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HRHN calls for a fair trial in Leanid Svetsik’s case
Over 30 organisations of the Human Rights House Network have published a letter of concern calling on the Belarusian authorities to hold a fair trial of Leanid Svetsik, a human rights defender from Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus.
Letter in support of Leanid Svetsik
A criminal case against Leanid Svetsik was sent to court. Who and when would be judging a human rights defender from Viciebsk is yet to be decided. However, one of the charges against Svetsik was dropped during an official investigation and it gives hopes that a trial and sentence would be fair. A letter sent to the Supreme Court Chair-Justice of Republic of Belarus Valyantsin Sukala by the president of Belarusian Human Rights House Barys Zvozskau stressed these important points.
Belarusian observer: “Respect for law united us”
On 17 May Lithuania was electing a new president. This year young Belarusians, civil society activists and students of European Humanities University, were observing the Election Day.
In support of Leanid Svetsik
A criminal case against Leanid Svetsik was sent to court. Who and when would be judging a human rights defender from Viciebsk is yet to be decided. However, one of the charges against Svetsik was dropped during an official investigation and it gives hopes that a trial and sentence would be fair. A letter sent to the Supreme Court Chair-Justice of Republic of Belarus Valyantsin Sukala by the president of Belarusian Human Rights House Barys Zvozskau stressed these important points.
Arrests for Graffiti
“Freedom to political prisoners! Freedom to Autukhovich!” – Piotr Ruzau, a youth activist, wrote on a wall of a meat packing plant and was arrested for that by police on May 13.
EP Elections 2009: Local Media – Europe Wide
The 6th session of Vilnius Media Seminar will focus on the role of new media in the 2009 election campaign to the European Parliament: «Local Media – Europe Wide».
Where?
10 years have passed since one of the leaders of Belarusian opposition Yury Zakharanka has mysteriously disappeared. This is how the whole sequence of similar disappearances of the people well-known in the country began. It is still unknown where those people are and what happened to them. The authorities answer the question “where?” with arrests and violence.
Belarusian-Lithuanian solidarity concert
Belarusian HRH in Vilnius will host a solidarity concert of Belarusian and Lithuanian guitar singers.
Political prisoner dying in Belarusian prison
The state of health of political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich worsened sharply and comes close to critical. The prisoner who went on hunger-strike has been joined by 29 democratic activists.