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Press Conference with Ales Bialiatski in Vilnius

On Friday, 27 June 2014, at 12:30 the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House (Vilnius, Latako g. 3) will host a press conference of Ales Bialiatski, a former political prisoner, Head of the Human Rights Centre “Viasna”, Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and one of the Belarusian HRH founders.

Published: June 25, 2014 Author: Anna Gerasimova

When: Friday, 27. June 2014 12:30
Where: Vilnius, The Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House (Vilnius, Latako g. 3)
Contact: Anna Gerasimova (director.belarus@humanrightshouse.org / +370 60805447 )

Ales Bialiatski was released on 21 June, the day of entry into force of the Law "On amnesty in connection with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders."

Ales Bialiatski was arrested on 4 August 2011 and spent 1,052 days in prison. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the UN Human Rights Council recognized the arrest of Ales Bialiatski as arbitrary.

Languages of the press conference: Russian/Belarusian with simultaneous translation into English.

Live broadcast of the press conference including Q&A session will be available at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hrhbelarus

Please confirm your participation via e-mail: belarus@humanrightshouse.org.

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