News from the Belarusian Human Rights House in exile in Vilnius
Belarus makes first steps towards abolishing the death penalty
Council of Europe and EU opinions about abolishing the death penalty in Belarus will not be determinative in a decision making process. Mikalai Samaseika, a chair of the Parliament working group on the death penalty, stated this on 3 March in Minsk. At the same time changes in the official death penalty rhetoric are apparent. 15 Mar 2010 »
Human rights in Belarus: defenders’ opinion
On 4 March in Vilnius HRH Belarusian human rights defenders presented their vision of the human rights situation in contemporary Belarus. Fitted into ten written pages it will be included into Universal Periodic Review, which Belarus as a UN member has to go through in May this year. Representatives of embassies, journalists and everyone interested had a chance to hear out Belarusians. 09 Mar 2010 »
Protestant church is an enemy of nature?
New Life, a protestant congregation, was fined 272 millions BYR (almost 100,000 USD) by a court. Charges of alleged nature pollution were brought forward by the Minsk municipality environmental protection department. Church members were certain that a huge fine was yet another attempt to pressure the protestant community. The church had been in a stand off with the authorities for more than 7 years. 04 Mar 2010 »
International standards distance learning program for lawyers launched
“Electronic Human Rights Education for Lawyers” program has been started by a seminar in the Belarusian Human Rights House (HRH) in exile in Vilnius on 19-21 February. The kick-off event aimed at letting 26 Belarusian participants know each other and providing basic skills of learning human rights via distance program they are about to go through during one year to come. 02 Mar 2010 »
HR defenders dialogue with officials is called off
On 19 February several HR organisations sent a letter to Belarusian law enforcement agencies with a dialogue proposition. They offered to discuss freedom of assembly and security measures during mass demonstrations especially what concerns creating legal and other obstacles for mass media covering these events. 23 Feb 2010 »
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