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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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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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OMCT: Ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and civil society organisations in Belarus
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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Following the adoption of the UN resolution on Belarus, Viasna’s Board member Valiantsin Stefanovic detained along with other human rights defenders
On the morning following the adoption of the UN resolution condemning the human rights situation in the country, Belarusian authorities conducted a large-scale raid on human rights defenders.
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OMCT: Coordinated searches and detentions of journalists and human rights defenders in Belarus
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 Viasna condemn new attacks on independent media threatening the liberty of expression in Belarus
Yesterday, law enforcement officials organised a widescale crackdown on in-dependent media in Belarus. Offices of at least five media outlets were raided and a number of their employees were detained.
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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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Civil society organisations call for the immediate operationalisation of UN Human Rights Council’s new mandate on Belarus
We, the 63 undersigned Belarusian and international human rights organisations, welcome the resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council mandating the High Commissioner to create a new robust monitoring and reporting mandate focused on accountability for human rights violations in Belarus that have taken place since 1 May 2020.
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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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