News on the topic: EU-Belarus
09.04.2015 Political prisoners still behind bars while official Minsk is preparing for Summit in Riga
A thaw in the relations between the official Minsk and Brussels is not backed by any shift towards democratization in Belarus, states Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski.
20.03.2015 EU Criticizes Belarus Over Death Sentence
The European Union has sharply criticized Belarus, the only European country that applies capital punishment, for sentencing a man to death.
20.03.2015 Martin Uggla: No place for Lukashenka in Riga
The EU should not turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Belarus.
26.02.2015 Human rights activists meet with PACE Special Rapporteur Andrea Rigoni
On February 25, Andrea Rigoni, Special Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), continued his fact-finding visit to Belarus with a meeting with representatives of key human rights organizations: the Human Rights Center "Viasna", the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the Belarusian Association of Journalists and the Center for Legal Transformation Lawtrend.
25.02.2015 Ales Bialiatski calls on Italian MFA to continue policy of pressure on Belarusian regime
On 24 February, chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski met in Rome with head of the Human Rights Department of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jessica Laganà.
24.02.2015 EU not to ignore human rights violations in Belarus
Deputy Head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Valiantsin Stefanovich has told about his today’s meeting with representatives of the European Union’s European External Action Service, which took place on 24 February at the European Commission’s office in Minsk.
20.02.2015 Ales Bialiatski tells Latvian Foreign Minister about Belarusian political prisoners
On 20 February, the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia hosted a meeting of representatives of the Belarusian civil society with the Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Edgars Rinkēvičs. The meeting was attended by representatives of human rights organizations, including the chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski.
15.01.2015 Östgruppen: verdict on Tonkacheva's case has a clear political motivation
Representatives of the Swedish organization Östgruppen comment on the verdict of the Minsk court which refused to cancel the earlier court decision to deport human rights activist Elena Tonkacheva from Belarus.
06.01.2015 Ales Bialiatski: In many respects, an optimistic scenario in 2015 depends on the activeness of Belarusians
The head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights spoke about his mood and forecasts for the new year.
19.12.2014 Ales Bialiatski: By supporting Lukashenka, the West supports Putin
On the day of memory of Vaclav Havel, Chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and a former political prisoner Ales Bialiatski came to Prague at the invitation of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
17.12.2014 “Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty in Belarus” under patronage of Lithuanian MP
According to Dalia Kuodyte, member of Parliament of Lithuania, she will patronize the campaign “Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty in Belarus” with the intent to distribute information about this issue in the framework of her powers.
10.12.2014 Belarusian issues discussed in Lithuanian Seimas (photo)
On December 9, the eve of Human Rights Day, Vilnius hosted a discussion attended by Belarusian and Lithuanian human rights activists, community leaders and relatives of political prisoners, as well as a photo exhibition dedicated to the death penalty in Belarus.
02.12.2014 Ales Bialiatski calls on the Danish MFA not to decrease the level of demands to the Belarusian regime
December 1 in Copenhagen, Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Martin Lidegard.
26.11.2014 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum: Challenges and Prospects
The sixth meeting of the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership, which was held in Batumi, adopted a strategy of the forum’s development for 2015-2017.
26.08.2014 EU position on Belarus has not changed
Today’s meeting of leaders of the Customs Union member-countries and Ukraine in Minsk will be held in a “particular context”, as it is expected to involve the EU representative at the invitation of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, said Maja Kocijančič, Spokesperson for EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, at a briefing in Brussels on August 25.
