News on the topic: FIDH
02.12.2016 Belarus: third consecutive execution concealed for nearly a month from the public and relatives
Execution of Henadz Yakavitski on 5 November 2016 is the fourth execution in 2016, making it the highest number of executions per year since 2008.
30.11.2016 FIDH: Andrei Bandarenka faces extention of his prison term under new criminal charges
FIDH denounces opening of a new case against imprisoned human rights defender Andrei Bandarenka, previously expert on monitored detention facilities. Even if his sentence in 2014 was not related to his human rights activities, FIDH considers the repeated criminal prosecution as a form of politically motivated pressure for his previous human rights activities and calls for dropping of charges.
30.11.2016 FIDH deplores execution in secrecy of two death convicts in Belarus
FIDH deplores the executions because it stands for global abolition of death penalty.
24.11.2016 CEDAW urges Armenia and Belarus to implement UN recommendations on women’s rights
Comments on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women findings on Armenia and Belarus
04.11.2016 FIDH and OMCT call for urgent measures to protect Russian prisoner of conscience Ildar Dadin
"Sentenced to three years in 2015 for merely expressing his opinion on relevant political issues, Ildar Dadin must be immediately released and rehabilitated," FIDH said today in a joint press-release by FIDH, its member organisation Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT).
10.10.2016 Death Penalty in Belarus: Murder on (Un)Lawful Grounds. English version available online
"Death Penalty in Belarus: Murder on (Un)Lawful Grounds", a joint report prepared by the International Federation for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, is finally available online, after the Russian original has been translated into English.
06.10.2016 FIDH expert: “There were just us and the dogs in the courtroom!”
On October 5, the Minsk Press Club hosted the presentation of a joint report on the death penalty in Belarus, which was prepared by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights Center "Viasna".
05.10.2016 Death Penalty in Belarus: New report reveals grave rights violations
In Belarus, the rights of people sentenced to death are violated at all stages of the legal proceedings, making the application of death penalty in the country unlawful and arbitrary, said today FIDH and HRC "Viasna" in Minsk during the presentation of their report "Death Penalty in Belarus : Murder on (Un)Lawful Grounds".
27.09.2016 Kyrgyzstan: Prominent women human rights defenders at risk following their participation in OSCE meeting
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT partnership) strongly condemns the verbal attacks and acts of harassment by the Kyrgyz authorities against Tolekan Ismailova and Aziza Abdirasulova in reprisal to their participation in the 2016 OSCE HDIM, and calls upon diplomatic missions and the OSCE to provide them with all necessary protection.
29.08.2016 Greek academic and activist Dimitris Christopoulos elected FIDH President
Dimitris Christopoulos has been elected President of FIDH. He succeeds Iranian lawyer Karim Lahidji who headed the international human rights NGO for the last three years. The vote was held during the 39th FIDH Congress in Johannesburg where its 178 member organisations from 120 countries were gathered to elect the new International Board and determine the main orientations for the next three years.
22.08.2016 Viasna activists attend FIDH Congress in Johannesburg
FIDH, together with its member organisations, Lawyers for Human Rights in South Africa, DITSHWANELO – The Botswana Centre for Human Rights in Botswana and Zimrights in Zimbabwe, is holding, under the high patronage of Desmond Tutu, its 39th Congress in Johannesburg from 23 to 27 August 2016.
11.07.2016 26 NGOs Call for Release of Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab
Tomorrow, 12 July 2016, the trial of the prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab begins. Facing charges related to comments on the social media website Twitter, Rajab may be sentenced to more than ten years in prison.
01.07.2016 Belarus: new UN resolution highlights the country’s appalling human rights situation
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council reminded the international community of the appalling situation in Belarus today by adopting a resolution that raises a wide range of human rights violations committed in the country.
21.06.2016 FIDH calls for strong and coordinated action against the death penalty
FIDH and its member organisations reiterate their call for the universal abolition of this inhuman practice in accordance with international human rights standards.
15.06.2016 Kyrgyzstan at a Crossroads: The authorities must widen the scene for human rights defenders
(Geneva, Paris) As a trial is due to resume today against the President of Kyrgyzstan for his slanderous statements against two leading Kyrgyz human rights activists, the Observatory (joint FIDH-OMCT partnership) publishes today the main concerns of an international mission conducted last week in partnership and solidarity with FIDH member organisations, Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan and Kylym Shamy.
