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Following its first review of Belarus in 21 years, the UN Human Rights Committee concluded that there are “many issues to address.” Human rights defenders warn that these findings need to translate to changes in the country.

Беларускі дом правоў чалавека імя Б. Звозскава абвяшчае конкурс на падтрымку праектаў, накіраваных на абарону і прасоўванне правоў чалавека і дэмакратычных каштоўнасцяў. Конкурс ладзіцца пры фінансавай падтрымцы Еўрасаюза. Заяўкі на конкурс прымаюцца да 28 лютага 2019 года.

8 и 9 октября 2018 года в Женеве на 124 сессии Комитета по правам человека ООН рассматривали доклад Беларуси, который государство представило впервые за 20 лет.

The Azerbaijani video journalist found no justice in his trial for defamation, and in August his first application for conditional release was rejected. His so far unsuccessful appeals against this rejection include an accuser not summoned to court and warnings against informing people of their rights. Such events are a repeat of the injustices that took place during his arrest and trial.

Human rights organisations in Voronezh, Russia, staged the play “Justice for the Dictator”, a performance reading of the play “The Trial of Mussolini”. Once again, they showed their creative and innovative approach to reaching out on human rights.

Aiming to strengthen the participation of young women human rights defenders in politics and society, Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) and France-based NGO IREX Europe organised the “National Leadership Academy” in Georgia for women human rights defenders.

Once set to pursue a career as an interceptor of foreign transmitters among troops stationed outside Moscow, Aleh Matskevich from Barysaŭ, Belarus, is now a human rights defender. He saw an independent Belarus emerging and it turned him into a different kind of man.

Почему рейтинги безопасных мессенджеров не только бесполезны, но еще и вредны; как любовь и политика влияют на наш выбор почтового сервиса; что ценнее: безопасность или общение – и другие вопросы о цифровой безопасности в новом выпуске рассылки Школы цифровой безопасности DSS375 Белорусского дома прав человека имени Бориса Звозскова.

“The level of political repressions unleashed in Crimea in 2014 has not decreased, though the forms and types of pressure and persecution have changed,” reported Tatsiana Reviaka, member of the human rights monitoring mission to the peninsula.