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Open letter condemning the detention of the human rights activist, who won the 2022 prize, signed by more than 100 laureates including Kazuo Ishiguro and JM Coetzee

The representatives of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates were presented with diplomas and gold medals and gave their acceptance speeches.

September 2022 in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

A powerful last word of the Belarusian, convicted in the “case of ten”.

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 148/20, UPDATE 3 HERE The next hearing in the trial against Belarusian human rights defender Marfa Rabkova has been scheduled on 25 April. She has been in pretrial detention since September 2020 and risks a lengthy jail sentence simply for her legitimate human rights work as coordinator of the volunteer […]

The voting is scheduled for October 7.

5.03.2021, 15:12 PHOTO: VIASNA The human rights center has reacted to the criminal case fabricated against it by the authorities. The Main Department for Investigation of Crimes in the Sphere of Organized Crime and Corruption of the Central Office of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus is reportedly investigating the activities of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", the HR defenders report. The criminal case was opened under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and acti...

Source: Viasna Belarus Human Rights Center in English Maryia Tarasenka and Leanid Sudalenka Minsk – January 20, 2021 On January 18, police detained Leanid Sudalenka, human rights activist and chairman of the Homieĺ branch of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”. He is currently a suspect in a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions which gravely breach public order) and has bene remanded in a detention center. On January 5, the...