News on the topic: EU-Belarus
02.05.2016 Ales Bialiatski waiting for four months, Uladzimir Makei silent
Late last year, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) wrote to the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makei asking the official to respect the decision taken by the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski. As yet, the minister has not given any response to FIDH’s appeal.
28.04.2016 Danish MFA’s delegation meets Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski
The Minsk office of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" hosted today a meeting of the NGO’s leader Ales Bialiatski with a delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark headed by Mr. Uffe A. Balslev, head of the Department for European Neighborhood.
13.04.2016 EU again urges Belarus to join global moratorium on the death penalty
"The European Union urges Belarus, the only country in Europe which still applies capital punishment, to respect the right to life for each of its citizens and to join a global moratorium on the death penalty as a first step towards its full abolition," EU's Extrenal Action Spokesperson said in a statement.
04.04.2016 Swedish MFA’s State Secretary meets with Belarusian human rights activists
Representatives of Belarusian human rights organizations met on Thursday with Ms. Annika Söder, State Secretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, who headed a delegation on an official visit to Belarus.
12.03.2016 EU envoy Stavros Lambrinidis: Civilized countries should be above revenge and abolish the death penalty
Stavros Lambrinidis, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, hopes that Belarus will soon be among the countries that have introduced a moratorium or even abandoned the use of the capital punishment.
10.03.2016 PACE insists on moratorium on the death penalty in Belarus
“A world without the death penalty will not be weaker, it will only improve,” said Andrea Rigoni, representative of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, in his speech at today’s international conference in Minsk.
10.03.2016 EU Special Representative for Human Rights meets with Belarusian human rights activists
The Minsk office of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” hosted yesterday a meeting of representatives of a number of Belarusian human rights organizations with Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, as well as Ms. Andrea Wiktorin, head of the EU Delegation in Minsk, and the EU Mission’s employee on political issues Ms. Renata Wrobel.
24.02.2016 Human rights defenders expect concrete measurable results
Representatives of Belarusian human rights organizations have met with the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova, Chief of Staff Lorenzo Golanti and the ambassador of the Republic of Italy to Belarus Stefano Bianchi.
17.02.2016 EU reacts to new death sentence in Belarus
Statement by the Spokesperson on a new death sentence in Belarus
10.02.2016 Valiantsin Stefanovich meets with UK Foreign Office Political Director
Valiantsin Stefanovich, Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" met yesterday with Simon Gass, Political Director at the British Foreign Office.
09.02.2016 Miklós Haraszti: “No changes in dismal human rights situation since presidential election” in Belarus
GENEVA (9 February 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti, today warned that opposition leaders, human rights activists, journalists, and many other citizens have been subjected to harassment, administrative procedures and fines since the October presidential election.
05.02.2016 Belarus human rights organisations urge EU to maintain firm position towards Belarus. A Press Release by FIDH
On February 2nd and 3rd, Ales Bialiatski, President of Human Rights Centre Viasna and FIDH Vice-President and Zhanna Litvina, board member of the Belarus Association of Journalists, came to Brussels to present to the EU the concerted position reached by several Belarus human rights organisations on the development of EU-Belarus relations.
03.02.2016 Zhanna Litvina and Ales Bialiatski meet with EU representatives in Brussels
Ales Bialiatski, Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, together with Zhanna Litvina, ex-chair and Board member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, have met in Brussels with Helga Schmid, Deputy Secretary General for the European External Action Service, and Stavros Lambrinidis, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, as well as a number of ambassadors of European countries to the European Union and other EU representatives in charge of human rights issues and European neighborhood policy.
28.01.2016 Concerted position by Belarusian human rights organisations on priorities in shaping the strategy of international partners' relations with Belarus
We regard further improvement of the human rights situation as a top priority for both Belarusian human rights defenders and international partners in shaping the strategy for relations with Belarus.
15.01.2016 EU reiterates its call on Belarus to impose moratorium on death penalty
The European External Action Service (EEAS) has issued a statement reiterating the European Union’s call on the Belarusian government to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in connection with a new death sentence in the country.
