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On 28 may at 13:00 the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House will host a presentation “Psychiatry and Human Rights in Belarus: Law and Practice” with the participation of experts from Belarus, Poland and the United States. The presentation will provide information about the current human rights situation in the field of psychiatry in Belarus: the legal system, legislative practices, specificity of the Belarusian reality. The international experts will in turn provide their prepared recommendations.

On 19 May, the Russian Duma adopted a new law enabling Russian authorities to label any organisation as “undesirable” and thus criminalise them.

On 13 May human rights defender, Chairman of the Homel branch of the NGO “Legal Initiative” Leanid Sudalenka (right) has been called for questioning as a witness in a criminal case.

28 мая в 13:00 в Беларуском доме прав человека им. Б. Звозскова (Vilnius, Latako 3) состоится презентация «Психиатрия и права человека в Республике Беларусь: законодательство и практика» с участием экспертов из Беларуси, Польши и США. В рамках презентации будет представлена информация об актуальной ситуации с соблюдением прав человека в области психиатрии в Беларуси: законодательство, правоприменительная практика, особенности белорусской реальности. Также будут представлены рекомендации, подготовленные международными экспертами.

On April 28 this year, 13 families were evicted from the building in Melikishvili str. # 47. The fate of the homeless people is still unclear. Among evicted people are little children, old and bed-bounded sick people.

13 траўня праваабаронца, старшыня Гомельскага аддзялення РГА «Прававая ініцыятыва» Леанід Судаленка (на фота) быў выкліканы для апытання ў якасці сведкі па крымінальнай справе.

The trial of a political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich on changing the regime of serving his sentence to prison confinement took place on 4 May in Shklou penal colony №17. The basis for the regime change are claimed to be numerous violations of internal regulations of the colony and disobeying the requirements of the colony administration. In a letter to his wife Maryna Adamovich, Statkevich wrote that he had been placed in cell-type premises.

(Brussels) – In recent years, Azerbaijani authorities have intensified a crackdown on civil society and devastated critical voices, without regard for domestic or international law. This crackdown is in stark contrast to the polished image of a modern and prosperous European state that President Ilham Aliyev has presented to outside observers.

Суд над палітвязнем Мікалаем Статкевічам па змене рэжыму адбыцця пакарання – з заменай яго на турэмны – адбыўся 4 траўня ў Шклоўскай папраўчай калоніі №17. Падставай для змены рэжыму сталі шматлікія парушэнні правілаў унутранага распарадку калоніі і непадпарадкаванне патрабаванням кіраўніцтва. У лісце сваёй жонцы Марыне Адамовіч ён пісаў пра тое, што змешчаны ў памяшканне камернага тыпу (ПКТ).

According to official information about 1500 Roma are registered in Georgia. Their big part lives in Tbilisi and Gachiani. In accordance to the survey conducted by the project researcher at the European Center for Minority Issues [ECMI] Giorgi Sordia, compact settlements of Roma people are in Leninovka village of Dedoplitskaro district, in Gachiani village of Gardabani municipality, in Telavi, Kutaisi, Kobuleti and in Isani-Samgori district and Lilo settlement in Tbilisi. The oldest and most traditional settlement of Roma people is in Leninovka where 18 Roma families/133 people live. Residents of this settlement have one common problem: majority of them have no access to education and healthcare services.

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