Together with the democratic global community, we urge Belarusian authorities to immediately release Ales Bialiatski.
The Board and Team of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.
HFHR regrets to inform that on 4 August 2011 our friend Ales Bialiatski, head of the Human Rights Centre Vesna and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights was arrested in Minsk, Belarus. Ales has been long engaged in promoting democracy and human rights in Belarus. In June, he was presented with the Freedom Award in Wrocław.
Together with the democratic global community, we urge Belarusian authorities to immediately release Ales Bialiatski.
The Board and Team of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.
Vil du bruke din kommunikasjonskraft til å beskytte organisasjonsfriheten, løfte menneskerettighetsforkjempere og styrke sivilsamfunnets stemme?
In November, Serbia marks one year since the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, and the subsequent student protests sparked by it. Today, despite growing international attention, concerns over the country’s human rights situation are deepening, and civil society warns about escalating repression as the government responds to dissent. Human Rights House Foundation spoke with Jovana Spremo, Advocacy Director at the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), about this situation and more.
Det har blitt langt vanskeligere for menneskerettighetsforsvarere å få visum til Norge og andre Schengen-land. Dermed hindres de i å delta der beslutningene tas, og vi bidrar til å svekke kampen for rettigheter og demokrati.