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When: Tuesday, 4. August 2015 13:00 – 13:30 To: Tuesday, 4. August 2015 Where: Vilnius, Town Hall Square (Rotušės aikštė) Host: The Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House and Freedom House

As part of the International Day of Solidarity with the civil society of Belarus on 4 August the action in support of Belarusian political prisoners will be held in Vilnius. It was on 4 August 2011 when a prominent Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski was arrested in Minsk. Although he was granted early parole in 2014, the pressure on human rights defenders and activists continues. At least 6 political prisoners remain imprisoned in Belarus and there is no guarantee that there will be no new cases of political persecution in the light of the upcoming Presidential Elections in Belarus scheduled for 11 of October.

У межах Міжнароднага дня салідарнасці з грамадзянскай супольнасцю Беларусі 4 жніўня ў Вільні пройдзе акцыя на знак падтрымкі палітзняволеных беларусаў. Менавіта 4 жніўня ў 2011 годзе ў Мінску быў арыштаваны вядомы беларускі праваабаронца Алесь Бяляцкі. І хоць ён быў датэрмінова вызвалены ў 2014 годзе, ціск на праваабаронцаў і актывістаў не спыніўся. Як мінімум 6 палітвязняў застаецца за кратамі ў Беларусі, і ў свеце надыходзячых выбараў Прэзідэнта, якія прызначаныя на 11 кастрычніка, няма гарантый, што новых выпадкаў пераследу па палітычных матывах не будзе.

Event at the June session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, one year after President Ilham Aliyev came to Strasbourg and spoke at the Assembly.

Our protest on 12 June is taking place on the day of the opening in Baku of the first European Olympic Games, hosted by Azerbaijan. We will be calling for the release of detained human rights defenders, journalists and activists, and for the end of the repression against civil society.

Event at the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Commencing on 12 June, Azerbaijan will host the inaugural European Olympic Games. Our event at the Human Rights Council will shine light on the severe restrictions on fundamental freedoms and the imprisonment of civil society, which risks turning these European Olympics into a sad symbol of repression.

The opening of the first European Olympic Games will be held in Azerbaijan on June 12. On this occasion, The Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House will organize an action of solidarity with the Azerbaijani human rights defenders that suffer from politically motivated prosecution.

This is one of six documentaries in the series “A heart that never dies” by the directors Erling Borgen and Tom Heinemann. The series portray six human rights defenders. In this film called “Belarus: The last dictatorship in Europe” we meet defender Ales Bialiatski.