On September 1, 2020, UN human rights experts, including Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Special Rapporteur on…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” continues to monitor the situation in the village of Cheremza, Kemerovo region, where on June 13, 2020, local residents began their peaceful protest against the activities of “Kuznetskiy Yuzhny” coal mining company, which had started building its…
The Barents Observer: A court in Moscow on the 19th August turned down the Barents Observer’s appeal case against the Russian state media regulator. Present in the Moscow courtroom of the Second Cassation Court were representatives of Roskomnadzor, as well…
How can human rights survive and thrive in the 21st century? Which mechanisms can we create to make states and large corporations respect the fundamental rights of citizens? What can global civil society do today? International Partnership for Human Rights…
On 9 August 2020, at the day of presidential elections and preceding days of early voting, the Belarusian authorities seriously violated Elections code and international standards: prevented the independent observers from presence at the polling stations, manipulated turnout, created obstacles…
Joint statement by human rights organizations of Belarus Minsk – August 10, 2020 We, representatives of Belarusian human rights organizations, strongly protest against the actions of law enforcement agencies against peaceful demonstrators. The right to express an opinion at…
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