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The Human Rights House Network is deeply concerned by the constitutional crisis in Poland, which threatens its status as an example of democracy and rule of law in Europe.

The new governing party, the Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS), is rapidly making, and planning changes to the Constitutional Tribunal, the public media, the Act on Police and the justice system.

We, the representative of the Belarusian human rights organisations, note that despite certain positive tendencies over the past six months, there have been no systemic changes aimed at a comprehensive improvement of the human rights situation in Belarus. In this context, we regard further improvement of the human rights situation as a top priority for both Belarusian human rights defenders and international partners in shaping the strategy for relations with Belarus.

Мы, прадстаўнікі праваабарончых арганізацый Беларусі, адзначаем, што нягледзячы на некаторыя пазітыўныя тэндэнцыі, якія назіраюцца ў краіне на працягу апошніх шасці месяцаў, сістэмных зменаў, накіраваных на якаснае змяненне сітуацыі ў галіне правоў чалавека, не адбылося. У сувязі з гэтым, лічым далейшае паляпшэнне сітуацыі з правамі чалавека галоўным прыярытэтам як у працы беларускіх праваабаронцаў, так і для міжнародных партнёраў пры вызначэнні стратэгіі ўзаемадзеяння з Беларуссю.

PACE must address the shrinking space for civil society. It must adopt resolutions to strengthen the protection and role of human rights defenders, and to prevent restrictions on NGO activities, in an increasingly worrying environment in many Council of Europe countries, especially Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation. These were the conclusions of discussions at the NGO side event on 27 January.

Georgia’s human rights record remained uneven in 2015, according to the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, where Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries.

Belgrade, 22nd January 2016. – In the evening between 21st and 22nd of January, unidentified attackers broke windows in the Human Rights House in Belgrade. Police arrived at the crime scene and we expect prompt reaction on identifying and appropriately sanctioning the attackers.

Ales Bialiatski, the head of the human rights center Viasna, has received a ruling from the department of enforcement of judgments that a part of his flat (in which he lives with his family) falls under arrest.

Кіраўнік Праваабарончага цэнтра “Вясна” Алесь Бяляцкі атрымаў пастанову аддзела прымусовага выканання Партызанскага раёна горада Мінска аб тым, што на долю кватэры, у якой ён пражывае з сям’ёй, накладзены арышт.

On 5 January Henadz Yakavitski was sentenced to death in Belarus. This case might even get in legal textbooks: the convicted man has been already sentenced to death earlier.