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28.02.2012 Bundestag member supports Syarhei Kavalenka

Marieluise Beck condemned the sentence against the Vitsebsk political prisoner.

MEPs urge Belarus to abolish death penalty and free political prisoners

17.02.2012 MEPs urge Belarus to abolish death penalty and free political prisoners

European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2012 on the death penalty in Belarus, in particular the cases of Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou

Andrei Paluda: “Unfortunately, Belarus authorities totally disregard European Parliament’s resolutions”

16.02.2012 Andrei Paluda: “Unfortunately, Belarus authorities totally disregard European Parliament’s resolutions”

Today, the European Parliament is expected to consider the issue of the death penalty in Belarus, Egypt and Japan. Representatives of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” are said to closely monitor Europe’s reaction to Belarusian events.

16.02.2012 MEP Marek Migalski stands up for Ivan Shyla

He has sent a letter to Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski and Polish Ambassador to Belarus Leszek Szerepka.

15.02.2012 President of EU Parliament demands to free political prisoners in Belarus

Martin Schulz, the EP President, and Stefan Füle, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, have had a meeting today. They discussed the situation in Belarus. Martin Schulz made a statement after the meeting, ERB reports.

13.02.2012 Belarusian TV accuses Poland of organizing coup d’etat in Belarus

Belarus-1 TV channel showed one more “investigation” carried out by the TV Infoservice.

09.02.2012 German Ombudsman banned entry to Belarus

The Belarusian authorities denied entry to Belarus for Germany’s human rights commissioner Markus Loening. The information was spread by the German MFA.

08.02.2012 EU urges Belarusian authorities to stop torture of political prisoners

The EU calls on Belarus to fulfill the country’s international obligations of the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

Action in Prague: human rights evicted

06.02.2012 Action in Prague: human rights evicted

In the morning of 6 February cars with furniture and slogans: “Human rights got evicted” appeared near the entrance of the Belarusian Embassy in the Czech Republic, marking the start of an action in support of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski and the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.

Picket in support of Ales Bialiatski held in Stockholm

01.02.2012 Picket in support of Ales Bialiatski held in Stockholm

A picket in support of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski and other political prisoners in Belarus was held near the Belarusian Embassy in Stockholm on 31 January. It was organized by the Swedish human rights initiative Östgruppen in cooperation with Civil Rights Defenders, the Swedish branch of Amnesty International and the Swedish Union of Writers.

Two European MPs demand abolishment of death sentence to Kanavalau and Kavaliou

30.01.2012 Two European MPs demand abolishment of death sentence to Kanavalau and Kavaliou

MEPs Laima Andrikiene and Eduard Kukan in their joint statement have deplored the unfair trial of both Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou and urgently called on President Lukashenka to establish an immediate moratorium of their death penalty. They have stressed the growing urgency for this, as both condemned can be executed now at any moment without warning, after their appeal for clemency had been rejected.

Parliamentarians of Council of Europe nominate Ales Bialiatski for Nobel Peace Prize

28.01.2012 Parliamentarians of Council of Europe nominate Ales Bialiatski for Nobel Peace Prize

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27.01.2012 Polish MPs nominate Bialiatski for Nobel Peace Prize too

Signatures for the nomination of the Belarusian human rights defender and political prisoner Ales Bialiatski were collected in the Polish Parliament by representatives of the two biggest Polish parties – the ruling “Civil Platform” and the oppositional “Law and Justice”.

Schulz condemns courts' decisions in Belarus

25.01.2012 Schulz condemns courts' decisions in Belarus

"Bialiatski should be released unconditionally along with the remaining political prisoners", says President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz.

Belarus: Commissioner Füle with the activists of Viasna

25.01.2012 Belarus: Commissioner Füle with the activists of Viasna

Brussels - Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle met Vice-President of the Belarusian Human Rights Centre “Viasna” Valiantin Stefanovic to discuss the situation of human rights activists in Belarus.

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