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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says that she continues to be alarmed by “persistent allegations” of “widespread and systematic torture” of protesters in Belarus, deeply concerned over restrictions on civic space & fundamental freedoms.
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48th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Item 4: Interactive dialogue on the interim oral update of the OHCHR on the situation of human rights in Belarus

On 24 September 2021, during the 48th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, FIDH contributed to the Interactive dialogue on the interim oral update of the OHCHR on the situation of human rights in Belarus.
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UN special rapporteur Anais Marin said Belarusian repression now got worse than "catastrophic"
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UN renews the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Belarus for one year
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UN Side-event: Lawyers Under Threat: Increasing Suppression of the Legal Profession in Belarus
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Report released by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin, covering the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
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Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated that Belarusian government discontinued the presence of Senior Human Rights Adviser in Minsk
Joint Letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

In a joint statement, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), along with 30 Belarusian and international human rights organisations, call on UN Human Rights Council member States to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus during the Council’s upcoming 47th session.
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OHCHR 47th Regular Session
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OHCHR 48th Regular Session
UN human rights experts call on Belarus to end the pattern of excessive use of force, arrests, arbitrary detention and ill-treatment against protesters and the repression of journalists and media personnel.
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Polish President Andrzej Duda asks the United Nations Security Council to discuss the human rights and treatment of Poles in Belarus
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Launch of International Accountability Platform for Belarus, to collect, consolidate, verify, and preserve evidence of grave human rights violations committed by Belarusian authorities in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath
The UN Human Rights Council sets up a team of investigators to gather evidence about alleged excessive use of force and torture by authorities in Belarus during the post-election crackdown
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47th session of the Human Rights Council: Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review

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