On 8 August, Rosemary Thomas, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, paid a visit to the office as well.

The diplomats expressed their support to Viasna staff and Ales’s family, as well as a high appreciation of the role of the Human Rights Center in the Belarusian society.

They are seriously concerned with the outrageous arrest of the world-known human rights defender, Chair of the Human Rights Center Viasna Ales Bialiatski, and the increase of the pressurization of the human rights movement in Belarus.

Source: spring96.org

Tags: arrest, HR defenders, repression