News on the topic: OSCE
05.10.2022 Nadzeya Luchanok at the OSCE conference: “Our main goal is the release of all political prisoners”
Political prisoners in Belarus have been a topic of a side event at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, the largest European conference on human rights and democracy.
13.09.2022 “This is absolute cynicism”: Viasna member reported to Venice Commission and OSCE ODIHR about freedom of association in Belarus
Round Table “Civil society: empowerment and accountability” took place in Strasbourg. Viasna member Natallia Satsunkevich introduced the general situation in Belarus with freedom of association.
13.05.2022 EU Statement on political repression and the death penalty in Belarus
On May 12, the OSCE Permanent Council issued a statement on political repression and the death penalty in Belarus
22.11.2021 HRDs call on ODIHR to protect Russia's Memorial HRC and Memorial International ahead of liquidation hearing
Public call by human rights and other organizations in the OSCE region due to the intention of the Russian authorities to wind up two oldest human rights organizations in the country
05.11.2021 Human rights in Belarus: 35 OSCE states invoke Vienna Mechanism
UK Ambassador Bush delivers a statement on behalf of 35 OSCE states to invoke the Vienna Mechanism in relation to serious human rights violations in Belarus.
07.07.2021 OSCE PA condemned Belarus' authorities for countering dissent
Among the issues debated at the session of the OSCE PA, a resolution on “The general approach to dissent in Belarus” was adopted.
20.05.2021 OSCE PA human rights leaders decry harassment of Belarusian independent media
In response to the developments, Kyriakos Hadjiyianni (Cyprus), Michael Georg Link (Germany) and Kari Henriksen (Norway) issued a joint statement.
17.11.2020 Escalating police violence in Belarus unacceptable, says OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President, urging investigations
With widespread protests ongoing in Belarus for more than 100 days, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli reacted to increasing reports of excessive and disproportionate force by law enforcement. Police have reportedly used flash grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas, the President noted, and more than 1,200 people were detained on Sunday after demonstrations commemorating the death of protester Raman Bandarenka, a 31-year old activist who died in a hospital last week after reportedly being beaten by security forces.
13.11.2020 Impunity for human rights abuses in Belarus must end, OSCE human rights office says
As pervasive violations of OSCE commitments and international human rights obligations in Belarus continue, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) calls on the country’s authorities to end impunity of those responsible for human rights violations, up to and including deaths, and hold them to account.
07.11.2020 Civic Solidarity Platform statement on the OSCE Moscow Mechanism report on Belarus
Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP) has issued a statement on the OSCE Moscow Mechanism report on Belarus calling for the international community to undertake effective and coordinated actions to implement its recommendations. The statement is signed by several CSP member organisations including Human Rights House Foundation.
06.11.2020 OSCE Moscow Mechanism Report Details Widespread Rights Violations in Belarus
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)’s Moscow Mechanism report on Belarus released on November 5 describes sustained human rights violations and abuses committed on a massive scale and with impunity by the Belarusian authorities during the fraudulent August 9 election and its aftermath.
08.10.2020 Human rights activists present report on human rights situation after August 9 election
On Thursday, October 8, representatives of the Belarusian human rights coalition presented a report entitled “Belarus After Election”, which contains information about the human rights situation in Belarus in the post-election period. The experts focused on the rights to life, personal freedom and humane treatment, as well as freedom from torture. The report also touches on violations of the rights of journalists and children.
06.10.2020 Belarusian human rights activists submit report to OSCE Moscow Mechanism
A coalition of human rights organizations has prepared a report on human rights violations in Belarus in the post-election period. The report has been submitted to a rapporteur appointed under the OSCE Moscow Mechanism.
18.09.2020 17 OSCE members invoking Moscow Mechanism in relation to serious human rights violations in Belarus
Seventeen members of the OSCE have agreed to assign an independent team of investigators to probe election rigging and human rights abuses in Belarus stemming from August's ballot.
15.09.2020 HRW: OSCE, UN Human Rights Council Inquiries Needed in Belarus Torture Reports
Belarusian security forces arbitrarily detained thousands of people and systematically subjected hundreds to torture and other ill- treatment in the days following the August 9, 2020 presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today.
