News for 21 Dec 2012
21.12.2012 Landmark UN decision: Ales Bialiatski’s detention arbitrary, release and compensation requested
Paris-Geneva, December 21, 2012. At its 64th session, the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) adopted decision A/HRC/WGAD/2012/39, published on November 23, in which it found that the detention of Mr. Ales Bialiatski, President of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Viasna” and FIDH Vice-President, was arbitrary, “being in contravention of article 20, paragraph 1, of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights [UDHR] and article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” (ICCPR).
21.12.2012 Brest authorities ban pickets for small border traffic with Poland
Brest city executive committee has banned a number of pickets expected to demand quicker implementation of local border traffic with the neighboring Poland.
21.12.2012 Ales Bialiatski visited by wife in prison
On 20 December, Mrs. Natallia Pinchuk, the wife of political prisoner Ales Bialiatski, visited him at the Babruisk-based penal colony No. 2.
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