News on the topic: solidarity
18.01.2012 Minsk authorities ban over 60 pickets in support of Ales Bialiatski
None of over 60 pickets in support of imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski expected to be staged by human rights defenders was authorized by Minsk executive authorities.
28.12.2011 Photofact: Ales Bialiatski's vacant chair at Observatory's Annual Report presentation in Baku
The chair of FIDH Vice-President Ales Bialiatski was left vacant during the presentation of the 2011 Report by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 27 December.
24.12.2011 Christmas and New Year wishes from Ales Bialiatski!
“Let us hope the year will be quieter for us personally and maybe a decisive one for the whole country. Then life will flow in the necessary direction”, says imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski in a letter sent from Zhodzina prison, wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of his friends and colleagues.
23.12.2011 Czech NGOs bid Belarus to free political prisoners
Today's first appeal was the morning solidarity event in front of Embassy of Belarus in Prague, calling for freeing Ales Bialiatski and other Belarusian political prisoners. This was followed by simulated arrests of students at the Charles University and by a flashmob in the centre of Prague. The event taking place on the anniversary of Belarusian presidential election was organized by the NGOs People in Need, NESEHNUTI, Amnesty International CR and Civic Belarus, in cooperation with the Belarusian community in Prague.
20.12.2011 Ales Bialiatski’s chair left vacant at 2011 Report on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders presentation in Yerevan
On the 14th of December the Chairman of the Board of “Civil Society Institute” NGO and FIDH Secretary General Artak Kirakosyan together with CSI NGO president Arman Danielyan presented the 2011 Report on the Protection of the Human Rights Defenders around the world. In Armenia, as in other countries, during the presentation of the report the seat of the speaker Ales Bialiatski was left vacant as a call for setting him free.
29.11.2011 Amnesty International launches campaign to support Ales Byalyatski
Amnesty International has launched a campaign to gather appeals to the Belarusian authorities demanding to immediately release head of Viasna human rights centre Ales Byalyatski.
29.11.2011 Latin America human rights defenders join campaign of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski
"Today in Mexico we presented the Annual Report of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. The presenters included human rights defenders from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela. At the end of the presentation we took the photo that is attached. Please accept it as a symbol of our support and solidarity at this difficult time and of our hope that justice will prevail and Ales Bialiatski will soon be free", says a letter of support recieved by the Human Rights Center Viasna from Latin America.
27.11.2011 Sakharov Prize Laureates Campaign to Free Bialiatski
On November 23 in Brussels, at the annual conference of Sakharov Prize Laureates, a campaign was started to collect signatures under the open letter demanding immediate release and full rehabilitation of Ales Bialiatski. The campaign was launched by BAJ chair Zhanna Litvina and head of the civil right movement For Freedom Aliaxandr Milinkievich.
26.11.2011 Saint Petersburg police detain participants of picket in support of Ales Bialiatski
Activists of the Russian Memorial human rights NGO Anna Udyarova and Filipp Kostenko were detained by the police while staging a picket of solidarity with Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski outside the Belarusian Consulate Department in Saint Petersburg on 25 November.
26.11.2011 Human rights defenders join in global campaign of support to Ales Bialiatski
On 25 November, activists of numerous FIDH members across the world staged pickets of solidarity with the imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski, following a 4.5-year verdict pronounced by Minsk court on 24 November. Cities covered by the campaign include Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Helsinki, Buenos-Aires, Ankara, Saint Petersburg, Yerevan, Bishkek, Tbilisi, Zagreb, etc.
29.09.2011 Some 200 postcards of support to Ales Bialiatski collected in Warsaw
Some 200 postcards have been collected in a picket of solidarity with Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski outside the Warsaw-based Sofitel Hotel, which hosted the OSCE Human Dimension meeting on 24-28 September.
28.09.2011 Warsaw demands to free Ales Bialiatski
On September 27, representatives of NGO from different countries, which take part in the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, organized a picket to support Ales Bialiatski.
26.09.2011 FIDH President Souhayr Belhassen congratulates Ales Bialiatski
On 25 September, Mrs. Souhayr Belhassen, President of the International Federation for Human Rights, congratulated FIDH Vice-President Ales Bialaitski on his 49th birthday on behalf of all FIDH members.
26.09.2011 Human rights defenders congratulate Ales Bialiatski: Street event in Minsk
On 25 September, the friends and colleagues of Ales Bialiatski staged a festive event in Minsk Nezalezhnastsi Square to congratulate the imprisoned leader of Viasna on his 49th birthday.
19.09.2011 Warsaw activists campaign ahead of Bialiatski’s birthday
On 17 September, a number of Polish NGOs launched a campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
