News on the topic: human rights
20.12.2012 Valiantsin Stefanovich: "We did not just beat off the attacks in 2012 – we tried to act efficiently"
Valiantsin Stefanovich, Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", shares his professional assessment of the year. Noting the problems of the entire civil society, the deterioration of the authorities’ contacts with international organizations in the field of human rights, Valiantsin Stefanovich stresses that the main task of human rights defenders for the next year is the same – the release of political prisoners.
19.12.2012 Two years after: Political prisoners are still behind bars, human rights violated
Human rights defenders describe the human rights situation in 2012 as "consistently poor", just like it was back in 2011. The ongoing suppressing of civil and political rights, administrative and criminal proceedings against the regime's opponents continue.
18.12.2012 Two years on and the grip tightens on basic freedoms in Belarus
On 19 December 2010, following a presidential poll during which Alyaksandr Lukashenka was elected for a fourth term as President of Belarus, 30,000 protesters gathered in central Minsk to demand a second round of elections.
11.12.2012 Human rights defenders marked anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights all over Belarus (photos)
Human rights defenders and representatives of the civil society celebrated this important date in different ways in different parts of the country.
10.12.2012 Human rights defenders: the situation in Belarus remains stably bad
On 10 December the international community celebrates another anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
07.12.2012 Human Rights Center “Viasna” calls on you to mark the Human Rights Day by solidarity actions with political prisoners
On 10 December the world will celebrate another anniversary of adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. Since 10 December 1950, this day has been marked as the International human rights day.
07.12.2012 Belarusian delegation calls OSCE to forget about human rights
The position of the official Minsk was expressed by Belarusian deputy foreign minister Aliaksandr Mikhnevich at the OSCE Ministerial Council, Interfax-West reports.
06.12.2012 Baranavichy authorities ban Human Rights Day picket
On 5 December the civil activist Viktar Syrytsa and the human rights defender Siarhei Housha received a letter from the Baranavichy City Executive Committee, signed by the deputy head Dz. Kastsiukevich.
28.11.2012 Human Rights Chair concerned about closing of Viasna office in Belarus
COPENHAGEN, 28 November 2012 - Matteo Mecacci, chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee, today expressed deep concern over the confiscation of property and closing off of the Viasna office in Minsk
28.11.2012 Further crackdown in Belarus: Office of Viasna confiscated and sealed
The Civil Solidarity Platform condemns the confiscation, on 26 November, of the office of its member in Belarus, the Human Rights Centre Viasna (Spring).
27.11.2012 Belarus evicts leading human rights organization
A leading Belarusian human rights NGO had its office confiscated in the capital Minsk on Monday, in what Amnesty International called a blatant violation of Belarus’ international human rights obligations.
02.11.2012 Detention conditions of civil activist Zmitser Dashkevich get worse
Paris-Minsk, 1 November 2012 - FIDH and its member organisation in Belarus, Human Rights Center “Viasna”, condemn Tuesday’s Mozyr District Court decision imposing punitive incarceration on Zmitser Dashkevich, leader of the civil and political organization Young Front, for the entire duration of his sentence.
31.10.2012 Brest activists launch online project to help visually impaired
The initiators of the project does not exclude the possibility that it may have a rights-based character, to support people with disabilities who face discrimination in their everyday lives.
21.09.2012 Amnesty International: Opposition under attack amid growing boycott of elections
A spate of human rights violations targeting opposition supporters and journalists in Belarus is nothing more than a clumsy attempt to suppress opposition voices ahead of elections on Sunday 23 September, Amnesty International said amid a growing call to boycott the poll.
12.09.2012 Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in Belarus in July-August 2012
In July and August, the human rights situation in Belarus deteriorated. Hopes for an easing of the political climate at the time of the parliamentary election campaign were not justified. None of the thirteen political prisoners were released. Moreover, new names were added to the list.
