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UN calls for release of all political prisoners
At least 13 political prisoners remain behind bars in Belarus, two weeks after the release of the former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau.
Supreme Court: the hearings open for the public. Usually…
Supreme Court decided that hearings in criminal cases should be held in open court. This resolution, adopted in March by a seven-judge panel of the Court, resolved a long-lasting legal dispute concerning the possibility of the members of the public to attend criminal trials.
Criminal sanction for refusal to publish a correction remains the law. HFHR’s critical review
As a party invited to the public consultations, the HFHR presented before the Sejm and Senate committees a critical review of the draft amendment to the provisions on correction and response in the Press Act. The Foundation prepared a long list of reservations concerning the draft prepared by the Sejm and Senate committees.
Terrorist attack survivor: “I was kidnapped”
Alena Lebiadzinskaya (right), a last year’s Minsk metro blast survivor, says she was abducted by two unidentified men in plain clothes, who injured her and took her to the police for holding up a poster reading “The government refused to help”.
Пацярпелая ад тэракту: «Мяне выкралі невядомыя»
Алена Лебядзінская (на фота) паведаміла, што па дарозе дадому пасля адкрыцця помніка ахвярам тэракту 11 красавіка яе схапілі двое невядомых, ударылі, пасадзілі ў мікрааўтобус і павезлі ў міліцыю.
International campaign: Don’t play with the dictator!
International NGOs from Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland, including Norwegian Helsinki Committee, launched a joint campaign for the removal of the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship from Belarus due to the country’s poor human rights record.
International Campaign: Don’t play with the dictator!
International NGOs from Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, including Norwegian Helsinki Committee launched a joint campaign for the removal of the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship from Belarus due to the country’s poor human rights record.
Article 19 condemns violence in Tunisia and calls for lifting of the ban on protests
ARTICLE 19 calls for lifting of the blanket ban on all protests on the Habib Bourguiba Avenue of the Tunisian capital and for investigation into the heavy-handed tactics used by Tunisian security forces to disperse thousands of protestors – including journalists, unionist and civil society representatives – that were commemorating Martyrs’ Day on the Avenue on 9 April 2012.
Belarus frees jailed opposition leader
Belarussian opposition politician and 2010 presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau was released from prison on Saturday.