Belarus Side event during Human Rights Council in Geneve

October 6, 2011

While on the topic of Belarus I forgot to mention another event: on 20 September, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Oslo-based Human Rights House Foundation held a side event in Geneva on the prosecution of vice-president of the Federation and Chairman of the Human Rights Centre “Viasna”, Ales Bialiatski, who was arrested on 4 August 2011. The participants watched a short film about Ales Bialiatski. Later, vice-chairman of “Viasna” Valentin Stefanovich and Director of the Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius Anna Gerasimova made a speech.

Representatives of EU countries, the Head of EU mission to the UN Human Rights Council, Dimitris Iliopoulos, and NGOs such as AI all highlighted the political motivation of the criminal case against this prominent human rights defender and called upon the Belarusian authorities to immediately release Mr. .

This entry was posted on October 6, 2011 at 19:48 and is filed under FIDH, human rights, Human Rights Defenders.

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2 Responses to “Belarus Side event during Human Rights Council in Geneve”

  1. short opportunity | laboratory Says:

    October 7, 2011 at 05:07

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  2. Alexandra Bisia's avatar Alexandra Bisia Says:

    October 8, 2011 at 15:30

    why was he arrested exactly?

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