Human rights

Officials unveil losses of Belarusian oil refineries due to sanctions
Belarusian refineries lost $80 million
29.10.2021
EU envoy: 5th sanctions package to affect Belarusian firms, persons involved in fostering irregular migration
The fifth package of sanctions against the Lukashenka regime will be primarily levelled against individuals and companies responsible for smuggling migrants from the Middle East and Africa to the European Union through the territory of Belarus, Deutsche Welle reports with reference to Dirk Schuebel, Head of the EU Delegation to Belarus.
27.10.2021
UNHRC on situation in Belarus: Continuing police raids against NGOs and media, arrests of journos and activists
An interactive dialogue on the human rights situation in Belarus took place on September 24 at the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
24.09.2021
Number of political prisoners in Belarus reaches 645
Belarusian human rights activists have recognised another nine persons as political prisoners.
24.08.2021
Rolls Royce ends cooperation with BelAZ
BelAZ will remain without engines.
02.07.2021
‘Torture, climate of fear, silencing victims’: 37 OSCE participating states issue statement on situation in Belarus
On May 20, René Dinesen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the OSCE, delivered the joint statement on the human rights situation in Belarus on behalf of 37 OSCE participating states.
21.05.2021
Human rights defenders sum up human rights situation in Belarus in April
The human rights situation in the country further deteriorated in April.
05.05.2021
Belarus Energy Ministry threatens to fine Siemens for failure to follow agreements
Swedish Export Credit Agency (EKN) freezes deal with Belarus
29.04.2021
Imprisoned Belsat TV journo Darya Chultsova also listed as ‘person prone to extremism’
Camerawoman Darya Chultsova has been placed on the preventive register in Zhodzina prison as a person ‘prone to extremism and other destructive actions’.
06.04.2021
Petition supporting the rights of Belarusians and Poles living in Belarus now online
More than a hundred scientists, artists, public figures and journalists from Poland signed an appeal to the Polish state to support victims of repression in Belarus, in particular activists of the Union of Poles, unrecognized by Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The document was published on the website Petycjeonline.com, where you can support the initiative.
03.04.2021
Belarusian human rights defenders recognise arrested Polish minority activists as political prisoners
On March 31, eight Belarusian human rights watchdogs issued a joint statement on the persecution and the arrest of five Polish minority activists.
01.04.2021
EU to support International Accountability Platform for Belarus ‘politically and financially’
The European Union is going to support the International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) ‘politically and, once preparations are finalised, also financially’, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Friday.
26.03.2021
Imprisoned lawyer Maksim Znak nominated for Trarieux human rights award
Belarusian opposition politician Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the team of jailed presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka have announced nominating political prisoner Maksim Znak for the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize.
03.02.2021