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They include the termination of diplomatic relations. Ukrainian human rights organizations called on the Ukrainian authorities to respond to the repression of the Belarusian human rights activists and journalists. They provided the Charter97.org website with the text of the statement. - The authorities of the Republic of Belarus continue to attack civil society. On 16 February, the regime of dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenka dealt a blow to the most well-known human rights organizations - HRC Viasna and the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ). Searches were carried out in the offices of...

Source: Viasna Belarus Human Rights Center in English Paris-Geneva, February 16, 2021 – Starting early this morning, the Belarusian police, State Security Committee (KGB) officers and members of the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption have been carrying coordinated searches and arrests of human rights defenders and journalists. While the information remains scarce, this is another escalation in the 191 days of violent crackdown on civil society. Since the early morning of February 16, 2021, at least 25 human rights defenders and journalists across Belarus have seen ...

Dunja Mijatović reacted to the lawlessness of the Belarusian authorities. Harassment of journalists and human rights defenders in Belarus is unacceptable, said Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović, naviny.online reports. "Harassment in Belarus through searches, arrests, and criminal prosecution of journalists and human rights defenders, including partners of the Council of Europe and the UN, is unacceptable," she wrote on Twitter. "Freedom of expression, association, and assembly must be ensured in accordance with international human rights standards." Earlier, t...