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New UN special rapporteur on human rights in Belarus
The United Nations Human Rights Council decided to establish a new special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Republic of Belarus.
Liudmila Ulyashyna: Violations in the Belarusian Bar lead to systemic violations of human rights
Graduates of the project “Bring International Standards Home. De facto implementation of international obligations of the Republic of Belarus in the field of civil rights and freedoms” developed and published materials on advocacy issues as well as problems with protecting the rights of those criminally and administratively prosecuted in Belarus.
Follow live the Human Rights Council debate on Belarus
The United Nations Human Rights Council began its debate on the human rights situation in Belarus on Wednesday 27 June 2012. Follow live on Wednesday and Thursday.
Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut arrested
On 21 June journalist Andrzej Poczobut (right) was arrested in his apartment in Hrodna. The criminal case under the article “libel against the President of the Republic of Belarus” is initiated against him on the grounds of his several publications on Belarusian news web-sites.
Head of American Bar Association concerned about the situation of the legal profession in Belarus
William T. Robinson III, Head of the American Bar Association, in letters addressed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay and the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, expressed concern about violations of international law in Belarus relating to the independence of the legal profession.
Ales Bialiatski ill-treated in detention
Head of the Belarusian Human Rights Centre “Viasna” and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, Ales Bialiatski, faces ill-treatment in detention.
Human rights in Belarus: conference in Geneva underlines systemic repression of critical voices
On 12 June, the Human Rights House Foundation organised a conference on the human rights situation in the Republic of Belarus. The conference exposed the systemic nature of human rights violations by the Belarusian Government.
Well-known Belarusian human rights defender Barys Zvozskau passed away
On the night of 16 June the first president of the Belarusian Human Rights House, a well-known Belarusian human rights defender, co-founder of Association “Legal Initiative”, “Belarusian human rights defender of the year-2008”, Barys Iharavich Zvozskau passed away after a long illness at the age of 63.
Imprisoned human rights defender Bialiatski penalised for the third time
Ales Bialiatski (right), Head of the Belarusian human rights center “Viasna” who is now serving a 4.5-year sentence in Babruisk colony, has been transferred to the category of “persistent violators”. This raises doubts that he might be released as a result of the 3 July amnesty.