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Human Rights House Belgrade Premises Attacked
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.
Side Event: #PACEwinter2016
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)
Authorities want to deprive Ales Bialiatski of place of residence after 4 years after the judgment
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.
Праз чатыры гады пасля прысуду ўлады вырашылі пазбавіць Алеся Бяляцкага месца жыхарства
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.
The first death sentence in 2016 was passed
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.
Вынесены першы смяротны прысуд у 2016 годзе
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.
Poland: Call for respect for constitutional guarantees
HRHN strongly supports Civic Solidarity Platform opposition to recent developments affecting human rights protection and the state of democracy in Poland.
THE BELARUSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THE MEDIA. OVERVIEW
INFORMATION ON THE ELECTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS – 2015
Belarus-2015: Pyrrhic victory of Lukashenka condemns the country to degradation
In 2015, the permanent President of Belarus Aliaksandr Lukashenka has easily won another election with the official results of 83.5%. This is a fantastic triumph despite the fact that the economy was a mess: the GDP decreased by 3.9% during the last 11 months, while the average salary in Belarus has decreased from 530 to 370 dollars in equivalent during the last 5 years.
ВЫБОРЫ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ И СМИ. ОБЗОР
ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О ВЫБОРАХ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ – 2015
Беларусь-2015: пиррова победа Лукашенко обрекает страну на деградацию
В 2015 году бессменный президент Беларуси Александр Лукашенко как никогда легко выиграл очередные выборы, набрав по официальным данным 83,5%. Фантастический триумф при том, что экономика оказалась в галоше: ВВП за 11 месяцев года упал на 3,9%, а средняя зарплата белорусов за пятилетку скатилась в эквиваленте с 530 до 370 долларов.
UN registers complaint by death convict’s mother
The UN Human Rights Committee has registered an individual communication submitted by Volha Hrunova (right), the mother of Aliaksandr Hrunou, who was executed in 2014. The death convict’s mother appeals against a violation of her son’s right not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment and the right to a fair trial. The case was registered under No. 2690/2015 and sent to the State party for comments on the merits.