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Viasna’s Marfa Rabkova faces up to 20 years in prison on 11 charges
Marfa (Maryia) Rabkova, a political prisoner and coordinator of Viasna’s network of volunteers, has been charged with eleven criminal offenses and faces up to 20 years in prison, her family said quoting a recent letter from the prisoner.
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Arbitrary detention of woman rights defender Olga Gorbunova
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
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Joint Statement on the Sentencing of Two Members of Human Rights Group Viasna in Belarus
17 international organizations call on Belarusian authorities to immediately annul the outrageous verdict and drop all charges against Sudalenka and Lasitsa, as well as five other members of Viasna who are currently in jail on politically motivated charges.
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FIDH: Accusations against Viasna HRC are baseless
Several members of Human Rights Center Viasna, including its Chairman Ales Bialiatski, and FIDH Vice President Valiantsin Stefanovic were charged with tax evasion on a large scale. FIDH believes, however, that the real motive behind these baseless charges is to eradicate civil society in Belarus.
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A birthday letter from Alice Mogwe, FIDH President, to Valiantsin Stefanovic
On 14 October, Valiantsin Stefanovic, vice-president of FIDH and board member of Human Rights Center "Viasna", celebrates his 49th birthday. FIDH President Alice Mogwe congratulates him in a letter.
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OBS: Remaining human rights organisations in the country liquidated
In Belarus, the remaining official human rights organisations have been liquidated this week in what marks the complete destruction of the country’s legally registered civil society.
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A birthday letter from Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, to Ales Bialiatski
On 25 September, Ales Bialiatski, founder and leader of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", celebrates his 59th birthday. Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo congratulates him in a letter.
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Withdraw the Lawsuit to Liquidate the Belarusian Helsinki Committee: Joint Open Letter to Minister of Justice of Belarus
Joint letter by International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, Human Rights House Foundation, and Human Rights Watch calling the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus to withdraw the lawsuit to liquidate the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC).
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International human rights groups demand release of Viasna members on first anniversary of crackdown
On the first anniversary of the unprecedented crackdown on the Human Rights Center Viasna ("Viasna") in Belarus, 23 international and Belarusian human rights organizations are launching a campaign to demand the release of seven detained Viasna members, and highlight the plight of hundreds of others, who have been prosecuted and jailed solely for exercising their rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
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Release Marfa Rabkova, free all detained Viasna members
The arbitrary arrest and detention of Marfa Rabkova one year ago marked the beginning of the brutal repression against the Human Rights Centre Viasna, which up to now has seven of its members behind bars.
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First hearing in the trial against Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsiana Lasitsa and Maria Tarasenka
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
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Human rights defenders to launch international campaign #FreeViasna
Several key Belarusian and international human rights organizations announced plans to launch an international campaign of solidarity entitled #FreeViasna, following a coordination meeting held in Vilnius on September 6-7.
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