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We invite to celebrate Freedom Day together in Vilnius on 25 Match (Saturday).

The authorities in Belarus have arrested more than 100 people in connection with peaceful protests in several cities, following an outcry against a law imposing a tax on unemployed Belarusians.

Protests against the President’s Decree No. 3 “On the prevention of social encumbrance” were held on Sunday, 26 February in four major cities of Belarus. Now participants of the “Marches of Non-Parasites” are massively becoming subjects to the administrative violation protocols.

This year, Belarusian human rights defenders celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Belarusian Human Rights House, established in exile in Vilnius, Lithuania.

From 12 February, people from 80 countries will be able to travel to Belarus without a visa, for five days at a time. While some may start planning their vacations, Belarusian human rights defenders look at what this means for civil society.

The second international conference “Abolition of the death penalty and public opinion” opened on 13 December in Minsk. The conference is organized by the Council of Europe in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.

On December 9, Minsk hosted the ceremony of awarding the National Human Rights Prize.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti, has said that the recent executions carried out by Belarus, and confirmed last week, show once again the persistent disregard for human rights in the country.

A presentation of the documentary about the influence of Russia on the political situation in Baltic States and discussion with the author, journalist Sandra Užule-Fons, will take place on the 9th of December at 19:00 in the Artis Hotel ( Totorių g. 23).