The head of the human rights center “Viasna” believes that the attack of the authorities on Elena Tonkacheva can only be stopped if the scandal passes on to the level of Belarus-EU relations.
02.11.2014 | 09:28
The head of the Legal Transformation Center “Lawtrend” Elena Tonkacheva is going to appeal this decision and focus of resolving the issue of her possible expulsion.
01.11.2014 | 08:26
Belarus isn’t mentioned in the report specifically, as the report only describes the general situation with human rights defenders around the world.
26.10.2014 | 08:55
During a working visit to Sweden, the Head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallström.
25.10.2014 | 11:42
The 15-day preventive arbitrary arrest of the activist on October 9, 2014, on the eve of the summit of the CIS countries and the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk was the last straw.
17.10.2014 | 09:48
The organizers of the Forum realize that the event won’t directly influence the release of political prisoners; but it reminds Western politicians about the primacy of morality in dialog with Minsk.
17.10.2014 | 09:23
Some dozens organizations and hundreds of people already signed it. The collection of signatures is organized within the frames of “Sign with heart” campaign.
15.10.2014 | 10:14
On October 5-10 a “Week against the Death Penalty in Belarus” took place in Minsk. Its organizers are convinced that no humanization of the Belarusan society is possible without moratorium.
12.10.2014 | 10:19
Joint declaration of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and CE Secretary General issued on October 10 yet again mentions Belarus as the only European country that applies capital punishment.
11.10.2014 | 08:52
The joint protect of the photojournalist Siarhei Balai and the campaign "Human Rights Defenders Against Death penalty in Belarus" was presented on October 7 at the manor "Goliaths".
09.10.2014 | 11:20
While Ukraine improved its position in media freedom index, and Georgia took the lead, Azerbaijan and Belarus are placed towards the end of the ranking.
05.10.2014 | 08:51
The book was issued within the project for abolishment of the death penalty “Because We Are People!”, implemented by the organization Penal Reform International and a number of Belarusian NGOs.
04.10.2014 | 10:53
Within the frames of the campaign "Human rights defenders against the death penalty in Belarus" human rights activists organized five days of activities under the slogan “The death penalty is murder".
03.10.2014 | 11:30
The demand for Belarusan citizens to have accreditation from the Foreign Ministry of Belarus to seek and spread information violates the Constitution and international legal obligations of Belarus.
30.09.2014 | 09:56
On September 24 the meeting "Convincing violations of political, economic and social rights in Belarus" took place in Warsaw. Viasna and FIDH presented the report on human rights violations to OSCE.
28.09.2014 | 11:37
As the leader of “Viasna” believes, it’s time to return to the postulates of the 80s and the mission of the revival. Otherwise “Russian World” won’t leave any chances to be Belarusans in Belarus.
22.09.2014 | 08:53
Belarusian human rights defenders expressed anxiety about the lack of real progress on key problem spheres of human rights in Belarus.
20.09.2014 | 09:58
Assembly of NGOs and Legal Transformation Centre Lawtrend point out at the negative policy the state pursues towards the civil society.
15.09.2014 | 08:52
Viktar Statkevich, the father of an ex-president candidate Mikalai Statkevich and the wife of the political prisoner Maryna Adamovich appealed to the police upon receiving an anonymous threat letter.
12.09.2014 | 12:13
He said Belarus would likely face economic tightening not only as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but also a Russian trade oil crisis that worsened this past winter.
In his report, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis discusses several concepts that have been a part of the European social and philosophical thought for quite a time.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.