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Acts of harassment against Viasna Human Rights Centre
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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Escalating crackdown on human rights defenders
Starting early this morning, the Belarusian police, State Security Committee (KGB) officers and members of the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption have been carrying coordinated searches and arrests of human rights defenders and journalists.
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New charges against Viasna coordinator Marfa Rabkova
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
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Arbitrary detention of Viasna members Leanid Sudalenka and Tatsiana Lasitsa
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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Hockey world championships pulled from Belarus after backlash over human rights
Following pressure from Belarusian civil society, including athletes, journalists and activists, as well as sponsors and human rights organisations like FIDH and Viasna – its member in Belarus – denouncing state repression of the opposition, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHR) decided to withdraw the upcoming Ice Hockey World Championships from Minsk.
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Arbitrary detention of Viasna members Leanid Sudalenka 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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The 2021 World Ice Hockey Championship has no Place in Belarus
René Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), visited Minsk yesterday to discuss with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko the 2021 World Ice Hockey Championship, scheduled to take place in Belarus and Latvia in May and June.
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Judicial harassment of Leanid Sudalenka
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
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Administrative detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Maryna Kastylianchanka and arbitrary detention and subsequent release of Mr. Aliaksandr Paplauski
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
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Belarus. August 2020: "Justice" for Protesters
This report focuses on the violations of fair trial standards in the course of considering administrative cases against participants in peaceful demonstrations against falsification of the results of the 2020 presidential elections in the light of the international obligations of the Republic of Belarus under Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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42 rights groups: Belarus authorities must stop persecuting civil society and engage in dialogue
Belarus’ presidential election – marred by an unprecedented level of falsifications and leading to mass protests – has been followed by brutal, ongoing repression of human rights by the authorities.
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Belarus after Election: Report on the human rights situation in Belarus in the post-election period
This report has been prepared by Viasna HRC to assist the expert mission established under the OSCE Moscow Mechanism in establishing facts of human rights violations in Belarus during the post-election period.
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Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of Viasna member Marfa Rabkova
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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Valiantsin Stefanovic: "Today we acknowledge a deep crisis of human rights in Belarus"
On 4 September 2020, Valiantsin Stefanovic, Vice-President of the FIDH and Vice-Chairman of Viasna, a Minsk-based Human Rights Center, spoke at the United Nations Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on Human Rights in Belarus.