A coalition of Belarusian NGOs has submitted a joint report on Belarus’s fulfillment of its human rights obligations under the fourth cycle of the UPR.
The report was prepared by:
Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers
Belarusian Association of Journalists
Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
Belarusian Helsinki Committee
Belarusian PEN
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee made a statement on behalf of the coalition of Belarusian human rights organizations at an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Belarus during the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council.
We recalled at least 1,500 political prisoners who are being held in conditions that have nothing to do with basic standards of humane treatment, including incommunicado detention of a number of political prisoners.
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Human Constanta, Lawtrend and the Belarusian Association of Journalists addressed the special rapporteurs on freedom of expression, rapporteurs on freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and on the human rights situation in Belarus to describe the practice in using anti-extremism legislation to harass representatives of civil society organizations by the authorities.
Human rights activists sent to the Human Rights Committee (HRC) an interim report on the implementation by the Republic of Belarus of the recommendations of the Committee, set out
Human rights activists sent to the Human Rights Committee (HRC) an interim report on the implementation by the Republic of Belarus of the recommendations of the Committee, set out
In light of the shocking details of torture and ill-treatment by GUBOP officers, voiced by Mikalai Dziadok in court on 1 July 2021, we, representatives of the Belarusian human rights community, urge the General Prosecutor's Office and the Investigative Committee to institute criminal proceedings, identify those responsible for torture and ill-treatment and take measures to hold them responsible.
Taking into account the events that took place in the country from May to September 2020, human rights defenders have prepared an updated list of recommendations.
