News on the topic: human rights defenders
06.11.2024 Twelve human rights organizations have called on states to support an appeal requesting an investigation into the crimes of the Lukashenko regime
They are urging ICC member states to join Lithuania's appeal for an investigation into these crimes.
22.10.2024 Viasna: We demand to stop the criminal prosecution of human rights defender Alena Masliukova
The statement of Human Rights Center Viasna in connection with the sentencing in absentia against human rights defender Alena Masliukova.
11.10.2024 "Belarusian authorities target group of the individuals perceived as disloyal." Viasna lawyer speaks at the OSCE conference
The lawyer from Human Rights Center Viasna, Sviatlana Halauniova, spoke at the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in the session dedicated to the OSCE Moscow Mechanism.
08.10.2024 "People are forced to leave the country." What did a Viasna human rights defender say at the OSCE conference
OSCE Human Dimension Conference is taking place in Warsaw (September 30 – October 11, 2024). A Viasna human rights defender also spoke there. He spoke about Human Rights Center Viasna documenting politically motivated persecution and its constant escalation.
26.09.2024 "We all need to save Ales and take action to secure his freedom"
A solidarity rally with political prisoner human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski took place on September 25, his birthday, near the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Vilnius. The demonstrations were also held in other European countries.
25.09.2024 Ales Bialiatski: "May peace remain in my soul." On the occasion of the 62nd birthday of Viasna Chairman
On his birthday, we remember his words related to various awards.
25.09.2024 "He is free within a prison cell because true freedom lies in the soul."
Representatives of the diplomatic corps of the EU countries express solidarity with the imprisoned head of Human Rights Center Viasna and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski.
24.09.2024 "Let the victims — political prisoners in Belarus — speak out"
The participants of the event at the UN Human Rights Council invited the international community to continue the discussion with leading civil society organizations, listen to their needs, and find ways to administer justice.
17.09.2024 Four years after Marfa Rabkova’s arbitrary detention, repression against Viasna members must end
On the fourth anniversary of her detention, FIDH-OMCT and Viasna reiterate their call for her immediate and unconditional release, as well as the release of the other four Viasna members detained and all human rights defenders arbitrarily imprisoned in Belarus.
06.09.2024 "There are at least 16 political prisoners with disabilities behind bars." The alternative report to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities met with the Belarusian civil society, in particular with those people who prepared an alternative report on Belarus.
28.08.2024 "We will return to the country together with constitutional legality": Leanid Sudalenka on the police wanted list in Belarus
Convicted in absentia human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka on the police wanted list in Belarus. His photo appeared on Homieĺ stands "Wanted by the police". The human rights defender communicated with the prosecutor's office and the Homieĺ Court during the investigation and preparation of the trial and did not hide his current place of residence.
27.08.2024 Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia: pressure on human rights defenders intensifies
The human rights situation in some post-Soviet countries continues to deteriorate. It is particularly noticeable in Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
21.08.2024 Journalist and human rights activist Uladzimir Khilmanovich sentenced in absentia
In case of non-payment of the fine, his apartment in Hrodna and his village house will be confiscated.
19.08.2024 #FramedinBelarus: Towards Solidarity. Exhibition opens in Norway
On August 24, 2024, at the Kunstbanken Center for Contemporary Art (Hamar, Norway), the Stitchit art collective, together with Amnesty International Norway's Senior Advisor for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Ana Tusvik Bonde, will open exhibition #FramedinBelarus: Towards Solidarity.
19.08.2024 Viasna volunteer Andrei Chapiuk placed in an isolation cell a day before a meeting with his parents
The reason: "violation of the clothing regulations."
