News on the topic: UN Human Rights Committee
04.12.2015 UN Human Rights Committee registers complaint by ex-political prisoner Yury Rubtsou
The UN Human Rights Committee has registered a complaint submitted by former political prisoner Yury Rubtsou to challenge a three-day arrest for wearing a T-shirt with the inscription “Lukashenka, Leave!”, for which he was detained during a street procession “Dziady-2013”.
26.11.2015 UN Human Rights Committee registers complaint by Hrodna human rights activist
Human rights defender Uladzimir Khilmanovich has received a written notification from the United Nations Human Rights Committee saying that his complaint has been registered and taken into consideration. The case concerns an incident of 2013, when the activist was fined for a photo with a portrait of Ales Bialiatski.
13.11.2015 Censors read opposition activist’s correspondence with Human Rights Committee
Opposition activist Illia Dabratvor says he has found in his mailbox a letter sent to him from the United Nations Human Rights Committee. It contained information relating to the objections of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry to a complaint filed by the activist. The envelope had been opened and had no postal stamps on it, says he.
16.10.2015 UN Human Rights Committee asks Belarus not to execute death convict
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has confirmed the registration of a communication submitted by Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty in Belarus”, on behalf of Siarhei Ivanou, who was sentenced to death earlier this year.
31.08.2015 Disabled activist from Svietlahorsk seeks justice at UN Human Rights Committee
Yury Liashenka, a wheelchair-user from the city of Svietlahorsk, has submitted an individual complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee, after he exhausted all domestic remedies. He complains of harassment by the government for trying to publicly protest the refusal of local officials to build a ramp outside a multistory building in which the disabled activist lives.
27.08.2015 Another Belarusian citizen wins complaint against Belarus at UN Human Rights Committee
On July 15, the UN Human Rights Committee once again found a violation by the Republic of Belarus of freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
21.08.2015 UN Human Rights Committee rules against Žlobin officials
At its 114th session (held on June 29 - July 24 in Geneva), the UN Human Rights Committee took a decision in the case of a representative of the Homieĺ Center for Strategic Litigation, human rights activist from Žlobin Valiantsin Yauzrezau.
07.08.2015 Belarusian MFA to Viciebsk human rights activist: The state is not obliged to publish decisions of UNCHR
The UN Committee on Human Rights (CHR) has taken a few dozen decisions that recognized Belarus a violator of the rights of citizens. In its decisions the HRC, inter alia, requested the Republic of Belarus to publish them and ensure their wide dissemination in the country in Belarusian and Russian languages.
13.07.2015 Salihorsk: ban of picket on Human Rights Day challenged at UN Human Rights Committee
Human rights activist Leanid Markhotka filed af complaint with the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations in connection with the ban of a picket dedicated to the International Human Rights Day on January 10, 2014 in Salihorsk.
13.07.2015 UN Human Rights Committee accepts Illia Dabratvor's complaint
As learned by the Human Rights Center "Viasna", Illia Dabratvor has recently received a message from the United Nations Human Rights Committee telling about the registration of his complaint of a violation of the rights for freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
29.06.2015 Journalist in Mahilioŭ complains to UN Human Rights Committee
“On June 28, I sent my complaint together with appendices – more than 30 pages in total. Human rights defenders Barys Bukhel and Leanid Sudalenka helped me prepare it, I am very grateful for that,” says Ales Burakou, a freelance journalist in Mahilioŭ.
18.05.2015 Belarusian government stops correspondence with UN HRC concerning communication by Viciebsk resident
The Belarusian authorities have refused to cooperate with the UN Human Rights Committee in a case of Mikhail Zhurauliou, a resident of Viciebsk who was fined back in 2012 for distributing independent press. Representatives of the government say that Mr. Zhurauliou’s individual communication was prepared and submitted to the Committee by human rights activist Pavel Levinau.
04.05.2015 Viciebsk resident Piatro Berlin lodged a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee
Mr. Berlin was charged with participating in an unsanctioned picketing, whereas in fact he had just taken part in a photo session against the background of a graffiti with birds and cells. Moreover, he was the only one to be sentenced to arrest rather than a fine.
16.04.2015 Human rights activists: Belarus' participation in the UPR gives hope for changes
Universal Periodic Review is one of the few UN mechanisms recognized by the Belarusian authorities. The UPR provides for cooperation between the authorities and civil society. The process of this interaction is still far from perfect, but human rights activists seek to use the platform of the UPR to promote the necessary changes.
15.04.2015 Belarusian CSOs present reports at UPR pre-session
On April 8-10, in Geneva, the UPR Pre-session took place to hear NGOs standings before the 2nd cycle of the Universal Periodic Review. BAJ representative Mikhail Yanchuk joined the Belarusian team to speak about freedom of expression issues in Belarus.
