News on the topic: human rights
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.
01.10.2013 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Award goes to Belarusian prisoner of conscience
Ales Bialiatski, a Belarusian human rights activist and a prisoner of conscience, was awarded the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize in recognition for his work to improve the human rights situation in his country and for the great personal risk he took in the process, Amnesty International said today.
25.09.2013 Viasna clarifies information concerning Vasil Parfiankou’s case
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" received today additional information about the circumstances of a civil case against Vasil Parfiankou, as a result of which he was placed in an activity therapy center (so called medical and labor dispensary).
23.09.2013 UN releases Special Rapporteur’s report on Belarus
The General Assembly of the United Nations released the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus.
22.07.2013 Human Rights Watch: EU Should Stand Firm on Rights
The European Union should use its upcoming meeting with the Belarusian foreign minister to reinforce tough and principled human rights demands on the government, Human Rights Watch said today.
20.06.2013 Belarusian human rights defenders discuss Paleckis’s report in Brussels
The European Parliament hosted yesterday a meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights to discuss the human rights situation in Belarus, and draft recommendations on the European Union policy in respect of Belarus, based on a report by the MEP Justas Paleckis.
