News on the topic: human rights defenders
17.12.2012 Platforma leader Andrei Bandarenka searched at Minsk airport
Andrei Bandarenka, head of the Platforma human rights group, was detained and searched by the Belarusian customs officials shortly after landing at Minsk international airport on 16 December.
14.12.2012 "The better is possible" – a new human rights video created by Salihorsk activists
Salihorsk "Young Front" activists shot a human rights video with the assistance of the Czech human rights organization "People in Need" and the independent website saligorsk.org .
13.12.2012 Worker justified, but wage bonus not returned
The Maskouski District Court of Brest considered the lawsuit of an operator of the ammonium refrigerating plants of the "Savushkin Product" open corporation Uladzimir Andrashuk, and took a half-hearted decision.
11.12.2012 Human rights defenders marked anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights all over Belarus (photos)
Human rights defenders and representatives of the civil society celebrated this important date in different ways in different parts of the country.
10.12.2012 Human rights defenders: the situation in Belarus remains stably bad
On 10 December the international community celebrates another anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
10.12.2012 Human Rights Day pickets banned in Baranavichy, Navapolatsk and Vitsebsk
On 7 December a civil activist Viktar Syrytsa received one more letter signed by the deputy head of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee Dz. Kastsiukevich concerning the prohibition of a picket on the Human Rights Day.
06.12.2012 European Commissioner Štefan Füle: release of Belarusian political prisoners remains a principal issue
It was once again stated by the European Commissioner during a meeting with the deputy head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Valiantsin Stefanovich and the head of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Zhana Litvina on 5 December in Brussels.
06.12.2012 Baranavichy authorities ban Human Rights Day picket
On 5 December the civil activist Viktar Syrytsa and the human rights defender Siarhei Housha received a letter from the Baranavichy City Executive Committee, signed by the deputy head Dz. Kastsiukevich.
06.12.2012 Front Line Defenders: Tax inspection service is being used by the authorities to put additional pressure on members of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”
Taciana has previously submitted a tax declaration covering the period from 2004 to 2010 in which no irregularities were found. Ms Taciana Reviaka is the president of the Belarusian Human Rights House and a council member of the Human Rights Centre Viasna, of which Mr Ales Bialiatski is the chairman.
06.12.2012 Dublin: HR activists remind about Ales Bialiatski
On 6 December activists of the human rights organization Front-Line Defenders held a picket in support of human rights defenders, dated to the opening of a session of the OSCE Council of Ministers.
06.12.2012 Pavel Sapelka: “The award belongs to those, who struggled beside me, upholding the understanding of the freedom and independence of legal profession”
These days, human rights lawyer Pavel Sapelka has been presented the prestigious Human Rights Award 2012, awarded to him by the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). CCBE unites about 1 million of European lawyers of Bars and Law Societies.
04.12.2012 Ukrainian activists of “Amnesty International” held an action against the use of the death penalty in Belarus
On 3 December “AI” activists held a street action in Lviv to condemn the ongoing use of the death penalty in Belarus and support Liubou Kavaliova, whose son was executed in March 2012 in Minsk.
04.12.2012 Boris Grebenshchikov supports Ales Bialiatski
“Amnesty International” has launched the Write for Rights 2012 marathon.
30.11.2012 Website about political prisoners and their persecutors presented in Minsk
On 29 November another human rights initiative, the informational resource about the political prisoners of Belarus starting from 1989 – palitviazni.info – was presented in Belarus.
29.11.2012 Dangerous precedent in Mahiliou – Aliaksei Paulouski not employed because of the “disagreement of the staff”
On 27 November the judge of the Leninski District Court of Mahiliou Yuliya Trapynina turned down the lawsuit of the activist of the Independent Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Aliaksei Paulouski, thus denying the fact of adverse discrimination during his attempts to get employed.
