News from the Belarusian Human Rights House in exile in Vilnius - 2013
"Chernobyl Way": authorities promised to prevent arbitrary detention, but did not keep their word
"Chernobyl Way" rally in memory of the victims of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster of 1986 took place in Minsk on 26 April. Despite the fact that the action was authorized by the city authorities, it ended with detentions and arrests. 30 Apr 2013 »
Participants of ILIA project fight the problem of torture in Moldova
The organization Human Rights Embassy launched a project called "Stop torture in Moldova ". Within the framework of the project lawyers participating in distance human rights learning program work with the issues of impunity; timely, effective and complete investigation of cases of torture and ill-treatment, inhuman conditions of detention, and other related human rights violations, which are relevant for Moldova. 29 Apr 2013 »
The film "Torture in Belarus. Apocalypse": not just complaints and emotions, these are broken lives
On 15 April the première viewing of the film about torture and ill-treatment of people by the officers of security forces in Belarus was held in Vilnius Skalvija cinema . Also the discussion with the director, human rights defenders, former political prisoners and relatives of those who faced the violence from the side of law enforcement officials was organized. 22 Apr 2013 »
KGB finds "Belarus Press Photo-2011" album extremist, the photographers were summonsed to court
Forty one copies of the album "Belarus Press Photo-2011" were confiscated and considered as extremist according to the expert evaluation. The photographers and organizers of the contest "Belarus Press Photo' were summonsed to the court as "interested parties". 18 Apr 2013 »
The OBS condemned violations of rights of non-governmental organisations to access financing
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders published an annual report, which draws attention to the new negative trends which hamper the effective work of human rights defenders. The report mentions the situation in Belarus among others. 06 Apr 2013 »
Browse trends by region
Browse trends by right to
- Be a human rights defender (details)
- Freedom of assembly (details)
- Freedom of expression (details)
- Freedom of organisation (details)
Browse trends by house
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- FYR Macedonia
- Georgia
- Kenya
- Norway - Bergen
- Norway - Oslo
- Poland
- Russian Federation
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
Browse trends by year
Belarus in exile - Vilnius
You need to upgrade your Flash Player to view interactive map