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After the 2011 financial crisis and hyperinflation in Belarus, state media face declining print runs, budget expenditures and loss of staff members.

On 23 February Human Rights House Foundation, which enjoys special consultative status under the UN Human Rights Council, submitted a statement to the competent international body informing about the human rights situation in Belarus since the adoption of the latest resolution on the country at the 17th session of the Council .

Siarhei Kavalenka, an activist of the Conservative Christian Party, has been on hunger strike for more than two months.

Human Rights House Foundation is concerned about the violations of Internet freedoms in South Caucasus and Eastern Europe.

Liubou Kavaliova (right), the mother of the sentenced to the death penalty Uladzislau Kavaliou, appeals to all authorities with the hope of saving her son. Deputies of the European Parliament discussed the death penalty in Belarus and adopted the respective resolution.

On 16-19 February the Belarusian Human Rights House hosted a working meeting and training within the framework of the project Electronic Human Rights Education for Lawyers (EHREL). Coordinators, experts and project partners discussed the key issues and perspectives of the project.

Секретариат международной Сети домов прав человека сообщает, что в связи с поступлением большого количества заявок на участие в программе дистанционного обучения адвокатов и юристов международному праву прав человека и необходимостью продлить срок рассмотрения поступивших документов, объявление о решении конкурсной комиссии откладывается.

An activist from Vitsebsk Siarhei Kavalenka (right) was arrested on 19 December and since than has been keeping hunger strike protesting against his detention and the charges brought against him. It is dangerous for his health and the civic society is worried about the situation. European and Belarusian politicians and human rights defender called upon Siarhei to stop the hunger strike.

The relatives of Uladzislau Kavaliou, who was convicted of the death penalty, have sent complaint on the right to life violation to the UN Committee on Human Rights however the Belarusian side considered the complaint invalid as not all national remedies had been used. At the same time it is simply impossible to exhaust all national remedies – the convicted person learns that he was refused a pardon just a few minutes before death.