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Yury Rubtsou – the new political prisoner
Homel activist Yury Rubtsou (right), who was convicted of insulting the judge, will serve his sentence in open-type correctional facility No. 7 in the village of Kuplin, Pruzhany district. Previously, co-chair of the organizing committee of the party Belarusian Christian Democracy Pavel Seviarynets served his sentence at the same place. Rubtsou was charged with a crime under Article 391 of the Penal Code – insult of a judge.
Юрый Рубцоў – новы зняволены па палітычных матывах
Актывіст з Гомеля Юрый Рубцоў (на фота), якога абвінавацілі ў абразе суддзі, будзе адбываць пакаранне ў папраўчай установе адкрытага тыпу № 7 у вёсцы Куплін Пружанскага раёна. Раней там адбываў пакаранне сустаршыня аргкамітэту па стварэнні партыі «Беларуская хрысціянская дэмакратыя» Павал Севярынец. Рубцоў быў абвінавачаны злачынстве, прадугледжаным артыкулам 391 Крымінальнага кодэкса – абраза суддзі або народнага засядацеля.
Political prisoner Eduard Lobau released
Political prisoner Eduard Lobau has been released from Ivatsevichy penal colony No. 22 at about 8 a.m on 18 December. He was met by his family, journalists and supporters with the words “Long Live Belarus!”.
Палітвязень Эдуард Лобаў выйшаў на волю
Палітвязня Эдуарда Лобава 18 снежня вызвалілі з Івацэвіцкай папраўчай калоніі №22 ў 8 гадзін раніцы. Яго сустракалі сям’я, журналісты і паплечнікі воклічам “Жыве Беларусь!”.
Balkan regional network
10 December 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights was signed. Two years after, General Assembly of the UN has proclaimed 10th December as the International Human Rights Day.
The death penalty, political persecution, preventive detention – Human Rights Day in Belarus
On the eve of Human Rights Day – on 9 December, Vilnius hosted a discussion with Belarusian and Lithuanian human rights defenders, civic activists and relatives of political prisoners, as well as an opening of photo exhibition dedicated to the death penalty in Belarus.
Смяротнае пакаранне, палітычны пераслед, прэвентыўныя затрыманні – Дзень правоў чалавека ў Беларусі
9 снежня, напярэдадні Дня правоў чалавека, у Вільні прайшла дыскусія з беларускімі і літоўскімі праваабаронцамі, грамадскімі дзеячамі і сваякамі палітзняволеных, а таксама адкрыццё фотавыставы, прысвечанай праблеме смяротнага пакарання ў Беларусі.
UN Human Rights Committee has made a public statement about the death of Aliaksandr Hrunou
UN Human Rights Committee on condemned the violation of Belarus’s international legal obligations through the execution of Aliaksandr Hrunou whose case was considered by the HRC at the time. HRC requested Belarusian authorities to suspend the execution of the sentence until the consideration of the case, but the sentence was carried out, and now the case will be considered, despite the fact that the applicant had already been shot.
Peaceful protests: screening of film “Everyday Rebellion”
Panel discussion in relation to the right to peaceful protests in Bern, organised by the Swiss Departement of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with HRHF.
Azerbaijan arrests one more critical voice, Khadija Ismayilova
On ludicrous charges of incitement to suicide, the Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova was sentenced to 2 months pre-trial detention today, Friday, 5 December 2014. She is a well-known independent investigative journalist, who owned many awards.
Emin Huseynov spending his 35th birthday in hiding in Azerbaijan
Since August 2014, the human rights defender Emin Huseynov of Azerbaijan has been forced into hiding. He is spending his 35th birthday on 4 December in hiding. At the occasion of our birthday, we repeat our call upon Azerbaijani authorities to immediately and unconditionally drop all pending charges against him.
Invitation to the events on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day
Belarusian Human Rights House together with Freedom House invites you to the discussion “Spotlight on the Human Rights in Belarus: Challenges and Expectations before 2015” and the opening of the exhibition “Capital Punishment”. The event organized on the occasion of the International Human
Rights Day will take place on 9 December at 14:00 at the European Information Office of the Seimas (Seimas Building 3, Gedimino av. 53). The language of the event will be Russian and English with the translation to Lithuanian.