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 triggered at Civil Rights Defenders through the a...
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...
Since 14 July 2021, authorities have conducted around 30 coordinated raids at the homes and offices of several prominent human rights defenders in Belarus. 12 activists from Viasna Human Rights Centre...
In March 2021, Civil Rights Defenders and other human rights organisations urged the UN to create a new mandate that would assist the process of accountability for human rights violations committed in...
Alexandr Lukashenka’s hijacking of a civilian plane and arrest of prominent independent journalist Raman Pratasevich and activistSofia Sapega stirred up large intern...
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