Leaflets with such a title were distributed on Saturday in Połacak near the entrance of the enterprise “Škłovałakno” by the activists of Belarusian Free Trade Union.
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Tags: BFTU, JSC Polatsk-Shklovalakno, JSC Polotsk-Steklovolokno, Mikalay Sharakh, Nikolay Sharakh, persecution, Polatsak, Polotsk, Połacak, repression, trade unions, Viktar Stukau, Viktor Stukov, Полоцк

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recognized the detention of one-man picketers in Russia violation of Article of the Convention on Human Rights and awarded them € 35 thousand. Continue reading »

Tags: damage compensation, ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights, Russia, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms, the European Court of Human Rights, the Federal Constitutional Law

Today human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka appealed to the UN Committee on Human Rights with an individual complaint. Continue reading »

Tags: "Sudalenka vs. Belarus", CCPR, CCPR/C/112/D/2114/2011, Gomel, Homiel, Leanid Sudalenka, UN Human Rights Committee

During the recent year Hrodna activists have been appealing for pickets several times. One of these them was Jezhy Hryhenchy application for holding a picket on the new housing utility tariffs. All applications were on social issues and were appealed to be held in approved local authority areas. However, all of them were banned. Continue reading »

Tags: "local orders", Aliaksandra Vasilevich, City Executive Committee, doctors, freedom of expression (Article 19 ICCPR), freedom of peaceful assembly (art. 21 ICCPR), Harodnia, holding mass events, housing, Hrodna City Executive Committee, Jezhy Hryhencha, medical service, paid contract, police, the obstacles in the implementation of the constitutional right, utilities, violation of rights, Zoya Kulesh

Any Belarusian, at least a little interested in social and political affairs of the country, could many times hear the news about the arrest for violating the order of organizing or holding mass events (Art. 23.34 of the Administrative Code). Continue reading »

Tags: Art. 23 and Art. 35 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, Belarus, Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, Michaś Mackievič, obstacles to implementation of the constitutional right, obstacles to realization of the constitutional right, the Law "On Mass Events in the Republic of Belarus", the OSCE ODIHR, the Venice Commission for Democracy through Law, the violation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and of expression (Article 21 and Article 19 of ICCPR), UN Human Rights Committee, Міхась Мацкевіч

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Tags: freedom of peaceful assembly, statement

During the preliminary hearing the representative of Slutsak District Council of Deputies defended the legality of blocking of the standard-setting initiatives of the local democratic activist Vital Amialkovich in support of the right to peaceful assembly. Continue reading »

Tags: article 35, communication with the administrations, courts, District Council of Deputies, freedom of peaceful assembly, Slutsk, the local councils of deputies, Vital Amialkovich

The headquarters of the Department of Ideological work, Culture and Youth Affairs of Minsk Regional Executive Committee believe that in Borisov region “all is well” with Belarusian language. Continue reading »

Tags: Aleh Matskevich, Barysau, Department of Ideological work, discrimination on linguistic grounds, Minsk Executive Committee, replies, right to choose the language

Eleven people have been charged with illegal picketing for staging a protest outside the Russian embassy in Minsk on April 2. Continue reading »

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Deputy Chairman of the United Civil Party (UCP) Vasil Paliakou on April 2 sent a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee, claiming about discrimination on political grounds and arbitrary interference with his privacy. Continue reading »

Tags: appeals to UNCHR, arbitrary interference with privacy, national border, UN Human Rights Committee, Vasil Paliakou

Representatives of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” received a response from the Central Election Commission to their proposals on the implementation of the OSCE ODIHR recommendations, which is contrary to previous statements made by Lidziya Yarmoshyna in the media. Continue reading »

Tags: elections-2016, Lidziya Yarmoshyna, OSCE ODIHR, Valiantsin Stefanovich