News for 2 Apr 2012

Andres Herkel: Who Are the Political Prisoners in Europe?

02.04.2012 Andres Herkel: Who Are the Political Prisoners in Europe?

Some days ago I was in springtime Oslo. The conference was dedicated to the situation in Belarus and it was organised by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in cooperation with the Norwegian PEN Club. At the dinner, one of the hosts had tears in her eyes. Why? The lady said that nothing at all would change, people were suffering. And not only in Belarus. I could not comfort her in any other way but by saying that history is full of indescribable horrors. World War II, deportations, suffering and death in GULAG. Fortunately the horrors of today are not on that scale.

General procuracy evades from reacting to appeal of blacklisted human rights activist

02.04.2012 General procuracy evades from reacting to appeal of blacklisted human rights activist

The General Procuracy forwarded the appeal of the deputy head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valiantsin Stefanovich concerning unlawful foreign travel restrictions to the Ministry of Defense. The human rights defender was informed about it by a letter on 28 March.

02.04.2012 Baranavichy: attempt to protect right to fair election

Baranavichy-based entrepreneur and civil activist Mikalai Charnavus applied to the Baranavichy City Court with a request to find unlawful the re-election of the Council of the central market of Baranavichy. The matter is that the re-election wasn't conducted by the general assembly of the entrepreneurs, but by the administration of the market.

Additional information on Kavaliou's case submitted to UN

02.04.2012 Additional information on Kavaliou's case submitted to UN

Additional information concerning the case of death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee by his mother and sister, Liubou Kavaliova and Tatsiana Kaziar.

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