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Human Rights House Foundation strongly condemns the actions in recent days of the Belarusian authorities to violently suppress peaceful protests, silence independent journalists, and intimidate members of the political opposition. These actions represent gross violations of the fundamental freedoms of association, assembly, and expression and attacks on human rights defenders. HRHF stands with the Belarusian human rights defenders, in calling on Belarusian authorities to respect fundamental freedoms and human rights, in line with Belarus’ international obligations.

Беларускі дом правоў чалавека імя Барыса Звозскава абвяшчае конкурс міні-грантаў на падтрымку міні-праектаў, накіраваных на павышэнне патэнцыяла супольнасці выпускнікоў праграмы ILIA-By.

Беларускі дом правоў чалавека імя Барыса Звозскава ў рамках праграмы ILIA-By запрашае на дыстанцыйны трэнінг па напісанні праектных прапановаў. Удзельнічаць могуць выпускнікі адукацыйных праектаў праграмы ILIA-By.

Беларусский дом прав человека публикует материалы ток-шоу о свободе ассоциации с участием волонтеров инициативы ByCOVID-19, возникшей в Беларуси во время пандемии. Ток-шоу прошло онлайн 11 июня 2020 года. Спикерами были Ольга Смолянко, Андрей Стрижак и Андрей Ткачев.

Belarusian presidential nominee Viktar Babaryka and members of his nomination group are political prisoners and must be released according to several Belarusian NGOs including the Belarusian Human Rights House and several of its member organisations.

In a joint statement at the 43rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, HRHF and two Human Rights Houses highlighted reports that at least 94 people are detained in Crimea for political or religious reasons, including prominent human rights defender Server Mustafayev. Complications for people in the Eastern Ukraine conflict zone as a result of Covid-19 action were also raised.

Human Rights House Foundation and the network of Human Rights Houses express our alarm at increasing attacks by Azerbaijani authorities on peaceful protests and dissenting and opposition voices witnessed since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. We call on the authorities to immediately cease these human rights violations and for the international community to hold the authorities accountable.

Human Rights House Foundation stands in solidarity with everyone who speaks out and fights for a world which replaces racist systems with those which recognise the inherent dignity and human rights of all.

Azerbaijan’s Mehman Huseynov has reached hundreds of thousands of people through self-publishing, with his trademark humour and refusal to be silenced in the face of a media crackdown. The millions of views that he has achieved have come amidst a hostile environment for independent media, and reprisals against him and his organisation.