Belarusian human rights defender and Natalia Project participant Nastja Lojka and four of her colleagues were released from custody this evening. One of her colleagues has still not been freed at the ...
Earlier today, on 25 March, human rights defender and Natalia Project participant Nastja Lojka was arrested in central Minsk, Belarus. At the time of her detention, she sent out a distress signal thro...
Civil Rights Defenders is deeply concerned by the recent actions of the Belarusian authorities and condemns the harassment of Henadz Fiadynich, the Chairman of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union o...
During the weekend of 25–26 March 2017, a wave of peaceful protests took place across Belarus. They were met with mass arrests and police violence. Some eight hundred protesters were detained. This re...
One year ago, the EU lifted sanctions against Belarus in response to what was perceived as human rights improvements instigated by the regime. Almost one year later the Belarusian authorities have res...
Civil Rights Defenders is deeply concerned by the recent actions of the Belarusian authorities to harass and detain journalists, human rights defenders and members of the political opposition for thei...
One year ago, the EU lifted sanctions against Belarus. The sanctions were imposed in response to human rights violations perpetrated by the Belarusian regime, but were lifted without any improvements ...
The authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenka has executed three inmates, according to Belarusian human rights organization Viasna. Henadz Yakavitski, Ivan Kulesh and Siarhei Khmialeuski were all s...