Belarusan government has long ago had to establish mechanisms through which the solutions of the UN Committee on Human Rights would be carried out; however, it hasn’t done it yet.
09.08.2013 | 09:59
The date is timed to the anniversary of Ales Bialiatski’s detention. The world-known human rights defender was arrested on August 4, 2011.
04.08.2013 | 08:41
By the decision taken at the Leninski District Court in Minsk former presidential candidate Uladzimir Niakliaeu is exempted from serving his sentence of two-year imprisonment.
29.07.2013 | 07:41
The activists from the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) held a demonstration in front of the EU Council building dedicated to the visit of Uladzimir Makei, Belarusan Foreign Minister.
25.07.2013 | 10:12
Currently the sentence of the independent journalist and a wife of former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau was vacated by Minsk court decision after a 2-year respite.
22.07.2013 | 08:27
The European Parliament has adopted its Recommendation on the EU’s policy towards Belarus reiterating the need for the unconditional release of all political prisoners.
21.07.2013 | 12:22
Top Belarusan politicians and Orthodox hierarchs often emphasize that Eastern Christian rites laid a cornerstone for the Belarusan nationhood, Paula Borowska writes.
19.07.2013 | 12:30
What can the political prisoners in Belarus expect in the near future? What problems does the Belarusan government resolve with their help? And what could bring forward their release?
16.07.2013 | 15:38
Miklos Haraszti never received the invitation to visit Belarus and is going collect information about the situation with the human rights in Belarus in the neighboring Lithuania.
16.07.2013 | 07:50
Belarusan business-oriented weekly reports that the head of the Belarusan Orthodox Christians Filaret spoke out against the death penalty during a round table that recently took place.
27.06.2013 | 13:01
The Legal Transformation Center continues to inform the readers about the human rights problems in Belarus, issuing its fourth digest of international news on human rights.
21.06.2013 | 08:35
According to 2013 "Nations In Transit" report by democracy watchdog Freedom House, countries in Central Europe are increasingly being ruled by autocratic regimes with little regard for democracy.
19.06.2013 | 10:25
The telecoms sector and online environment represent two key areas in which Western hands are continuing to allow President Aliaksandr Lukashenka to enforce authoritarian rule and breach human rights.
07.06.2013 | 14:05
Voronezh city district administration ceases rental agreement with the Human Rights House Voronezh, which would make the work of independent human rights organisations in Voronezh extremely difficult.
30.05.2013 | 13:33
Prisoners of conscience remained in detention; civil society activists faced violations of their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association; three men were executed, informs the report.
27.05.2013 | 15:36
HRC “Viasna” on May 17 appealed to the Belarusan Foreign Minister in connection with the failure of the Belarusan government to implement the UN’s Decision on Arbitrary Detention of Ales Bialiatski.
22.05.2013 | 13:28
The participants of the international human rights campaign aimed at banning the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in Belarus stated their disappointment in the appeal below.
21.05.2013 | 08:24
Different spheres of cooperation between Belarus and the Council of Europe should be reformed by strengthening the role of Belarusan civil society in them.
15.05.2013 | 10:38
In the letter the activists of “Don’t play with the dictator!” campaign urge to support the victims of human rights violations by removing the 2014 IIHF World Championship from Belarus.
15.05.2013 | 10:19
The incident occurred during a world championship game in Stockholm on May 5. Swedish security guards used force to prevent Belarusan ice hockey fans from displaying a white-red-white flag.
08.05.2013 | 11:01
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.