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German Ambassador paid a visit to HRC Viasna

2011 2011-08-11T18:08:47+0300 1970-01-01T03:00:00+0300 en https://spring96.org./files/images/sources/vajl.jpg The Human Rights Center “Viasna” The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
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Christof Weil, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Belarus

Christof Weil, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Belarus

On 11 August, Christof Weil, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Belarus, paid a visit to the office of the Human Rights Center Viasna. He said words of support to the family and friends of Ales Bialiatski, as well as to his colleagues from the Human Rights Center Viasna.

Earlier, Markus Löning, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy, also condemned persecution of Mr. Bialiatski by the Belarusian authorities and demanded his immediate release,.

The German side condemned the use of criminal legislation in order to silence another active representative of the Belarusian civil society for political reason. The federal government demands to put an end to repression against the opposition NGOs and their activists and to release all political prisoners in Belarus.

Bear in mind that solidarity with Ales Bialiatski was also expressed by Michael Scanlan, Chargé d\'Affaires ad interim of the United States in Belarus, Christopher Panico, First Secretary of The U.S. Embassy in Minsk, and Rosemary Thomas, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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