News on the topic: EU-Belarus
16.05.2012 Current situation in Belarus to be discussed at human rights documentary film festival in Bruxelles
FIDH, Viasna and People in Need invite you to the screening of ONE WORLD 2012 documentary “BELORUSSIAN DREAM” by Ekaterina Kibalchich with the presence of Taciana Reviaka from VIASNA and Alexandra KOULAEVA from FIDH to be held in Bruxelles at Rue Caroly 15, 1050 on 21 May as part of the sixth annual One World human rights documentary film festival.
30.04.2012 Lithuanian MP not allowed in Belarus
A member of the Lithuanian Parliament, Kazimieras Uoka, was ordered to get off the train and return to Vilnius.
25.04.2012 European Parliament Vice-President's letter to Ales Bialiatski: "I write to assure you of the European Parliament's determination to have you released"
The EU "sanctions will continue as long as the Belarusian regime denies its citizens democracy and abuses their human rights," says Edward McMillan Scott, Vice-President of the European Parliament for Democracy & Human Rights, in his letter to the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski dated 19 April.
25.04.2012 Marek Migalski demands to stop torture of Mikalai Statkevich
A member of the European Parliament, Marek Migalski, has applied to the Corrections Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.
25.04.2012 Marek Migalski takes over a prisoner’s godparenthood for Siarhei Kavalenka
"I have been monitoring the situation of Kavalenka for a long time and have taken a number of actions. In particular I addressed an appeal in writing to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, appealed to the Prosecutor General and to the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz. As Siarhei's godfather I will continue to raise awareness of his case on the international arena, just like I have done it before," says Marek Migalski, a substitute to the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with Belarus.
24.04.2012 Member of Polish Senate denied entry into Belarus
A member of Poland’s Senate was not allowed to enter Belarus on April 22.
30.03.2012 European Parliament publishes full text of critical resolution on Belarus
The European Parliament (EP) has published the full text of its critical resolution on Belarus that was adopted on March 29.
23.03.2012 EU Ministers Impose New Sanctions On Belarus, Iran, Syria
BRUSSELS -- European Union foreign ministers have imposed new sanctions targeting the Iranian, Belarusian, and Syrian regimes.
23.03.2012 Former Latvian Prime Minister not allowed entering Belarus
The former Prime Minister of Latvia, a deputy of the European Parliament Ivar Godmanis has been prohibited entering Belarus.
19.03.2012 Andres Herkel: Executed may know something about the real organisers of the terrorist attack
Why should the case of Uladzislau Kavalyou and Dzmitry Kanavalau, two young workers from Vitebsk, be so sensitive?
19.03.2012 German mass media: “Execution of two Belarusians is attempt to provoke Europe”
Dictator Lukashenka has cynically ignored all protests of Europe, writes Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany).
15.03.2012 Belarusian MFA tries to threaten EU
The question on the return of EU ambassadors to Minsk will be discussed only if sanctions against the Belarusian regime are not imposed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus links the return of European ambassadors to Minsk to a decision of the EU on new sanctions.
28.02.2012 EU blacklists 21 more Belarusians
The Council of the European Union on February 27 added 21 new names to the EU’s list of Belarusians subject to restrictive measures in connection with the ongoing crackdown on government opponents, BelaPAN said.
28.02.2012 Bundestag member supports Syarhei Kavalenka
Marieluise Beck condemned the sentence against the Vitsebsk political prisoner.
17.02.2012 MEPs urge Belarus to abolish death penalty and free political prisoners
European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2012 on the death penalty in Belarus, in particular the cases of Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou
