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Тэрміновая заява праваабарончай супольнасці Беларусі.

Беларуская праваабарончая супольнасць выступіла з патрабаваннем неадкладнага вызвалення Сяргея Ціханоўскага і спынення яго крымінальнага пераследу.

У маі 2020 году ўлады Беларусі пачалі шырокія рэпрэсіі супраць грамадзянскай супольнасці. Па ўсёй Беларусі былі адвольна затрыманыя і асуджаныя да штрафаў і арыштаў больш за 120 чалавек. Праваабарончая супольнасць Беларусі патрабуе спыніць пераслед мірных дэманстрантаў, праваабаронцаў і журналістаў і вызваліць тых, хто адбывае арышт.

Human Rights House Foundation is observing with increasing concern the wave of arrests and disappearances of human rights defenders and journalists across Belarus. Against the backdrop of worrying increases in COVID-19 infections and the August 2020 Presidential elections, the actions by Belarusian authorities to intimidate human rights defenders and limit the spread of information by independent journalists are alarming.

Nine Ukrainian CSOs including Human Rights House Crimea and all of its member organisations have jointly raised concerns on the treatment of persons in detention in Crimea during Covid-19 Crisis. They call on the Russian Federation as the peninsulas occupying power to take effective measures to combat Covid-19 in penitentiary systems. They also call on the international community to urge the Russian Federation to abide by its international human rights obligations, adhere to the recommendations of the WHO and the CPT, and to provide persons in detention with adequate care and medical assistance.

Human Rights House Foundation stands with the global NGO community in advocating for human rights to be at the centre of the United Nations’ coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling on States to respect the rule of law and legal protections for human rights in their responses. The following statements were made on behalf of more than 75 NGOs during the 9 April 2020 UN Human Rights Council’s virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Беларуская праваабарончая супольнасць 16 красавіка 2020 года выступіла з заявай у абарону Піліпа Шаўрова, якога пераследуюць за тое, што ён расфарбаваў рукі помніку рускага паэта Пушкіна ў Мінску.

The network of Human Rights Houses is concerned by recent actions on the part of state authorities across western and eastern Europe, the western Balkans, and the Caucasus in response to the escalating COVID-19 crisis. These actions, taken to combat the rising number of infections and deaths associated with COVID-19, raise questions about states’ commitments to civic freedoms and human rights.

Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) remains very concerned with a number of recent actions taken by the Azerbaijani authorities in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.