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Мы, прадстаўнікі праваабарончых арганізацый Беларусі, адзначаем, што нягледзячы на некаторыя пазітыўныя тэндэнцыі, якія назіраюцца ў краіне на працягу апошніх шасці месяцаў, сістэмных зменаў, накіраваных на якаснае змяненне сітуацыі ў галіне правоў чалавека, не адбылося. У сувязі з гэтым, лічым далейшае паляпшэнне сітуацыі з правамі чалавека галоўным прыярытэтам як у працы беларускіх праваабаронцаў, так і для міжнародных партнёраў пры вызначэнні стратэгіі ўзаемадзеяння з Беларуссю.

PACE must address the shrinking space for civil society. It must adopt resolutions to strengthen the protection and role of human rights defenders, and to prevent restrictions on NGO activities, in an increasingly worrying environment in many Council of Europe countries, especially Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation. These were the conclusions of discussions at the NGO side event on 27 January.

We, the representative of the Belarusian human rights organisations, note that despite certain positive tendencies over the past six months, there have been no systemic changes aimed at a comprehensive improvement of the human rights situation in Belarus. In this context, we regard further improvement of the human rights situation as a top priority for both Belarusian human rights defenders and international partners in shaping the strategy for relations with Belarus.

Georgia’s human rights record remained uneven in 2015, according to the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, where Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries.

Belgrade, 22nd January 2016. – In the evening between 21st and 22nd of January, unidentified attackers broke windows in the Human Rights House in Belgrade. Police arrived at the crime scene and we expect prompt reaction on identifying and appropriately sanctioning the attackers.

Human Rights Defenders & Shrinking Space for Civil Society: Azerbaijan & Russia.

What can the Council of Europe do?

Speakers:
Konstantin Baranov (Youth Human Rights Movement),
Dmitri Makarov (Youth Human Rights Movement),
N!DA CIVIC MOVEMENT Represented by one of their members,
Emin Huseynov (Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety)

Кіраўнік Праваабарончага цэнтра “Вясна” Алесь Бяляцкі атрымаў пастанову аддзела прымусовага выканання Партызанскага раёна горада Мінска аб тым, што на долю кватэры, у якой ён пражывае з сям’ёй, накладзены арышт.

Ales Bialiatski, the head of the human rights center Viasna, has received a ruling from the department of enforcement of judgments that a part of his flat (in which he lives with his family) falls under arrest.

On 5 January Henadz Yakavitski was sentenced to death in Belarus. This case might even get in legal textbooks: the convicted man has been already sentenced to death earlier.

5 студзеня беларусу Генадзю Якавіцкаму быў вынесены смяротны прысуд. Гэты выпадак можа трапіць нават у падручнікі па юрыспрудэнцыі – да расстрэлу прысудзілі чалавека, які ўжо быў асуджаны на смерць раней.

HRHN strongly supports Civic Solidarity Platform opposition to recent developments affecting human rights protection and the state of democracy in Poland.

INFORMATION ON THE ELECTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS – 2015