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The film “Torture in Belarus. Apocalypse”: not just complaints and emotions, these are broken lives
On 15 April the première viewing of the film about torture and ill-treatment of people by the officers of security forces in Belarus was held in Vilnius Skalvija cinema . Also the discussion with the director, human rights defenders, former political prisoners and relatives of those who faced the violence from the side of law enforcement officials was organized.
KGB finds “Belarus Press Photo-2011” album extremist, the photographers were summonsed to court
Forty one copies of the album “Belarus Press Photo-2011” were confiscated and considered as extremist according to the expert evaluation. The photographers and organizers of the contest “Belarus Press Photo’ were summonsed to the court as “interested parties”.
toKino – the festival of Belarusian and Lithuanian No Budget Films
Welcome to toKino, the festival of Belarusian and Lithuanian No Budget Films to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 28th May – 1st June, 2013. toKino is a festival of no budget films created by authors’ own resources or cinema clubs as well as non-profit and non-institutional projects.
Screening of a film “Torture in Belarus. Apocalypse” and discussion
On 15 April Lithuanian film festival “Inconvenient films” together with Belarusian Human Rights House invite to the première viewing of the film about torture and ill-treatment of people by the officers of security forces in Belarus. The screening is followed by discussion with the director and the heroes of the film.
The OBS condemned violations of rights of non-governmental organisations to access financing
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders published an annual report, which draws attention to the new negative trends which hamper the effective work of human rights defenders. The report mentions the situation in Belarus among others.
Belarusian participants of ILIA project considered the best lawyers of the year
Belarusian participants of the project “The Electronic Human Rights Education for Lawyers” (EHREL) Alvina Dryha and Alina Shostak (right) were recognized for their work in the field of human rights and won the “Lawyer of 2012” award.
Campaigning for strong human rights defenders
The right to be a human rights defender has been reinforced by the resolution adopted by consensus at the Human Rights Council. The resolution focuses on legislation affecting, restricting and criminalising the work and activities of human rights defenders.
Death sentence carried out year ago, but questions remain
On 17 March 2012 it became known that Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou convicted for terrorist attack in the Minsk metro were executed. Their families received the relevant decisions of the Supreme Court on that day.
Join the Belarusian Week Celebrations
Come and celebrate Belarusian Week–a series of events commemorating the Belarusian National Republic’s Independence Day in Vilnius, Lithuania, between 25–30 March–organized by the EHU, the Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius, the House of United Belarus, StudAlliance, and the European Belarus campaign.