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After threats by Russian special forces, Olga Skrypnyk had to flee from Crimea to mainland Ukraine. Rebuilding her life in Kyiv she is even more focused on human rights, but the annexation of Crimea has changed the direction of her work.

Tatsiana Reviaka, President of the Belarusian Human Rights House, has been fined 460 roubles (EUR 230), the average monthly salary in Belarus, on charges of “disorderly conduct” and “disobedience to the lawful order of the police.”

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) recently convened a thematic meeting focused solely on human rights – for the first time. This first attempt needs to herald a new era for human rights dialogue at the UN’s top body, in which civil society must push for and be granted a role as a partner.

Human Rights House Foundation appealed to the chairman of the court of Tsentralny district of Minsk, where the hearing of the human rights defender Tatsiana Reviaka case will take place.

Фонд дамоў правоў чалавека звярнуўся да старшыні суда Цэнтральнага раёна Мінска, у якім 18 красавіка будзе разглядацца справа праваабаронцы Таццяны Рэвяка.

Press release: Reaction to the arrival of President of Hungary János Áder in Croatia.

Mehman Huseynov, sentenced to two years in prison for defamation, for complaining of having been tortured while in police custody, has had his conviction upheld by the Court of Appeal.

“Through this clear and principled resolution, the European Parliament shows that the recent crackdown on peaceful protestors will not go without consequences. It is a clear warning toward the Belarusian authorities to end the harassment of independent media, political opposition, and human rights defenders.”

Tatsiana Reviaka, President of the Belarusian Human Rights House, was arrested on 26 March 2017 while she monitored peaceful protests, and detained for three hours. She later received a summons to the administrative court on charges of disobeying the police and petty hooliganism.