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