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Belarusian human rights defenders’ view on human rights activity and questions of cooperation
We present a research results report of Belarusian human rights organisations sector.
Position of Belarusian NGOs as Regards Overall Human Rights Situation in Belarus
Belarusian Human Rights Organizations express their joint position as regards the human rights situation in Belarus.
UN responds to Belarus crackdown; renews mandate
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has responded to the recent crackdown on peaceful protests by the Belarusian government, and to the multiple concerns raised by Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) and its partners, by passing a stronger resolution with an increased majority from 2016 on Belarus which has also renewed the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus for a further year.
UN expert urges to maintain international control over the human rights situation in Belarus
On 14 June Miklós Haraszti presented the fifth report on the situation with human rights in Belarus during the 35th UN Human Rights Council session.
Human rights defenders appeal to authorities after receiving information on torture in the KGB jail
Representatives of the Belarusian human rights organisations demand the immediate release of all defendants in the case of “preparing mass riots”.
Belarusian human rights defenders urged UN HRC to extend Special Rapporteur’s mandate
From 30 May to 1 June, Valiantsin Stefanovich, lawyer of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, and Anna Gerasimova, Director of the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House, met with the delegations of various countries to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to inform them about the situation with human rights in Belarus.
UN mandate on Belarus must be renewed
The Government of Belarus has returned to “the policy of large-scale repression against citizens who exercise or defend their rights,” says the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus, Miklós Haraszti.
HRH Tbilisi, Belarusian HRH, HRHF urge Georgia to support renewal of UN Belarus mandate
Human Rights House Tbilisi and the Belarusian Human Rights House, with HRHF, have written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, urging support at the June 2017 session of the Human Rights Council for the renewal of the UN mandate on Belarus.
Ales Bialiatski sent an appeal to the Prosecutor’s Office regarding possible torture in the KGB jail
On May 24 Belarusian authorities extended pre-trial detention of several persons charged in “preparation of mass riots case”. Also increasing number of reports appeared about the possible use of torture and other cruel, inhuman treatment of persons detained as accused in the case about the preparation of mass riots and activities of illegal armed groups in the KGB and the Interior Ministry detention centers.