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Members of the Human Rights House Network are alarmed by recent reports of abductions of youth activists in the Republic of Belarus. These incidents appear to be a new and intimidating tool for harassment of Belarusian activists, who in an organised manner or independently demonstrate their opposition to the rule of the government of Republic of Belarus.

Members of the Human Rights House Network are alarmed by recent reports of abductions of youth activists in the Republic of Belarus. These incidents appear to be a new and intimidating tool for harassment of Belarusian activists, who in an organised manner or independently demonstrate their opposition to the rule of the government of Republic of Belarus. As such, they represent a violation of the freedom of expression as well as the right to assembly and association.

Belarusian State University political science program alumni consider the expulsion of a Young Front press-secretary Tatsiana Shaputska (on picture right) “a dirty stain on the image of Law Faculty of BSU. The student was thrown out after participation in the Eastern Partnership forum outside Belarus” without asking a required permission to leave the country from the deans.

A documentary created by JuBIC in partnership with Belsat TV journalists reveals the problem of Schengen ‘visa curtain’ increasingly isolating Belarusians from the free Europe.

The appointment of Aleh Praliaskouski, right, to the Minister of Information office does not promise any positive perspectives for the freedom of expression. The Head of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Zhanna Litvina and the media analyst Aliaksandr Klaskouski shared their views on the head of information in the country.

Belarusian human rights defenders are concerned with the continuing practice of the death penalty in their country. -This problem requires the fastest possible solution, they say. -It violates the right to life and is not in line with humanitarian principles. Now, Belarusian authorities are finally paying attention as well.

Belarusian human rights defenders have prepared an alternative universal report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Belarus. The report has been submitted to the UN Human Rights Council at a meeting with the UN mission in Minsk.

The Human Rights House Foundation together with HRH Network members in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation and partners in Georgia has launched a new project, Electronic Human Rights Education for Lawyers.

Songs of musicians and bands from Lithuania and Belarus from this year‘s Solidarity Concerts will be presented at the Festival, as well as a new CD “169 km” (which is a distance between two our capitals: Vilnius and Minsk).