News on the topic: EU-Belarus
24.01.2023 EP Delegation for relations with Belarus condems sham trials of dissidents
The delegation released a statement on the politically motivated trials of democratic forces and civil society figures in Belarus.
20.01.2023 EU urges Minsk release all political prisoners including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialatski
The European Union remains gravely concerned with the dire and deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus under the Lukashenka regime.
02.12.2022 MEPs: Maryia Kalesnikava must be granted immediate and unimpeded access to medical care
European Parliament's Delegation for relations with Belarus calls to release all political prisoners in a Joint statement.
07.09.2022 Belarusian human rights defenders met with the Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs
They informed the Finnish politician about the current human rights situation in Belarus.
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
28.02.2022 EU statement condemns Belarus referendum
Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the constitutional referendum
20.12.2021 German MPs adopt political prisoners Andrei Voinich, Yauhen Afnahel and Iryna Kastsiuchenka
As part of Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Robin Mesarosch, Verena Hubertz and Deborah Düring took on godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
20.12.2021 German and Swiss MPs adopt political prisoners Ivan Patsiaichuk, Aliaksandr Vasilevich and Valiantsin Tseranevich
As part of Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Nina Stahr, Oliver Kaczmarek and Laurence Fehlmann Rielle adopted 3 new political prisoners in Belarus.
16.12.2021 German MPs adopt political prisoners Anzhela Asad, Hanna Ablab and Anton Shnip
German MPs Claudia Raffelhüsche, Beate Müller-Gemmeke, and Julian Pahlke adopted three new political prisoners in Belarus.
13.12.2021 “Viasna” wins Pro Dignitate Humana Award of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Poland
On December 10, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau congratulated “Viasna” human rights defenders on receiving the award.
06.12.2021 Western companies continue to advertise heavily on Lukashenko’s TV stations
The non-governmental organizations Libereco and Professional Union of Belarusians in Britain (PUBB) have published a new monitoring report of advertising on Lukashenko’s TV channels.
04.11.2021 Artsiom Bayarski’s godparent raises political prisoner’s case in Irish Parliament
Cathal Berry, Irish MP and godparent of political prisoner Artsiom Bayarski as part of Libereco's #WeStandBYyou campaign, raised his case in the Irish parliament on November 3.
10.10.2021 EU urges Belarus to move towards death penalty abolition
Video address by Dirk Schuebel, head of the EU Delegation to Belarus, on the occasion of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty
19.07.2021 Libereco calls for 'tougher measures' against Lukashenko regime
The German-Swiss human rights organisation Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights calls on Europe’s governments to take tougher measures against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.
15.07.2021 Statement by High Representative of European Commission on crackdown against civil society in Belarus
High Representative/Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell made a statement on the situation in Belarus today.
