Belarusian government appeals individual communications of Belarusian citizens at UN

Submitted by admin on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 16:26

The Belarusian authorities disagree with the registration of 56 individual communications of Belarusian citizens at the UN Human Rights Committee.

As stated to BelaPAN by human rights defender Raman Kisliak, the Belarusian government states that the individual communications were registered in violation of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In particular, they stated that according to it the Committee’s procedures, methods of work and precedent law mustn’t be taken into consideration during the registration of communications, that’s why they are going to consider the decisions adopted on these communications as invalid.

According to Raman Kisliak, the UN Human Rights Committee was established for supervision over the implementation of ICCPR and the Optional Protocol by the member states, whereas now Belarus demands that the Committee refused from all its previous work and replaced its explanation of ICCPR with an interpretation given by one of the states.

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Tough sentences announced to Brest antifascists

Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/05/2015 - 21:00

A verdict was delivered today in the case of Brest antifascists acused of participation in a group fight with neonazis which happened on May 8, 2013.

Antifascists were tried under the art. 339.3 (malicious group hooliganism) and 147.2 (malicious bodily harm). The case was qualified as malicious due to the fact of pepper spray usage in the fight.

Dzmitry Stsyashenka got 5 years of penal colony with reinforced regime (339.3) and 500 euro of damages to be paid to the injured nazis.

Exclusive: European Union moves to suspend sanctions on Belarus

Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/16/2015 - 21:00

The European Union is likely to lift some sanctions on Belarus, including its travel ban on President Alexander Lukashenko, after he freed a group of political prisoners last month, diplomatic sources say.

An arms embargo against the former Soviet republic would remain. But in an overture to the man the West calls Europe's "last dictator", diplomats are looking at suspending visa bans and asset freezes on most of around 200 people under sanctions for rights abuses, some since disputed elections in 2004.