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Months after arbitrary detention, Viasna’s members must be released
It has been a month since law enforcement officers of Belarus arbitrarily detained Viasna’s leadership. This brings the total number of Viasna members behind bars to seven, as four others had been detained previously.
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Global Letter in solidarity with the Belarusian civil society
161 human rights organisations demand an end to the repression against the Human Rights Center Viasna and all other human rights defenders in Belarus. We condemn the systematic arbitrary arrests, beatings and acts of torture they are subjected to.
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Mobilising for Justice in Belarus: FIDH Launches Website Tracking Systematic Human Rights Violations
Since May 2020, the administration of Aliaksandr Lukashenka, the de facto president of Belarus, has intensified repression, aiming to crush the country’s democratic movement.
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End reprisals against human rights defenders
The Belarusian authorities are conducting a targeted campaign of intimidation against civil society in an effort to silence all critics of the government. Following the disputed presidential election on 9 August 2020, hundreds of thousands of people across the country took to the streets to protest the announced result.
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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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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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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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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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FIDH and its member organisation ADC Memorial urge the Belarus authorities to stop the harassment of women’s rights center "Her Rights"
In the context of the post-electoral repression in Belarus, the government has launched a smear campaign against Women’s Rights Center "Her Rights" and its founder Sacha Dikan, while her husband Viktor Kuvshinov was arrested on bogus charges of "theft through abuse of official capacity".
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A Strong International Reaction is Needed to Prevent Further Violence Against Civil Society
On August 26, human rights organisations adressed an open letter, calling on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to urgently convene a Special Session to address the Belarus government’s crackdown on peaceful demonstrators and other ongoing, widespread violations of human rights, including arbitrary arrests, prosecutions under trumped-up charges, and torture and other ill-treatment, in relation to the 2020 presidential elections.
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As Protests Continue Ahead of Presidential Election, Authorities Must Refrain from Violence
The 2020 presidential election season in Belarus has been marked by an unprecedented level of protest activity and a harsh response from authorities. In addition to police violence and arbitrary arrests of peaceful protesters, since the end of July the government has been mobilising the military in an attempt to curb protesters’ activities and intimidate the opposition.