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UN condemned Belarus for human rights violations
On November 21 the Third UN Committee adopted the resolution on Human Rights situation in the Republic of Belarus. The document was introduced by USA in co-authorship with Australia, EU, Israel, Canada, Switzerland and Japan. The resolution expresses ‘deep concern’ with the systematic HR violations in the Republic of Belarus and ‘further erosion of the democratic processes’. (22-NOV-07)
Belarusian political prisoner in terrible conditions
Belarusian human right defenders express deep concern about the destiny of the political prisoner Andrey Klimau. They appeal to everyone to support Mr. Klimau as he is kept in very bad conditions in the prison. On August 1 he was convicted for 2 years of prison for the publications in the Internet. (21-NOV-07)
Social March “For Justice” in Minsk
Social March “For Justice” took place in Minsk in November the 4th. Participants of the action put number of claims to the authorities – to stop the prices increase, to carry out economical reforms in the Republic of Belarus, to get back the benefits, to give liberty to the privet industry, to increase wages and retires payments. (05-NOV-07)
Belarusian Supreme Court dismisses Viasna’s claim
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus considered the Ministry of Justice refusal to register Human Rights Association “Viasna” warrantable. The trial was open. The Belarusian democratic society has no doubts in a political way to resolve the question. (27-OCT-07)
Three years since Belarusian journalist Veranika Cherkasova was murdered
Three years ago, 20 October 2004, the opposition Belarusian journalist Veranika Cherkasova was found stabbed in her apartment in Minsk. Her relatives and colleagues still did not get the clear answer who was guilty in her death. They do not exclude she could be murdered for her professional activity: Veranika wrote a lot about special forces activity and covered Belarusian and Iraqi relationships during Hussein period. (21-OCT-07)
European March in Belarus
On October 14, European March, the mass action of Belarusian democratic forces, took place in Minsk. Up to 10000 people expressed their wish for Republic of Belarus to join European Union. Authorities preliminarily detained some tens of young people. There were no detentions during the action itself. (15-OCT-07)
Human rights NGO’s offices in Gomel searched by KGB
Today, the human rights NGO Law Initiative´s offices in the city of Gomel were visited by four KGB officers, carrying a search warrant for documents and information related to the youth activist Andrei Tinuta´s case. Meanwhile, Leodnind Soudalenka, a human rights defender working for Law Initiative, attended ODIHR / OSCE´s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. HRH F addresses the timing of the search, questioning whether KGB tries to link Soudalenka to Tinuta´s case. (05-OCT-07)
People with HIV/AIDS have no access to treatment
The group of people with HIV/AIDS has made a request to the Ministry of Health to resume the access to the necessary medicine for the HIVAIDS patients in Svetlogorsk and Gomel. The reasons of the ARV-therapy delivery break are still not clear. This request was addressed for the Minister of Health Vasily Zharko on the September 14 (22-SEP-07)
Opposition activist gets two years’ imprisonment for web article
The oppositional leader, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the 13th Convocation Andrei Klimau, right, was arrested on 3 April 2007 for an article of 25 January 2007 that was published by the web-site of the United Civil Party. A criminal case was brought before the court under part 3 of article 361 of the Criminal Code ‘Public calls to seizure of the state power or forced change of the state order of the Republic of Belarus committed with the use of mass media’. (14-SEP-07)