Show solidarity with ARCHE!

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 22:33

“ARCHE” is the only thick monthly magazine in the Belarusian language which has been regularly issued since 1998. However, the events that have been taking place since the arrest of it’s the then chief editor Valer Bulhakau can put a cross on the further existence of the edition.

On one hand, an “in-depth” check up of the economic activities of the magazine is being held by the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee, on the other – the Belarusian TV started the campaign of besmearing the magazine through the hosts and journalists of the criminal chronicle program “Zone X”.

Among other things it is stated that “ARCHE” and his former chief editor Bulhakau are guilty of publishing materials “with a claim to extremism”. At the same time, the magazine is well known for printing primarily scientific and popular scientific texts of domestic and foreign authors, and the specific content of the publications has not caused any significant comments from the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus in the recent years.

Despite this, some forces are clearly interested the annulment of the registration certificate of “ARCHE” by the Ministry of Information which would discontinue its publication. In this situation, we call on all people of good will to show solidarity with “ARCHE”. In particular, it can be down by writing appeals to the Information Minister Aleh Vitoldavich Praliaskouski on this address: 220004, Minsk, Peramozhtsau 10.

The approximate content of the letter can be as follows:

Dear Aleh Vitoldavich,

I am deeply concerned with the cancellation of registration of the monthly magazine “ARCHE-Pachatak”. As far as I know, in the recent years the Ministry of Information has not issued any warnings to the magazine in connection with the content of the materials which were published in it, that’s why there are no legal grounds for the liquidation of the edition. The termination of the issue of the magazine would doubtlessly become a great loss to the Belarusian science and culture.

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Belarus: a month after December 19th. What's next? Press conference

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 10:10

On 19 January 2011, the Belarusian Human Rights House is hosting a press conference on the human rights situation in Belarus. International experts and representatives of human rights organizations from different countries will present their assessment of what is happening in Belarus from the human rights perspective.

When: Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 13:00

Where: Vilnius, Latako str. 3

Host: Belarusian Human Rights House

Contact: ( +370 5 212 7703 )

Пресс-конференция в Беларусском Доме прав человека

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 21:00

Belarus: a month after December 19th: Tragedy for one country or for the whole Europe?

Беларусь: месяц после 19 декабря: трагедия для одной страны или для всей Европы?

Search in the office of the unregistered Human Rights Protection Center “Vyasna” (Minsk)

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 15:36

At the moment search in the office of the unregistered Human Rights Protection Center “Vyasna” (Minsk) has started. One representative of the Committee On State Security (KGB), three unknown persons, 2 legal witnesses required by the procedure and chairman Ales Belyatskiy are inside. Representatives of the International Monitoring Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus and local human rights defenders are at place waiting for the end of the search procedure.