Belarus

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:49:40 -0800

Living Rights

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:31:33 -0800

Filmmaker Duco Tellegen (whose Behind Closed Eyes featured is also included in the HRWIFFHSP) has made a career of exploring the rich psychological terrain of children and young adults in critical moments of change. In Living Rights, his emotionally powerful and visually striking new film, Tellegen explores dilemmas facing three young people on three different continents.

Diederik Lohman

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:50:08 -0700

Diederik Lohman, senior researcher with Human Rights Watch's health and human rights program, has specialized expertise in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Chechnya. Previously, he served as senior researcher in Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia division and as the Moscow office director.

Letter to Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus regarding the harsh sentencing of youth activists

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0700

We are writing to express our profound concern about the recent arrests and disproportionate sentences of 10 youth activists for participating in a peaceful, but unsanctioned, protest on January 10, 2008. We are especially concerned about Andrei Kim, who is among these ten and who was arrested at a subsequent peaceful protest on January 21.

Belarus Blocked in Bid for Human Rights Council Seat

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:33:41 -0700

On May 17, the United Nations General Assembly rejected a bid by Belarus, which has an appalling human rights record, for a seat on the Human Rights Council, signaling that the rights records of Council members matter.

UN: ‘No’ to Belarus on Rights Council

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:00:00 -0700

The United Nations General Assembly rejected Belarus’ bid for a seat on the Human Rights Council today, upholding the principle that the human rights records of council members do matter, Human Rights Watch said today.

Belarus’ Pledges: Fiction and Fact

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:51:29 -0700

General Assembly resolution 60/251 requires that states "take into account the contribution of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights and their voluntary pledges and commitments made thereto" in voting to elect members of the Human Rights Council (HRC).

Belarus’ Pledges: Fiction and Fact

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

General Assembly resolution 60/251 requires that states “take into account the contribution of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights and their voluntary pledges and commitments made thereto” in voting to elect members of the Human Rights Council (HRC).

UN: States Urged ‘Say No to Belarus’

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 14 May 2007 17:00:00 -0700

The United Nations General Assembly should reject Belarus’ bid for a seat on the Human Rights Council because of its appalling rights record and consistent failure to cooperate with the UN, Human Rights Watch said today. Elections to the council will be held on May 17, 2007.

Say No to Belarus

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:39:29 -0700

(New York, May 10, 2007) – On May 17, the United Nations General Assembly will hold elections for 14 of the 47 seats on the new Human Rights Council. Shockingly, among the states seeking election is Belarus, a state that does not come close to meeting the requirements for membership on this human rights body.