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The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution renewing the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Belarus for another year. The resolution also raises a wide range of human rights violations in the country and urges Belarus to enact reforms and to fully cooperate with the Special Rapporteur.

The exhibition “Women Human Rights Defenders: Portraits of Strength” is being held from 30 June to 30 July 2016 at America House in Kyiv, Ukraine. It features 18 women human rights defenders in the Human Rights House Network, acknowledging the vital role that women play locally, nationally, and internationally in protecting and promoting human rights.

Human Rights House Voronezh has launched a campaign to raise 290,000 RUB (4,043 EUR) with crowdfunding. The amount will cover six months’ rent, secretary costs for the legal aid public reception office, and renovation of the co-working space.

Human rights defenders do not rule out a political motive in persecution of the blogger, but in order to get a clear vision of the situation they need an expert evaluation of his texts. However, at the moment it is difficult to call the case transparent.

Праваабаронцы не выключаюць палітычны матыў пераследу блогера, але для ацэнкі дадзенай крымінальнай справы маюць патрэбу ў экспертызе яго тэкстаў. Аднак на дадзены момант празрыстай сітуацыю назваць вельмі складана.

On 29 June, HRHF delivered a statement addressing the human rights situation in Ukraine and welcoming the report of the UN Human Rights Monitoring mission in the country. HRHF made this statement during the regular periodic update on Ukraine at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council.

Civil society and national and international bodies have expressed concern at recent reforms in Poland and their impact on the rule of law. These reforms include changes to the functioning of the Constitutional Court, a law granting government control over TV and radio, a law granting additional powers of surveillance, and the merging of the functions of the Justice Minister and the formerly independent Prosecutor General.

On 21 June in Geneva the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti, was held within 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council.

21 чэрвеня ў Жэневе ў межах 32-й чарговай сесіі Савета па правах чалавека ААН адбыўся інтэрактыўны дыялог са Спецыяльным дакладчыкам па пытанні аб становішчы ў галіне правоў чалавека ў Беларусі Міклашам Харасці.