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During “Erebuni” mass protests in Yerevan, largely peaceful protests have been met with disproportionate force, detentions, and provocations by law enforcement, leading to violent confrontations between police and protestors. The authorities have failed to meet their obligation to facilitate and support peaceful protests, and in many cases they have undermined efforts to ensure events remained peaceful.

Journalist Pavel Sharamet was killed in a car bomb attack in Kyiv on 20 July 2016. His murder drew public attention to the fact that journalists work in a very difficult situation.

Журналіст Павел Шарамет быў забіты ў выніку выбуху замініраванага аўтамабіля ў Кіеве 20 ліпеня 2016 г. Яго забойства звярнула ўвагу грамадства на тое, у якой складанай сітуацыі працуюць журналісты.

Members of Human Rights House Yerevan report that police have detained up to 80 people in Armenia since the protests began. There are also allegations that police did not provide information on some of these persons’ whereabouts for many hours, did not grant them timely access to legal representation, and have used disproportionate force against protestors. These detentions come amid mass protests in Yerevan, sparked by the armed occupation of a police station in the city’s Erebuni district.

Journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car bomb attack in Kyiv on 20 July 2016. His murder follows recent attacks on journalists and a climate in which journalists and media are discredited and in some cases vilified for their work.

An appeal on behalf of the “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” was sent by one of the campaign coordinators to the Central Election Commission’s chairwoman Lidziya Yarmoshyna on 6 July. This anti-discrimination step is particularly important, because the subjects of the electoral process are actively using the Belarusian language, thinks Valiantsin Stefanovich, the author of the appeal.

Зварот ад імя “Праваабаронцаў за свабодныя выбары” адзін з каардынатараў кампаніі даслаў старшыні ЦВК Лідзіі Ярмошынай 6 ліпеня. Гэты антыдыскрымінацыйны крок асабліва важны, паколькі суб’екты выбарчага працэсу актыўна карыстаюцца беларускай мовай, лічыць аўтар звароту Валянцін Стэфановіч.

Today, on 20 July, the car driven by the famous Belarusian journalist Pavel Sharamet was blown up in Kiev. The Belarusian HRH deeply mourns the death of Pavel Sharamet and expresses condolences to his family.

The “Bring International Standards Home” (BISH) project celebrated its 10th anniversary with the start of the new academic training cycle for Belarusian human rights defenders in Belarus, from June 3–10 at the Educational Human Rights House Chernihiv. BISH is a project within Human Rights House Foundation’s International Law in Advocacy (ILIA) program.