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Letters from Lukashenka’s Prisoners: Ksenia Syramalot
Ksenia Syramalot is a 21-year-old student at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Belarusian State University. She was the spokesperson for the Belarusian Students’ Association and a volunteer at the Human Rights Center “Viasna”. On 23 November 2020, she was detained for “organising or participating in group actions that gravely breach public order” under Art. 342 part 1 of the Criminal Code. Her apartment was searched, and she was held in the KGB pre-trial prison. On 16 July 2021, she was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in a case known as “the student case”, which involved 12 defendants.
Innspill til den nye regjeringens utenrikspolitikk
Respekten for og nasjonal etterlevelse av menneskerettighetene og de internasjonale mekanismene som skal ivareta dem er blitt svekket de siste ti-årene. Les HRHFs anbefalinger til Norges nye regjeringsplattform.
Censoring Civil Society
Watch the full recording of the webinar “Censoring Civil Society: The impact of restrictive civil society legislation on engagement with the UN”, hosted on the sidelines of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2021.
Letters from Lukashenka’s Prisoners: Elena Talkacheva
Elena Talkacheva is a journalist and was a business reporter for the independent news website, Tut.by. She was detained alongside 14 of her colleagues on 18 May 2021 in the framework of a criminal case initiated against Tut.by for tax evasion.
Letters from Lukashenka’s Prisoners: Levon Khalatrian
Levon Khalatrian worked as a bar manager and was a volunteer with [opposition politician] Viktar Babaryka’s campaign in the lead-up to the presidential election on 9 August 2020. He was detained two days after the election, on 11 August 2020, and was reported to have been badly beaten at the time. He remained in pre-trial detention for 6 months.
HRC48: Statement on Russia
On 27 September 2021, Human Rights House Foundation delivered a statement at the 48th session of the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Russia.
Russia: What will the human rights landscape look like following Russia’s legislative elections?
Watch the full recording of the webinar “Russia: What will the human rights landscape look like following Russia’s legislative elections?”, hosted on the sidelines of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council on 27 September 2021.
Россия: чего ожидать в области прав человека после думских выборов?
В России в условиях массового подавления инакомыслия только что прошли парламентские выборы 2021 г. В воздухе висит вопрос: какие дальнейшие шаги предпримут российские власти, в том числе вновь избранная Дума, чтобы заставить несогласных замолчать? Алексей Навальный остается в тюрьме, на связанные с ним движения наложен запрет, в силу вступает новое репрессивное законодательство, направленное на гражданское […]
HRC48: Statement on Belarus
On 24 September 2021, Human Rights House Foundation delivered a statement at the 48th session of the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Belarus.