trend in the field of human rights. There was a clear departure of the EU and the US from a value-based approach in their relations with the Belarusian authorities. One can say that the official Minsk restored a dialogue on its own terms, which is based on a pragmatic relationship.
12.02.2015 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus. January 2015.
There was a situation with the international factor, which is regarded as the most powerful in influencing the fate of political prisoners, beginning to lose its power. This was due both to the tense geopolitical situation in the region and the new role of Aliaksandr Lukashenka as a mediator in the talks on Ukrainian issues, as well as with the inconsistent position of the European Union.
28.01.2015 Monitoring of the situation with human rights in Belarus: October-December 2014
The aim of the monitoring is highlighting short-term tendencies in the spheres of human rights, social, political and economic situation in Belarus.
27.01.2015 Human rights situation in 2014: Trends and evaluation
The situation of human rights during 2014 remained consistently poor with a tendency to deterioration at the end of the year. Human rights violations were of both systemic and systematic nature: basic civil and political rights were extremely restricted, there were no systemic changes in the field of human rights (at the legislative level and (or) at the level of practices).
13.01.2015 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in December 2014
In December, the human rights situation deteriorated; the negative trends of human rights violations and restrictions were expanded, both on the legislative and law enforcement levels.
23.12.2014 Expert opinion on the case of Homel activist Yury Rubtsou
On December 21, it was reported that opposition activist Yury Rubtsou had been sent to open-type correctional facility No. 7 in the village of Kuplin, Pruzhany district, Brest region.
17.12.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in November 2014
November was marked by a tendency of deterioration of the human rights situation. Intensive contacts between the Belarusian authorities and the European Union, its institutions and individual countries, as well as the United States did not lead to specific improvements in this area.
17.11.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in October 2014
The human rights situation in Belarus in October remained consistently bad, preserving the systemic and systematic nature of abuses. The growth of the practice of arbitrary detention and sentencing to administrative arrests required a separate emphasis from human rights defenders.
