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December 23, 2014

Юрый Рубцоў – новы зняволены па палітычных матывах

Актывіст з Гомеля Юрый Рубцоў (на фота), якога абвінавацілі ў абразе суддзі, будзе адбываць пакаранне ў папраўчай установе адкрытага тыпу № 7 у вёсцы Куплін Пружанскага раёна. Раней там адбываў пакаранне сустаршыня аргкамітэту па стварэнні партыі «Беларуская хрысціянская дэмакратыя» Павал Севярынец. Рубцоў быў абвінавачаны злачынстве, прадугледжаным артыкулам 391 Крымінальнага кодэкса – абраза суддзі або народнага засядацеля.

December 22, 2014

Political prisoner Eduard Lobau released

Political prisoner Eduard Lobau has been released from Ivatsevichy penal colony No. 22 at about 8 a.m on 18 December. He was met by his family, journalists and supporters with the words “Long Live Belarus!”.

December 18, 2014

Палітвязень Эдуард Лобаў выйшаў на волю

Палітвязня Эдуарда Лобава 18 снежня вызвалілі з Івацэвіцкай папраўчай калоніі №22 ў 8 гадзін раніцы. Яго сустракалі сям’я, журналісты і паплечнікі воклічам “Жыве Беларусь!”.

December 11, 2014

Balkan regional network

10 December 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights was signed. Two years after, General Assembly of the UN has proclaimed 10th December as the International Human Rights Day.

December 10, 2014

The death penalty, political persecution, preventive detention – Human Rights Day in Belarus

On the eve of Human Rights Day – on 9 December, Vilnius hosted a discussion with Belarusian and Lithuanian human rights defenders, civic activists and relatives of political prisoners, as well as an opening of photo exhibition dedicated to the death penalty in Belarus.

December 9, 2014

Смяротнае пакаранне, палітычны пераслед, прэвентыўныя затрыманні – Дзень правоў чалавека ў Беларусі

9 снежня, напярэдадні Дня правоў чалавека, у Вільні прайшла дыскусія з беларускімі і літоўскімі праваабаронцамі, грамадскімі дзеячамі і сваякамі палітзняволеных, а таксама адкрыццё фотавыставы, прысвечанай праблеме смяротнага пакарання ў Беларусі.

December 9, 2014

UN Human Rights Committee has made a public statement about the death of Aliaksandr Hrunou

UN Human Rights Committee on condemned the violation of Belarus’s international legal obligations through the execution of Aliaksandr Hrunou whose case was considered by the HRC at the time. HRC requested Belarusian authorities to suspend the execution of the sentence until the consideration of the case, but the sentence was carried out, and now the case will be considered, despite the fact that the applicant had already been shot.

December 5, 2014

Azerbaijan arrests one more critical voice, Khadija Ismayilova

On ludicrous charges of incitement to suicide, the Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova was sentenced to 2 months pre-trial detention today, Friday, 5 December 2014. She is a well-known independent investigative journalist, who owned many awards.

December 4, 2014

Emin Huseynov spending his 35th birthday in hiding in Azerbaijan

Since August 2014, the human rights defender Emin Huseynov of Azerbaijan has been forced into hiding. He is spending his 35th birthday on 4 December in hiding. At the occasion of our birthday, we repeat our call upon Azerbaijani authorities to immediately and unconditionally drop all pending charges against him.