Yesterday, the Minsk City Court began hearings in the trial against Viasna member Marfa Rabkova and volunteer Andrey Chapiuk. Both are being prosecuted on politically motivated charges and face u...
The human rights situation in Belarus is deteriorating. In a joint letter, we are calling for the renewal of the mandate of the OHCHR examination of the human rights situation in Belarus. 21 Febr...
One year ago, the Belarusian police detained Leanid Sudalenka, head of the Homel branch of Human Rights Centre Viasna, and Tatsyana Lasitsa, an activist who volunteers for the branch. Following a clos...
The respect for civil and political rights in Turkey is low. The power is concentrated to the president, and human rights defenders constantly face widespread persecution for criticising the governmen...
The crisis at the Poland-Belarus border is a humanitarian catastrophe, as refugees who have been brought to Belarus by Alexandr Lukashenka’s regime are stranded without adequate shelter, food, o...
Rights Organizations Call on Belarusian Authorities to End Politically Motivated Prosecutions On Wednesday, November 3, the Centraĺny District Court in Homieĺ delivered the verdict in the politically ...
On the first anniversary of the unprecedented crackdown on the Human Rights Center Viasna (“Viasna”) in Belarus, Civil Rights Defenders and 23 international and Belarusian human ...
On 27 August 2021, the Belarusian Supreme Court moved to liquidate the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), one of the country’s few remaining civil society organisations t...
Friday, 13 August at 1 PM CET, human rights defender and Natalia Project participant Nasta Lojka was detained in central Minsk, Belarus. The alarm was sounded at Civ...
Today marks one year since Alexander Lukashenka rigged Belarus’ presidential elections in his favour. The situation for human rights in the country continues to deteriorate, as Lukashenka uses increas...
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