Barack Obama has extended for one year sanctions against Lukashenko supporters, which were introduced on June 16, 2006. This is stated in a letter of the President of the United States to the Congress, the press service of the White House informed. ‘In 2011, the Government of Belarus continued its crackdown against political opposition, civil… Read More »
Mr. Jeremy Sarkin, Extraordinary Professor of the University of South Africa, former Chair person-Rapporteur and incumbent member of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) will visit the country in his personal capacity as a UN expert on May 29, 2012. He will join the families of the disappeared and other… Read More »
Today Anatoly Krasovsky would have turned sixty. Anatoly Krasovsky was subjected to involuntary disappearance on September 16 1999 together with his friend Viktor Gonchar. The whereabouts of the two men are still unknown. Anatoly Krasovsky was born on May 17, 1952 in the town of Krupki of Minsk Oblast. He studied physics at Belarusian State… Read More »
On Monday May 7th an action in memory of Yury Zakharenko who was subjected to involuntary disappearance 13 years ago took place in the Hague, Netherlands. The event itook place from 14:00 till 15:00 local time in front of the Belarusian Embassy. It was sanctioned by the local authorities. Olga Zakharenko (wife), Yulia Zakharenko (daughter)… Read More »
We Remember president Irina Krasovskaya participated in the international experts meeting «Gendered Impacts of Enforced Disappearances» in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 17 to 19 April. She delivered her speech on April 18. UN Women, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Center for Transitional Justice, in partnership with UN… Read More »
On Monday May 3rd an action in memory of involuntary disappeared Yury Zakharenko will take place in the Hague, Netherlands. The action is dedicated to the 13th anniversary of the general´s disappearance. The event is set to take place from 14:00 till 15:00 local time in front of the Belarusian Embassy, the address of which… Read More »
Member of European Parliament Marek Migalski initiated a joint statement on the current situation in Belarus. Plese see the text below: We welcome the long awaited release of former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov and his authorized representative, Coordinator of the "European Belarus" Dmitri Bondarenko. We must, however, point out that at least 13 Belarusian political… Read More »
We Remember president Irina Krasovskaya is taking part in the international experts meeting «Gendered Impacts of Enforced Disappearances» in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 17 to 19 April. She will deliver her speech on April 18. UN Women, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Center for Transitional Justice, in… Read More »
Andrei Sannikov and Zmitser Bandarenka gave a press conference in Minsk. Andrei Sannikov said at the beginning he had been summoned to a penal office in the morning, His criminal record will be removed in 8 years. “I’ve just been at the Pershamaiski district police department that summoned me for registration. I was offered to… Read More »
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