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Human Rights House Foundation joins 13 other human rights, freedom of expression, media freedom, and journalists’ organisations in unreservedly condemn the arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of human rights defender and journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau, who is now facing up to 15 years in prison on baseless charges of “treason to the state”.

On 5 July 2021, Human Rights House Foundation delivered a statement to the UN Human Rights Council raising several issues including the importance of the mandate for the Special Rapporteur on Belarus, recent changes to the Criminal Code in Belarus, the situation for journalist Andrei Aleksandrov as well as Ukrainian defender Volodymyr Yavorsky.

Human Rights House Foundation joins 10 other organisations in calling for Human Rights Council member states to approach disinformation with a holistic response which embraces the right to freedom of expression, including by promoting a diverse and independent media, protecting journalists and whistle-blowers, ensuring access to information held by public bodies, and investing in media and digital literacy.

At the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights House Foundation has raised worrying trends across Eastern Europe and the Caucasus relating to disinformation and states working to actively silence civil society and dissenting views. The statement was released on the sidelines of the Interactive Dialogue under Item 3 of the Council’s 47th session agenda and in response to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression’s report to the Council.

Watch the full recording of the webinar “Media Under Attack in Belarus”, hosted on the sidelines of the 47th session of the Human Rights Council. Webinar organised by Human Rights House Foundation, Pen America, and the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the UN in Geneva.

Human Rights House Foundation and several Human Rights Houses call on the Georgian authorities to guarantee the human rights of Tbilisi pride activists and supporters amidst alarming threats from far-right nationalist groups against the LGBT+ community.

Human Rights House Foundation has raised the situation for legal professionals in Azerbaijan and Belarus during the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The statement was released on the sidelines of the Interactive Dialogue under Item 3, and in response to the Special Rapporteur on the independence of Judges & Lawyer’s report.

Human Rights House Foundation joins over 50 non-governmental organisations from 18 countries in calling for Nestlé to immediately stop advertising in all state-controlled Belarusian media.

In a joint statement, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) and more than 30 Belarusian and international human rights organisations call on UN Human Rights Council member States to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus during the Council’s upcoming 47th session.