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Police in Minsk carry documents and computers out of the office of the Belarusian Association of Journalists on February 16, 2021, as Andrei Bastunets, the head of the organization, looks on. © 2021 AP Photo (Berlin) – Belarusian law enforcement officials carried out a nationwide wave of raids targeting human rights defenders and journalists on February 16, 2021, rounding up at least 40 people and searching their homes and offices, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of those targeted have documented or reported on ongoing mass protests or provided assista...

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...

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...

On 16 February, security forces searched the houses of a number of journalists and human rights defenders, as well as offices of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and Human Rights Center Viasna. At least 30 people were targeted in the raids.