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Evicted from Melikishvili str. # 47 live in the street
On April 28 this year, 13 families were evicted from the building in Melikishvili str. # 47. The fate of the homeless people is still unclear. Among evicted people are little children, old and bed-bounded sick people.
Новы від правакацый супраць праваабаронцаў – парнаграфія
13 траўня праваабаронца, старшыня Гомельскага аддзялення РГА «Прававая ініцыятыва» Леанід Судаленка (на фота) быў выкліканы для апытання ў якасці сведкі па крымінальнай справе.
Mikalai Statkevich will remain in prison for another year and a half
The trial of a political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich on changing the regime of serving his sentence to prison confinement took place on 4 May in Shklou penal colony №17. The basis for the regime change are claimed to be numerous violations of internal regulations of the colony and disobeying the requirements of the colony administration. In a letter to his wife Maryna Adamovich, Statkevich wrote that he had been placed in cell-type premises.
Unprecedented crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan ahead of European Olympic Games, says report.
(Brussels) – In recent years, Azerbaijani authorities have intensified a crackdown on civil society and devastated critical voices, without regard for domestic or international law. This crackdown is in stark contrast to the polished image of a modern and prosperous European state that President Ilham Aliyev has presented to outside observers.
Мiкалай Статкевіч застанецца ў турме яшчэ на паўтара гады
Суд над палітвязнем Мікалаем Статкевічам па змене рэжыму адбыцця пакарання – з заменай яго на турэмны – адбыўся 4 траўня ў Шклоўскай папраўчай калоніі №17. Падставай для змены рэжыму сталі шматлікія парушэнні правілаў унутранага распарадку калоніі і непадпарадкаванне патрабаванням кіраўніцтва. У лісце сваёй жонцы Марыне Адамовіч ён пісаў пра тое, што змешчаны ў памяшканне камернага тыпу (ПКТ).
Roma Population in Georgia
According to official information about 1500 Roma are registered in Georgia. Their big part lives in Tbilisi and Gachiani. In accordance to the survey conducted by the project researcher at the European Center for Minority Issues [ECMI] Giorgi Sordia, compact settlements of Roma people are in Leninovka village of Dedoplitskaro district, in Gachiani village of Gardabani municipality, in Telavi, Kutaisi, Kobuleti and in Isani-Samgori district and Lilo settlement in Tbilisi. The oldest and most traditional settlement of Roma people is in Leninovka where 18 Roma families/133 people live. Residents of this settlement have one common problem: majority of them have no access to education and healthcare services.
The second round of the UPR: Report of Belarus discussed in the UN Human Rights Council
On 4 May Belarus presented the report to the Human Rights Council in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This is the second cycle of the UPR for Belarus, so the country reported on the implementation of recommendations that were received after the first round of the UPR in 2010.
Другі раўнд УПА: справаздачу Беларусі абмеркавалі ў Савеце па правах чалавека ААН
4 траўня ў межах працэдуры Універсальнага перыядычнага агляду (УПА ) Беларусь прадставіла справаздачу Савету па правах чалавека ААН. Гэта ўжо другі раўнд УПА для Беларусі, таму краіна паведаміла пра выкананне рэкамендацый, якія былі атрыманыя па выніках перашага раўнда UPR у 2010 годзе.
Belarusian authorities continue to ban foreign human rights defenders from entering the country
Lars Bünger, president of the international human rights organization Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights was denied a Belarusian visa. This is the fourth denial for the human rights defender, whose organisation has been campaigning for the release of political prisoners in Belarus over the last four years. Earlier, he was denied a visa in 2010, 2011 and 2013.