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Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison
For the first time in history, a Nobel laureate was convicted after having been awarded the Nobel Prize. Belarusian human rights organizations issued a statement of protest where they called…
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Viasna receives Human Rights Tulip prize
On December 8, 2022, the Human Rights Tulip award ceremony was held in The Hague. The Viasna Human Rights Center has won the prize this year.
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Head of Belarusian Red Cross promotes homophobia
Belarusian human rights activists sent appeals to the Red Cross organizations in connection with the statements made by the Secretary General of the Belarusian Red Cross Society Dzmitry Shautsou. Doctor…
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NGO sector in Belarus almost completely destroyed
The Goethe Institute in Minsk stops its work. Belarusian Helsinki Committee received a warning from the Ministry of Justice about its possible shutdown.
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Crackdown on media and civil society continues in Belarus
On the morning of 16 July, security officials again searched journalists and human rights activists in Minsk, Pinsk, Brest, Ivatsevichy, Homel, Rechytsa, and Hrodna.
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Mass persecution of human rights defenders in Belarus does not stop
On 14 July 2021, another wave of searches and detentions of journalists, activists, and human rights defenders took place all over Belarus.
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Belarusian authorities suspends work of office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Minsk
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted that the human rights situation in Belarus continues to deteriorate.