News on the topic: FIDH
25.04.2014 Sport for Sport
Appeal by Human Rights Organizations to the Governments of the Countries Participating in the 2014 World Ice Hokey Championship to be held in Minsk
21.01.2014 UKRAINE: Open Letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich and Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Rybak
Call to repeal highly restrictive law on so-called “foreign agents”, libel and extremism, which blatantly violates Ukraine's international obligations
11.12.2013 Austrian human rights activists dedicate their annual report to Ales Bialiatski
On 10 December in Vienna Austrian League for Human Rights, an affiliate of the FIDH, presented its final report "Conclusions on Human Rights in 2013» («Menschenrechtsbefund 2013"), declaring that it is dedicated to the FIDH vice-President Ales Bialiatski.
09.12.2013 Information for journalists
On International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2013, a presentation of the alternative report of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights Center "Viasna” "Forced Labour and Pervasive Violations of Workers' Rights in Belarus" will take place in Minsk.
04.12.2013 Prison solidarity: Bahrain-Belarus
Nabeel Rajab, the head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Deputy Secretary General of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), who is in custody in Bahrain, sends his Belarusian counterpart on the International board of FIDH, political prisoner Ales Bialiatski words of solidarity.
30.10.2013 Speech by FIDH President Karim Lahidji at Third Belarusian Human Rights Forum
The Third Forum of Belarusian human rights defenders that took place on 26-27 October in Vilnius and was opened by a welcome speech of the President of the FIDH, Karim Lahidji. Here is the full text of his speech.
30.09.2013 Joint Press Release by FIDH and Viasna: Ales Bialiatski receives highly symbolic Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
As the Council of Europe just announced the 2013 laureate of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, FIDH and HRC Viasna express their utmost support to its recipient Ales Bialiatski, President of Viasna Human Rights Center and Vice President of FIDH. Prominent human rights defender in Belarus, Ales Bialiatski was sentenced to 4 and a half years of detention in severe regime in August 2011 for his human rights activities.
20.09.2013 Karim Lahidji: The principle of non-interference is a fig leaf covering inaction
The president of the International Federation for Human Rights is convinced that the situations of Iran and Belarus are similar.
07.08.2013 Actions of solidarity held in many countries of the world
Thousands of people around the world have joined the International Day of Solidarity with Belarusian civil society. Human rights defenders, civil society activists, politicians, artists and ordinary citizens from 15 countries took part in solidarity actions on 4 August.
04.08.2013 Two years have passed since arrest of Ales Bialiatski
Today marks exactly two years since the arrest of Ales Bialiatski - Vice prezident of the International Federation for Human Rights, the head of the human rights center "Viasna", closed by the Belarusian authorities. The International Day of Solidarity with Civil Society of Belarus is timed to this date.
23.07.2013 FIDH activists demonstrate during Belarus FM’s visit to Brussels (photo, video)
About a dozen people took part in the event held on July 22 in Brussels on the occasion of a visit by the Foreign Minister of Belarus Uladzimir Makei to participate in the meeting of foreign ministers of the Eastern Partnership countries.
18.07.2013 Belarus Foreign Minister visits EU: FIDH calls demonstration for human rights in Brussels
Belarus Foreign Minister, Vladimir Makey will be in Brussels on Monday 22 July after the EU lifted the travel ban against him in June, despite the absence of progress on the situation of human rights in Belarus and the fact that 12 political prisoners remain behind bars. FIDH is organising a demonstration at Rond-point Schuman on 22 July at 12:00 CET.
04.07.2013 FIDH concerned about conviction of Andrei Haidukou
FIDH is concerned about the conviction of 23 year old youth activist, Andrey Haidukou, who was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison on 1 July 2013 for the attempted “establishment of cooperation with the security services of a foreign state” (Article 14, part. 1 and 356.1 of the Belarusian Criminal Code).
13.06.2013 Belarus : refusal to cooperate triggers renewal of the mandate by the UN Human rights Council
Today (13 June 2013), the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted a resolution renewing the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus and expressing deep concern at continuing violations of human rights in the country.
05.06.2013 Question of non-implementation of UN decisions by Belarus and Russia raised at its 23rd session
On 5 June as a part of the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) with the support of Human Rights Watch conducted a briefing on the non-fulfillment of UN resolutions by Belarus and Russia.
