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Norwegian Helsinki Committee condemns the execution of Andrei Zhuk and Vasily Yuzepchuk
In a letter sent on 14 April 2010 to the President of the Republic of Belarus, Mr Alexander Lukashenko and Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, together with 50 other organisations, condemns the execution of Mr. Andrei Zhuk and Mr. Vasily Yuzepchuk.
CURE Foundation published a research on youth’s perception of violence
“How much do children and young people know about the violence” is the research conducted by CURE Foundation in Feb/March 2010, on a sample of 310 young men and women from nine different cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo, Ilidza, Kiseljak, Banja Luka, Konjic, Zenica, Travnik, Doboj and Jablanica).
International community perturbed by executions in Belarus
On 14 April members of the Human Rights House Network and several other international human rights organisations sent a letter of concern on the executions of two Belarusian citizens – Andrei Zhuk and Vasil Yuzepchuk. Signatories condemned that the fact of execution as well as deplored Republic of Belarus ignoring its international obligations in human rights. The letter was sent to two highest public officials in the country – president and prime-minister.
CMS Round Table
“New verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights against the Republic of Croatia, and new cases from Croatia before the Court”
Journalist held incommunicado in Moldova’s Transdniester
The Committee to Protect Journalists called on authorities in the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) to immediately release journalist Ernest Vardanian, who has been jailed in the regional capital of Tiraspol for treason since April 7.
Cases of Andrei Zhuk and Vasil Yuzepchuk examined by the United Nations Human Rights Committee
On 14 April members of the Human Rights House Network and several other international human rights organisations sent a letter of concern on the executions of two Belarusian citizens – Andrei Zhuk and Vasil Yuzepchuk. The letter signatories condemned that the fact of execution as well as deplored the Republic of Belarus ignoring its international obligations in human rights.
Azeri authorities clamp down on election-related demonstration
On 14 April 2010, up to 47 members of the opposition Musavat (Equality) Party were detained for participating in a political demonstration in Baku, in the first political rally ahead of Azerbaijan’s parliamentary elections in November 2010. Unidentified government officials were captured on film as they forced demonstrators into vans and buses, clamping their hands over the protesters’ mouths as they shouted slogans for freedom, equality and free elections.
Leyla Zana sentenced to prison
Kurdish Leyla Zana, the 1994 Rafto Prize laureate, was sentenced to three years imprisonment by Diyarbakir Court in the Republic of Turkey on 8 April, reports the EU Republic of Turkey Civic Commission.
Міжнародная супольнасць абураная смяротнымі пакараннямі ў Беларусі
14 красавіка сябры Сеткі дамоў правоў чалавека, а таксама шэраг міжнародных праваабарончых арганізацый прынялі зварот у сувязі з стаўшым вядомым фактам смяротнага пакарання двух грамадзянаў Беларусі. Падпісанты выказваюць абурэнне як самім фактам чарговага прымянення вышэйшай меры пакарання, так і ігнараваннем Беларусі яе міжнародных абавязкаў у галіне правоў чалавека. Заява накіраваная дзвюм вышэйшым асобам краіны – прэзідэнту і прэм’ер-міністру
Зварот аб смяротным пакаранні двух грамадзян Рэспублікі Беларусь
14 красавіка сябры Сеткі дамоў правоў чалавека, а таксама шэраг міжнародных праваабарончых арганізацый прынялі зварот у сувязі з стаўшым вядомым фактам смяротнага пакарання двух грамадзянаў Беларусі – Андрэя Жука і Васіля Юзэпчука. Падпісанты выказваюць абуранасць як самім фактам чарговага прымянення вышэйшай меры пакарання, так і ігнараваннем Беларусі яе міжнародных абавязкаў у галіне правоў чалавека.
Independent newspaper offices picketed in Belarus
On 14 April a small group of people with banners and posters gathered near the offices of independent newspaper Narodnaja Vola. Amongst them were World War II veterans and activists of the pro-government youth organisation BRSM. They were united near paper’s offices by the war, which, in their opinion, was falsely covered by the publication.