News on the topic: human rights
04.04.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: March 2023
The profound human rights crisis continues to shape the political and economic environment in Belarus; in March, the authorities continued to perpetrate large-scale persecution for political reasons.
23.03.2023 Belarus outraged by the UNHCHR report on the situation with the human rights in the country
The examination concluded that some of the violations may amount to crimes against humanity.
17.03.2023 OHCHR report on Belarus: At least 100,000 people fled abroad after the 2020 presidential election
Some of the human rights violations in Belarus amount to crimes against humanity.
06.03.2023 Verdict against Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski an effort to quash scrutiny and dissent say UN experts
UN experts reiterate their call for their immediate release from detention, access to a fair trial and reparations for harms suffered.
05.03.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: February 2023
The authorities continued persecuting individuals for political reasons; the persecution of individuals continues under the guise of combating extremism and terrorism.
14.02.2023 Human rights defenders urge OHCHR to establish an independent investigative mechanism in Belarus
This would provide a tool to prepare the ground for effective accountability for human rights crimes in the country.
03.02.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: January 2023
The Lieninski District Court of Minsk started hearing the criminal case of members of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
21.01.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2022
Analytical review
09.01.2023 UN expresses grave concerns with trials in Belarus
The organization calls to drop the charges against Viasna members and immediately release them.
04.01.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: December 2022
"The whole of Belarus is here in prison now". The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski. The medal and diploma were received by his wife Natallia Pinchuk, who also gave a Nobel lecture.
03.12.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: November 2022
The profound human rights crisis has spanned across all spheres of public and political life. There were 1,447 political prisoners as of December 1.
02.11.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: October 2022
Ales Bialiatski became one of the three Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Valiantsin Stefanovich was re-elected Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
24.10.2022 Human rights defenders and experts share priorities for High Commissioner Volker Türk
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk took up his mandate on 17 October 2022.
11.10.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: September 2022
Coordinator of Viasna’s volunteers Marfa Rabkova and volunteer Andrei Chapiuk were sentenced to 15 and 6 years in prison, respectively.
11.10.2022 UN experts call for immediate release of Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski
Viasna members jailed to silence human rights defenders and eradicate the civic space in Belarus.
