News on the topic: human rights
03.06.2014 Online monitoring of violations of the rights of students in universities
Violations of the rights of students are fairly common phenomenon in Belarusian universities. Youth human rights group "Student Council" launches online monitoring, where each student who confronted the violation of students’ rights can post information about it and mark the violation on the map.
14.05.2014 FIDH: While Belarus hosts Ice Hockey World Championship human rights violations continue (video)
At the time of Ice Hockey World Championship – 2014 that will last in Belarus until 25 May, the International Federation for Human Rights is calling for more active dissemination of information about the situation with human rights in the country. "Share this video. Don’t keep silent!” – human rights defenders call.
13.05.2014 Swiss human rights defenders support civil society of Belarus
Amnesty International’s Swiss branch calls Belarusian authorities for “fair play in the field of human rights” within an advocacy campaign coinciding with the World Ice Hockey Championship in Minsk
25.04.2014 Sport for Sport
Appeal by Human Rights Organizations to the Governments of the Countries Participating in the 2014 World Ice Hokey Championship to be held in Minsk
12.04.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in March 2014
The human rights situation in Belarus was strongly influenced by the events that shaped the social and political agenda of the month, including the election of deputies of local councils (March 23), reactions of citizens to the situation in the neighboring Ukraine, and celebrations marking the 96th anniversary of the Belarusian People’s Republic, Freedom Day (March 25). Opportunities to enjoy civil and political rights, especially freedom of expression, were excessively limited.
23.03.2014 Viasna presents annual review of human rights violations
The book "Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in 2013" features an analysis of the major events that influenced the human rights situation in the country during the past year, as well as the most obvious and typical violations.
10.03.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in February 2014
Despite heated debates around the issue of political prisoners, their fate in February remained unchanged. There were no positive dynamics in other sensitive areas of human rights in Belarus. The situation remained stably frozen and poor.
10.03.2014 Human rights situation in Belarus discussed at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) organized a number of meetings and events on the situation with human rights in Belarus as part of a session of the UN Human Rights Council that took place in Geneva on March 6 – 7, 2014.
10.02.2014 Belarus still has no intention to invite Special Rapporteur on Human Rights
In the near future Belarus intends to confirm the invitation to visit the country for a number of special rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) . This was stated by the head of the main bureau of of the multilateral diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yury Ambrazevich on February 10 at a briefing in Minsk.o
21.01.2014 Human Rights Watch: Human rights situation in Belarus saw little improvement in 2013
"The human rights situation in Belarus saw little improvement in 2013. The state suppresses virtually all forms of dissent and uses restrictive legislation and abusive practices to impede freedoms of association and assembly," says the annual World Report released by Human Rights Watch.
21.01.2014 UKRAINE: Open Letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich and Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Rybak
Call to repeal highly restrictive law on so-called “foreign agents”, libel and extremism, which blatantly violates Ukraine's international obligations
21.12.2013 Civil Rights Defenders: Little has changed in Belarus since the Presidential elections of 2010
The 19th December 2013 marks exactly three years since Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko’s won his fourth term in office winning nearly 80 % of the votes. The election itself was marred by violence, arrests, detentions and accusations of vote rigging from most of the democratic world and from many within the country.
25.11.2013 Lithuanian Seimas to hold hearings on Belarus
The Lithuanian parliament is to have hearings on Belarus on November 27 ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius.
28.10.2013 Many Belarusians have stereotypes about human rights defenders, survey suggests
Many Belarusians have negative stereotypes about human rights defenders as a result of government propaganda, Aleh Hulak, head of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, said at the Third Belarusian Human Rights Forum in Vilnius on October 26.
28.10.2013 Results of the Third Belarusian Human Rights Forum. Valiantsin Stefanovich’s speech at the event.
In his speech at the Forum on October 26, deputy head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" spoke about the human rights developments in Belarus since the previous Forum in 2010.
