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Secret CIA prisons in Poland before Strasbourg Court
The European Court of Human Rights has heard the joined cases of Al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah vs. Poland. The applicants are Guantanamo detainees who claim that they were detained and tortured in a secret CIA facility in Poland.
The talk about the right to life on the Human Rights Day
10 December is marked as Human Rights Day. On this occasion, the Barys Zvoskau Belarusian Human Rights House and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Vilnius held a public discussion on the criminal justice system and the death penalty in Belarus.
У Дзень правоў чалавека – пра права на жыццё
10 снежня традыцыйна адзначаецца як Дзень правоў чалавека. З гэтай нагоды Беларускі Дом правоў чалавека імя Барыса Звозскава сумесна з Пасольствам Каралеўства Нідэрландаў у Літве правялі ў Вільні дыскусію па пытанні сістэмы крымінальнага правасуддзя і смяротнага пакарання ў Беларусі.
What should the EU do for Human Rights?
On Human Rights Day, 10 December, Human Rights House Network participates in launching the European campaign “Stand 4 Human Rights” with a short film called “What should the EU do for Human Rights?”.
Vasil Parfiankou is sentenced to a year in a maximum security penal colony
The former political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou was sentenced to one year of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony on charges of violating preventive police supervision restrictions. The Human Rights Center “Viasna” and the “Belarusian Helsinki Committeee” regard the sentencing as politically motivated persecution.
Палітычна матываваны пераслед Васіля Парфянкова працягваецца – год калоніі строгага рэжыму
Былы палітвязень Васіль Парфянкоў асуджаны на год калоніі строгага рэжыму па абвінавачанні ў парушэнні правілаў адбыцця прэвентыўнага нагляду. Праваабарончы цэнтр “Вясна” і БХК расцэньваюць прысуд як палітычна матываны пераслед.
Guilty verdict in case of journalistic sting
The District Court in Białystok found the journalist Endy Gęsina-Torres guilty of the charges but refrained from imposing a sentence. Mr Gęsina-Torres carried out a journalistic sting in the detention centre for foreigners in Białystok. The court ordered the defendant to pay PLN 2,000 for the Fund for Victim and Post-Penitentiary Support.
Jury of 13th WATCH DOCS
As in each year, the competition for the WATCH DOCS Award is the most exciting section of the festival. In 2013, more than ten documentaries from around the world compete for the title of the best film of the 13th Festival’s edition. As always, the international jury will select the film that will leave Warsaw with the prize.
Presidential elections in Georgia
Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 27 October 2013, it was the sixth presidential elections since the country’s restoration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Giorgi Margvelashvili from the Georgian Dream won the elections with 62%. According to BBC news “The election is taking place is a peaceful and balanced environment. This is the first European-style election in Georgian history.”