News for September 2012

Birthday greetings for Ales Bialiatski: Štefan Füle

26.09.2012 Birthday greetings for Ales Bialiatski: Štefan Füle

Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle has sent a message to one of Belarusian political prisoners, the human rights activist Ales Bialiatski who is celebrating his 50th birthday.

Salute to Ales Bialiatski from Human Rights House Foundation

26.09.2012 Salute to Ales Bialiatski from Human Rights House Foundation

Next week members and partners of the Human Rights House Network representing 100 human rights organizations will meet in Zagreb in Croatia. There will be a vacant chair at all our events. That chair is yours, Ales, and we keep it visible to all where you rightfully should have been today - and as a reminder that you are locked up in prison because of your longstanding, courageous and legitimate human rights work.

Greetings to Ales Bialiatski from colleagues, friends and acquaintances

26.09.2012 Greetings to Ales Bialiatski from colleagues, friends and acquaintances

We express a sincere gratitude to all those who join the week of greetings for Ales Bialiatski. “Viasna” keeps receiving warm letters and photos for him from partners, colleagues, friends and ordinary people who are concerned with the fate of the human rights activist.

Home voting in Orsha district beat all records

26.09.2012 Home voting in Orsha district beat all records

Information from the polling station of Dniaprouskaya election constituency #27 in Orsha is astonishing even against the background of the voiced violations during the recent “election” to the Chamber of Representatives.

Members of election commission had to flee from elderly elector in Orsha district

26.09.2012 Members of election commission had to flee from elderly elector in Orsha district

A funny incident happened in the village of Prydniaprouye in the Orsha district. Members of a precinct election commission came there with a portable ballot box for home voting. As it was found, many electors didn't ask for such “care”.

Assembly of NGOs to Bialiatski: “We believe that you will pass this challenge with a smile and the head held high”

26.09.2012 Assembly of NGOs to Bialiatski: “We believe that you will pass this challenge with a smile and the head held high”

Dear Ales! Colleague, comrade in arms and friend. By your dedicated work for the protection of human rights you showed and witnessed your courage, adherence to principles and firmness. You

Congratulations to Ales Bialiatski at Nezalezhnists Square in Kyiv

26.09.2012 Congratulations to Ales Bialiatski at Nezalezhnists Square in Kyiv

The collection of signatures in support of the Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski who turned 50 years on 25 September continued in the center of Kyiv.

Action in support of Ales Biliatski held in Warsaw

26.09.2012 Action in support of Ales Biliatski held in Warsaw

A picket and a prayer for the release of the Belarusian political prisoner took place in Warsaw on 25 September.

Babruisk resident singed out from hospital after refusal to vote

26.09.2012 Babruisk resident singed out from hospital after refusal to vote

The Babruisk resident Inha Sudzilouskaya was suddenly signed out from a hospital in Babruisk after she refused to vote.

Congratulations to Ales Bialiatski from civil activists from Belarus and Ukraine

26.09.2012 Congratulations to Ales Bialiatski from civil activists from Belarus and Ukraine

Participants and coordinators of the international youth human rights contest among activists from Belarus and Ukraine send warm greetings to Ales Bialiatski from Alushta.

Greetings for Ales Bialiatski: Ireland, Poland, Czech, Slovakia and Sweden

26.09.2012 Greetings for Ales Bialiatski: Ireland, Poland, Czech, Slovakia and Sweden

Such human rights organizations as Front Line (Dublin), People in Peril Association (Bratislava), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland), Civil Rights Defenders (Sweden) and many others have taken part in the week of congratulations to Ales Bialiatski. Friends, we are grateful to all of you for your support and solidarity!

Greetings to Ales Bialiatski: Center for Legal Transformation

26.09.2012 Greetings to Ales Bialiatski: Center for Legal Transformation

Friends and colleagues from the Legal Transformation Center sent a self-made postcard to Ales Bialiatski :))

Ales Bialiatski awarded US Department of State's 2011 Human Rights Defenders Prize

26.09.2012 Ales Bialiatski awarded US Department of State's 2011 Human Rights Defenders Prize

The wife of imprisoned Belarusian human rights defender Alies Bialiatski received the US Department of State's 2011 Human Rights Defenders Award on behalf of her husband in Warsaw on September 25.

A week of action to congratulate Ales Bialiatski on his birthday

25.09.2012 A week of action to congratulate Ales Bialiatski on his birthday

The imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski is likely to mark his birthday in prison – on September 25 he will be 50. The Human Rights Center “Viasna” suggests that everyone concerned join the birthday week actions.

Invalid ballots miraculously disappeared from polling stations in Orsha

25.09.2012 Invalid ballots miraculously disappeared from polling stations in Orsha

As the “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” has already told, on 18 September, the first day of the early voting, some electors were issued ballots with the surname of Aliaksei Tsikhanenkau, a candidate of the United Civil Party who stopped running on decision of the party shortly before the voting period. 37 ballots with his surname were issued to electors at polling station #8 on 18 September.

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