News on the topic: human rights defenders
26.06.2012 Human rights group petitions prosecutor's offices to ensure observance of UN Convention against Torture
A human rights group has petitioned all prosecutor's offices in Belarus to ensure that the country observes the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
26.06.2012 Judge Alena Siamak evades consideration of appeal by Valiantsin Stefanovich
It has been three months now since Valiantsin Stefanovich, deputy chair of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, urged Minsk Tsentralny District Court to appoint the date for the consideration of his appeal against illegal actions by the Ministry of Defense, who imposed foreign travel restrictions on the human rights defender.
25.06.2012 Vitsebsk authorities ban pickets against torture
Vitsebsk human rights defender Pavel Levinau will not be able to hold three pickets on June 26, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, after his applications were dismissed by the city’s executive officials.
25.06.2012 Civil Rights Defenders: Protest against the treatment of Ales Bialiatski in prison
Ales Bialiatski has received reprimands in prison as well as being subjected to restrictive measures. Civil Rights Defenders is deeply concerned for Ales Bialiatski’s situation and urges the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka to immediately and unconditionally release the Belarusian human rights defender, in an open letter sent on Thursday.
25.06.2012 Judge dismisses human rights defender Pahanyayla’s complaint about foreign travel ban
A district judge in Minsk on June 22 dismissed a complaint filed by prominent human rights defender Hary Pahanyayla against the interior and justice ministries over a foreign travel ban.
21.06.2012 Minsk prosecutor’s office warns Platforma leader Andrei Bandarenka
Andrei Bandarenka, head of the Platforma human rights NGO that specializes in the protection of the rights of prisoners, has received an official warning from Minsk City Prosecutor’s Office on allegations of discrediting Belarus.
21.06.2012 UN Special Rapporteur trying to get to Belarus
Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya, UN special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, soon intends to repeat her address to the Belarusian authorities in attempt to visit the country.
19.06.2012 Tatsiana Reviaka: “Barys Zvozskau was not only an example of professionalism, but a friend of ours”
The death of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Barys Zvozskau is a great loss for Belarus. Human rights defender Tatsiana Reviaka knew Barys Zvozskau for many years.
17.06.2012 Prominent human rights defender Barys Zvozskau dies
Barys Zvozskau, a famous Belarusian human rights defender, died last night at the age of 63 after a prolonged disease.
14.06.2012 Malaryta police and officials pay a special attitude to human rights defender Malei
It was proved during a prom which was held at the central square of the town of Malaryta.
14.06.2012 Valiantsin Stefanovich put on black list by “technical failure”
It took more than three months for the citizenship and migration department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs to admit that Valiantsin Stefanovich was put on the travel ban list by mistake.
13.06.2012 International human rights organizations stress the nead of appointing a UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus
A number of human rights organizations (Human Rights Center “Viasna”, Belarusian Human Rights House, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights House Foundation, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International) adopted a special statement describing the deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus and emphasizing the need of appointing a Special Rapporteur on Belarus at the UN.
12.06.2012 Human Rights House Foundation insists on appointment of UN Rapporteur on Belarus
In a joint report, the Belarusian Human Rights House and the Human Rights House Foundation underline the lack of willingness by the Belarusian authorities to fully cooperate with the United Nations human rights system. The report also stresses the consequences.
31.05.2012 Human Rights House Network: Urgent call for release of Aleh Volchak
We, the undersigned members and partners of the Human Rights House Network, are deeply concerned about the recent arrest of the Belarusian human rights defender Aleh Volchak and the ongoing pressure against him and other human rights defenders in Belarus. We strongly believe that Aleh Volchak's detention is linked to his legitimate human rights work, including his latest publication about the deteriorating political situation in Belarus on the Internet on the eve of his arrest.
30.05.2012 Human Rights Watch: Stop Using Courts to Silence Dissent
The Belarusian government should immediately release the prominent human rights defender Oleg Volchek, who was convicted for an apparently politically motivated administrative offense, Human Rights Watch said today. Volchek is serving a nine-day sentence after a trial raising serious due process concerns.
