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Belarusians keep organising mass silent protest. Inspite of altered format of the actions, the protesters are being brutally arrested. The international community condemns such actions of Belarusian authorities and urges them to stop violence against demonstrators.

Silent protest actions in Belarus end up with beating up and arrests of peaceful citizens and journalists. After the nation-wide action held on 29 June, more than 300 people were detained. Such an inadequate reaction to peaceful protests was condemned by the international community.

In a new crackdown against the independent press, Belarusian police briefly detained and beat more than a dozen reporters, and broke their equipment at June 29 protest rally in Minsk and Brest, according to news reports and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) sources in Belarus.

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus while EU Council of Ministers imposed sanctions on the business of Mr Lukashenka’s “personal banker”. The EU has also introduced an embargo on export of weapons and materials that can be used to suppress the society to Belarus.

20 июня в Вильнюсе, в Доме прав человека, состоится открытая дискуссия с участием кинокритиков, кинотеоретиков и студентов из Литвы и Беларуси – заключительная встреча проекта «Литовское/советское кино: Реконструкция» .

On June 15 journalists from Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine received awards for their constructive and devoted work for the free press in Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Belarus. The “Free Press of Eastern Europe” prize was also given to a newspaper from Dagestan and a news portal in Armenia for the work they do despite the pressure, persecution and censorship.

Days after a statement by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media about the importance of freedom of expression on the web, Belarusian KGB detained Internet-activists and tried to delete hundred-thousand-strong dissident groups in the most popular social networks of the country. Fortunately, deleting a social media community is not so easy.

With the emergence of economic problems such as lack of foreign currency, rising prices and shortage of goods, pressure put on Belarusian journalists has significantly increased, as government blames them for “creating buying fever.” Human rights defenders and journalists in Belarus and from abroad consider it a sign that the propaganda machine of the official Minsk “does not work anymore.”

The Human Rights House Foundation and the Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius are taking firm measures to ensure that the June session of the UN Human Rights Council adopts the resolution on situation in Belarus and appoints a Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in the country.