Minsk hosted the Ice Hockey World Championship in May; however, it didn’t cancel the problem of political prisoners, who continue serving their terms in Belarusan prisons.
28.05.2014 | 10:07
The campaign aimed at joining to the voluntary initiative was launched a month ago. Any person or an organization can sign the Convention to try to follow its principles in everyday life and at work.
25.05.2014 | 09:07
On May 22 the events which forestall the Accessibility Week kicked off in Minsk. The first is presentation of the report on monitoring of the accessibility of the infrastructure during the IHWC-2014.
23.05.2014 | 09:20
The European Union is concerned about the harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention of dozens of representatives of civil society on the threshold of the World Ice Hockey Championship.
18.05.2014 | 08:44
In the analysis entitle “Belarus: Apparatus of repression” various mechanisms of exerting pressure on the freedom of expression, as well as the journalists who suffered from this pressure, are listed.
08.05.2014 | 10:31
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights Centre “Viasna” issued a report on the condition of political prisoners and limitation of freedom for civil activists in Belarus.
08.05.2014 | 08:43
What will be the consequences of Russia’s motion to the Hague probe against Ukrainian authorities for “decoupling civil war and genocide in the east”? And what CIS deputies mean by “quasi-court”?
08.05.2014 | 07:49
The head of the German Foreign Ministry Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on the conduction of the international conference on Ukraine.
05.05.2014 | 11:44
The report issued on May 1 shows that the vast majority of people in Eurasia live in not free media environments. Global press freedom is in decline, too, falling to its lowest level in over a decade.
02.05.2014 | 08:10
The statement named “Belarus Must Play Fair, in Sports and Beyond” calls on Belarus’ leaders and citizens to take decisive steps towards making Belarus an open and democratic country.
29.04.2014 | 14:03
Considering that the parliament was expected to review a bill on amnesty in 2014, hypothetically the bill can be applied to Belarusan political prisoners.
23.04.2014 | 08:08
The report shows that though in 2013 Belarus has gone up in the ratings of the EaP countries, this happened only due to the drastic deterioration of media situation in the neighboring countries.
20.04.2014 | 09:23
Ales Bialiatski, founder of the Belarusian human rights organisation «Viasna”, is announced the Civil Rights Defender of the Year 2014.
18.04.2014 | 10:11
It was revealed during a new research held by specialists of the Centre for European Transformation and the Office for the rights of persons with disabilities.
17.04.2014 | 11:03
Sviatlana Stsiapanava, an independent journalist from Vitebsk, got a warning from the prosecutor's office for contributing to the Belarusian service of Polish Radio for Foreigners.
17.04.2014 | 08:51
On April 7 in London the International Publishers Association awarded the Freedom to Publish Prize to Belarusan publisher Ihar Lohvinau.
12.04.2014 | 11:36
A 51-year old businessman, a veteran of the Afghan war, and civil activist from Vaukavysk, has been released from Hrodna prison on April 8.
10.04.2014 | 08:09
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” publishes a review of human rights situation in Belarus in 2013, in which the most obvious and typical violations are analyzed.
24.03.2014 | 10:13
However, in the Commonwealth of Independent States, it is Russia and the country's security service that seem to have the tightest grip over the Internet.
16.03.2014 | 08:46
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.