News on the topic: human rights
04.06.2013 Report on human rights presented at Human Rights Council of UN
The report was prepared by the special rapporteur on Belarus, Miklos Haraszti. The 23rd session of the UN Council on Human Rights opened in Geneva on 27 May and was attended by human rights activists from Belarus.
28.05.2013 UN Human Rights Council hosts news conference on situation in Belarus
A news conference on the human rights situation in Belarus was held in Geneva on Monday within the framework of a session of the UN Human Rights Council.
23.05.2013 Amnesty International releases Annual Report
"Prisoners of conscience remained in detention; some were sentenced to increased prison terms for violating prison rules. Civil society activists, including human rights defenders and journalists, faced violations of their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association. Three men were executed," says the Belarus country section of the Report.
31.03.2013 INVITATION – PRESS CONFERENCE
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” invites media representatives to attend a press conference to be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 1, 2013, in Viasna’s new office at 8-26 Miarzhynski Street.
26.03.2013 Illustrations to Universal Declaration of Human Rights presented at opening of Belarusian Culture week in Vilnius
The illustrations were made by artist Volha Baburyna of Maladechna. The artworks in the technique of Vycinanka illustrate each article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights The event was held in Vilnius Town Hall.
17.02.2013 “Life After Prison”: a new book by Aliaksandr Tamkovich
The new book by publicist Aliaksandr Tamkovich “Life After Prison” will be presented on 26 February. The book consists of 27 articles, which tell about what happened in the lives of the participants of the tragic events of December 19, 2010, who served short prison terms for participating in the so-called “riots”.
31.01.2013 Human Rights Watch: "Belarusian government continues to severely curtail freedoms"
"The Belarusian government continues to severely curtail freedoms of association, assembly, and expression, and the right to fair trial," says the World Report 2013 released today by Human Rights Watch.
11.01.2013 Lithuanian Foreign Minister: What is more important: human rights or freight traffic in Klaipeda?
Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius presented his own opinion on the Lithuania-Belarus relations in an interview on Morning Topic programme on 10 January. The minister thinks that “Belarusians are our partners. Both Lithuania and the EU can and should talk to them.” “Only in this case we will be able to see changes,” DELFI new agency quotes Linkevicius.
20.12.2012 Valiantsin Stefanovich: "We did not just beat off the attacks in 2012 – we tried to act efficiently"
Valiantsin Stefanovich, Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", shares his professional assessment of the year. Noting the problems of the entire civil society, the deterioration of the authorities’ contacts with international organizations in the field of human rights, Valiantsin Stefanovich stresses that the main task of human rights defenders for the next year is the same – the release of political prisoners.
19.12.2012 Two years after: Political prisoners are still behind bars, human rights violated
Human rights defenders describe the human rights situation in 2012 as "consistently poor", just like it was back in 2011. The ongoing suppressing of civil and political rights, administrative and criminal proceedings against the regime's opponents continue.
18.12.2012 Two years on and the grip tightens on basic freedoms in Belarus
On 19 December 2010, following a presidential poll during which Alyaksandr Lukashenka was elected for a fourth term as President of Belarus, 30,000 protesters gathered in central Minsk to demand a second round of elections.
11.12.2012 Human rights defenders marked anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights all over Belarus (photos)
Human rights defenders and representatives of the civil society celebrated this important date in different ways in different parts of the country.
10.12.2012 Human rights defenders: the situation in Belarus remains stably bad
On 10 December the international community celebrates another anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
07.12.2012 Human Rights Center “Viasna” calls on you to mark the Human Rights Day by solidarity actions with political prisoners
On 10 December the world will celebrate another anniversary of adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. Since 10 December 1950, this day has been marked as the International human rights day.
07.12.2012 Belarusian delegation calls OSCE to forget about human rights
The position of the official Minsk was expressed by Belarusian deputy foreign minister Aliaksandr Mikhnevich at the OSCE Ministerial Council, Interfax-West reports.
