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Euromaidan two years on
Two years have passed since initially peaceful Euromaidan protests Kyiv were concluded with deadly force, resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
HRHN Trial Monitoring: Alaif Hasanov now has a court to appeal against disbarment
On 18 February, the Azerbaijan Supreme Court satisfied human rights lawyer Alaif Hasanov’s cassation appeal, ruling that the Azerbaijani Bar Association is an administrative body and thus allowing Hasanov to appeal his disbarment to the administrative and economic court.
Ukraine must ratify the Rome Statute
Center for Civil Liberties and other NGOs is marking two years after Euromaidan by appealing to the Ukrainian government to ratify the Rome Statute.
Tender for conducting social research
The Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House announces the tender for conducting social research
Конкурс на правядзенне сацыялагічнага даследавання
Беларускі дом правоў чалавека імя Барыса Звозскава абвяшчае конкурс на правядзенне сацыялагічнага даследавання.
HRHN Trial Monitoring: Rasul Jafarov appeal rejected
On 16 February, Azerbaijan supreme court rejects cassation appeal and upholds sentence of the imprisoned human rights defender Rasul Jafarov.
Заява Спецыяльнага дакладчыка ААН аб становішчы ў галіне правоў чалавека ў Беларусі Міклаша Харасці
Ніякіх зменаў у змрочнай сітуацыі з правамі чалавека ў Беларусі пасля прэзідэнцкіх выбараў няма.
Council of Europe institutions visit Poland
The Venice Commission and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe are in Poland this week to meet with officials and NGOs regarding the constitutional crisis.
Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti
No changes in the dismal human rights situation in Belarus since the presidential election
“Zhamchuzhny case”: KGB against the “Platform”?
The founder of the human rights organization “Platform innovation” Mikhail Zhamchuzhny was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment in a penal colony by the Vitebsk regional court in June 2015. On 23 October the judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court has reviewed the cassation appeal and imposed even more severe punishment – six and a half years in prison.
The UN must address the increasingly worrying situation of human rights defenders in Eastern Europe
The UN’s effectiveness in promoting and protecting civil and political rights in Europe is in question, following the institution’s inconsistent approach in addressing human rights degradations and how independent voices and UN rapporteurs have struggled to engage with governments in the region. Florian Irminger, Head of Advocacy at Human Rights House Network, examines this in an essay for UK-based think tank the Foreign Policy Centre.
“Справа Жамчужнага”: КДБ супраць “Платформы”?
Заснавальнік праваабарончай арганізацыі “Платформ інавэйшн” Міхаіл Жамчужны ў ліпені 2015 года быў асуджаны Віцебскім абласным судом на 6 гадоў пазбаўлення волі ў калоніі строгага рэжыму. 23 кастрычніка судовая калегія па крымінальных справах Вярхоўнага суда разгледзела касацыйную скаргу і прызначыла Жамчужнаму больш строгае пакаранне – шэсць з паловай гадоў пазбаўлення волі.