News on the topic: international organizations
04.08.2014 Azerbaijan: arrests of human rights activists continue
Rasul Jafarov, founder and chairman of the Human Rights Club Rasul Jafarov, was arrested in Baku on August 2.
04.08.2014 Ales Bialiatski urges people to remain optimistic and support civil society in Belarus
August 4, the International Day of Solidarity with Civil Society and Human Rights Movement in Belarus, timed to the anniversary of the arrest of a recent political prisoner human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, is held in different countries of the world.
14.07.2014 Recently released human rights activist Ales Bialiatski concludes European tour in Warsaw
WARSAW, July 14, 2014 | Belarusian human rights activist, Ales Bialiatski, visited Warsaw from July 9 to 12 - the final stop in a European tour that has taken him to Vilnius, Brussels, Strasbourg and Paris since his unexpected release under an amnesty on June 21. Bialiatski had served three years of a 4.5 year sentence on trumped-up charges of tax evasion.
14.07.2014 Ales Bialiatski's visit to Warsaw ends with “mining”
On the last day of his visit to the Polish capital the head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski participated in an international conference, during which he talked about the situation of human rights in Belarus. Suddenly, during his speech there was received a telephone call about mining the room in which the event was held.
11.07.2014 IFJ / EFJ Welcome Release of Belarusian Journalist & Human Rights Defender Ales Bialiatski
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have welcomed the release of prominent Belarusian journalist and human rights activist, Ales Bialiatski, but have condemned the long and unjust period he has endured in prison.
01.07.2014 Official Minsk is criticized in Baku over political prisoners
Two committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE adopted resolutions on Belarus.
30.06.2014 UN Human Rights Council extends mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus
On June 27, the delegates of the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council voted to extend the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus, the UN News Centre said.
22.06.2014 Civil Rights Defenders: Ales Bialiatski released after 1052 days behind bars
Ales Bialiatski, Belarus leading human rights defender and the head of the human rights organisation Viasna, was in 2011 imprisoned on trumped up charges. 21 June – after 1052 days behind bars – he was released and could reunite with his family, friends and colleagues.
21.06.2014 PACE welcomes the release of Ales Bialiatski
“For many years Ales Bialiatski has been a committed partner of the Assembly, who shared with our members his expertise and restlessly fought for human rights in Belarus. His imprisonment in 2011 came as a shock, and we have never missed an occasion to demand his unconditional release,” said Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
18.06.2014 OSCE representative calls on Belarusian authorities to repeal accreditation requirements for journalists
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about an increasing number of penalties imposed on journalists in recent months in Belarus for not being accredited by authorities.
30.04.2014 1000 days in prison: Free Ales now!
Activists of Amnesty International and Libereco - Partnership for Human Rights hold a picket in Zurich/Switzerland to remember that Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski is in prison since 1000 days on 29th April 2014.
09.04.2014 Constitutional Court finds no violations in law on non-profit organizations acting as foreign agents
April 8 in the morning, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation voiced its verdict on the the complaint of the Commissioner for Human Rights V.P. Lukin about violation of the constitutional rights of the non-profit organizations who are accused of "performing functions of a foreign agent".
08.04.2014 Belarus: Confirmation in appeal of the ban of a book written by Mr. Ales Bialiatski
Statement of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders concerning the confirmation of the ban of "Enlightened by Belarusianness", authored by the imprisoned head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski.
02.04.2014 “Viasna” representatives take part in human rights events in Sweden
These days in Stockholm, Days of Belarus are held by the human rights organization Östgruppen, and the second annual conference Defenders' Days - 2014 is held by Civil Rights Defenders.
02.04.2014 Civil Rights Defenders declare Ales Bialiatski Defender of the Year 2014
Ales Bialiatski , founder of the Belarusian human rights organisation Viasna, is the recipient of the 2014 Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award. For over 30 years, he has pursued a life of continuous struggle to campaign for democracy and human rights, first in the Soviet Union and then in Belarus.
