News on the topic: FIDH
20.05.2010 FIDH issues press-release on Belarus
On 20 May the International Federation for Human Rights issued a press-release 'on the occasion of the Universal Periodic Review of Belarus; the issues of death penalty; freedom of speech; freedom of association and assembly as well as the prohibition of torture and the independence of the judiciary went under review during the interactive dialogue held at the Human Rights Council.'
13.05.2010 The authorities spent too much time thinking about abolition of Article 193.1
The Ministry of Justice again confirms the intention of the authorities to eliminate from the Criminal Code of Belarus Article 193.1 that envisages punishment for activities on behalf of unregistered organizations.
13.05.2010 Belarusian NGOs and international community discuss the situation of human rights in Belarus
Representatives of the Belarusian NGOs held a number of events on 12 May in Geneva that were connected with the report of the Belarusian authorities within the guidelines of the procedure of the Universal Periodical Review at the UN Human Rights Council.
14.04.2010 International Federation for Human Rights adopted resolution on situation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The 37th Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) took place on 6-8 April in Yerevan. A number of urgent resolutions were adopted by the organization, including the Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders and the Appalling State of Fundamental Freedoms in Eastern Europe and Central Asia that was presented by the Human Rights Center 'Viasna'. Here we propose to your attention the full text of this document.
14.04.2010 Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski elected Vice-President of International Federation for Human Rights again
On 6-8 April the 37th Congress of the International Forum for Human Rights of the FIDH (the International Federation for Human Rights) took place in Yerevan, Armeniya. About 300 delegates came there from different parts of the world, including the Belarusian human rights defenders Ales Bialiatski and Valiantsin Stefanovich.
01.04.2010 BELARUS: FIDH Vice President and President of Human Rights Center Viasna and his three colleagues arrested during a peaceful assembly against death penalty
Paris-Geneva, March 23. 2010. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its deep concern about the arbitrary arrest of Mr. Ales Bialiatski, FIDH Vice-President, along with three other members of the Human Rights Center Viasna.
03.03.2010 Valiantsin Stefanovich: Human rights defenders welcome the participation of official representatives of Belarus in the 4th World Congress Against Death Penalty
The 4th World Congress against the Death Penalty took place in Geneva at the end of February. More than 1 500 lawyers, representatives of human rights organizations, well-known civil and political activists from almost 100 countries took part in the work of this forum.
24.08.2009 FIDH expert comments on Viasna’s case (continued)
Kirill Koroteev, Mission Delegate of the International Federation for Human Rights, has commented on the case of the Human Rights Center Viasna, facing repeated refusals by the state registration bodies, as well as the situation in the field of Belarusian NGOs, in general. Mr.Koroteev attended the consideration of Viasna’s complaint at the Supreme Court on 12-17 August 2009, calling the final verdict a disgrace of Belarusian justice.
21.08.2009 FIDH expert comments on Viasna’s case
Kirill Koroteev, Mission Delegate of the International Federation for Human Rights, has commented on the case of the Human Rights Center Viasna, facing repeated refusals by the state registration bodies, as well as the situation in the field of Belarusian NGOs, in general. Mr.Koroteev attended the consideration of Viasna’s complaint at the Supreme Court on 12-17 August 2009, calling the final verdict a disgrace of Belarusian justice.
04.08.2009 Ales Bialiatski: ‘Authorities fear the international resonance of the trial results’
Ales Bialiatski, head of Nasha Viasna human rights center commented on ban to enter Belarus to President of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) Souhayr Belhassen.
04.08.2009 FIDH President Souhayr Belhassen refused in receiving Belarusian visa
Souhayr Belhassen, President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has been denied Belarusian entry visa in Belarusian consulate in Paris.
13.07.2009 FIDH denounces the condamnation of a youth organisation activist to one year Imprisonment
Paris, July 10, 2009 - FIDH is extremely concerned by the recent condamnation of Mr. Artiom Dubski, an activist of the « Young Front » organisation, to one year imprisonment.
28.01.2009 FIDH statement on violent drafting of Belarusian young activists
Very serious concern regarding the recent drafting of political and civil organisations’ activists into the Belarus army, OPEN LETTER to Mrs. N. Pyatkevich, Deputy Head Secretary to the President of Belarus, Mr. S. Martynov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. V. Golovanov, Minister of Justice
26.01.2009 Human rights activists against death penalty campaign launched in Belarus
A number of Belarusian human rights experts have launched a public campaign aimed at the abolition of capital punishment in Belarus. A special petition drawn up by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community will be sent to the Parliament, the Government and the President of Belarus.
19.01.2009 Another chance for Viasna
On 18 January Minsk hosted the constituent assembly of the public human rights association ‘Nasha Viasna’, co-founded by a number of leading human rights activists, journalists and public figures which had earlier been members of the HR organization Viasna, closed down by the Supreme Court of Belarus in 2003. As a result, Ales Bialiatski, influential human rights expert and FIDH Vice-president, was elected head of the organization. The closure was followed by numerous attempts to regain state registration; all of them were turned down due to trivial reasons.
