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According to media reports, Vietnamese officials visited in April the Białystok guarded centre for foreigners. The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has issued a statement in the case to the Chief Commissioner of the Border Guard. Once again, the HFHR noted that any actions of the Border Guard which result in disclosing identification data of refugee applicants may violate the applicants’ rights.

На ўедзе ў Беларусь з боку Польшчы ўсталяваныя білборды, якія служаць напамінам пра беларускіх палітвязняў. У той жа час у самой Беларусі узгадваць пра палітвязняў небяспечна – кіраўнік праваабарончай арганізацыі Civil Rights Defenders Роберт Хорд (на фота) быў затрыманы пры ўваходзе на пляцоўку правядзення хакейнага матча за адмысловы швэдар з прозвішчам Бяляцкага.

The sense of impunity for all the parties in Ukraine holding weapons must end. Ukraine’s Government needs to ensure that the investigation into violence by law enforcement and State agents is credible and transparent, bringing those responsible to justice. Cooperation by all with international mechanisms must also be ensured.

A report on a human rights situation in Croatia has been published by a member of the HRH Zagreb resulting in a public debate arranged by HRH Zagreb.

Constitutional Tribunal should consider issuing a signal decision in a case involving the constitutional review of laws governing the storage of and access to telecommunication data, argues the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in a letter to the Constitutional Tribunal.

A new blog launched by the Polish Department for Strategy and Deregulation, recently published a post praising an interactive portal on the Azerbaijani justice system. Nevertheless, the author of the post fails to mention the problems within the Azerbaijani justice system that makes Azerbaijan the weakest link among the Council of Europe member states when it comes to respecting Human Rights. The praising author fails to recognize that the latter problems will simply not disappear by launching a portal.

Ice Hockey World Championship is to be held from 9 to 25 May 2014 in Minsk. On this occasion, representatives of international and national human rights organizations launched several campaigns to draw attention to the human rights situation in Belarus. Belarusian authorities, in their turn, have begun preventive detentions and banned Swedish human rights defender from entering the country.

Human rights organisations appeal to the governments of the countries participating in the 2014 World Ice Hokey Championship to be held in Minsk: refrain from sending official government delegations to participate in the events related to the Championship.

The move to persecute one of the most prominent human rights defenders of Azerbaijan, Leyla Yunus, and her husband Arif Yunus, threw shame on the country’s authorities. The country’s election to the presidency of the Council of Europe will however bring fame.