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  • Submission to the UN Special Procedures in connection with human rights violations against the defendants in the Autukhovich case

    We reported that the accused were being held in inhumane conditions, psychological and physical torture was applied to them, in particular, they were deprived of the opportunity to correspond and were not provided with the necessary medical care. // 03.08.2022

  • Submission to the UN Special Procedures in connection with the ongoing practice of recording and publishing penitential videos with the participation of teenagers

    The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has sent information to the UN Special Rapporteurs about another penitential video with the participation of a teenager, published on a channel close to the security forces. In the video, the teenager admitted that he took part in the 2020 protests, and also left negative comments about the war in Ukraine towards residents of the Russian Federation. In this way, according to the security forces, he "incited hatred on the Internet." // 01.08.2022

  • The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has received consultative status with the UN ECOSOC

    This means that now BHC, and through us other Belarusian civil society organizations that protect human rights, have an easier way of communicating with the UN. // 22.07.2022

  • Alternative reports on the implementation by the Republic of Belarus of SDG 16 and the 2030 Agenda as a whole

    We decided to prepare an alternative report that would reflect the real picture in the country for all the targets of SDG 16. // 13.07.2022

  • Danilevich, Mochalov, Lazarenko, Braginets. We informed the Special Rapporteurs about numerous cases of prosecution of lawyers in Belarus.

    These facts about detentions, arrests and administrative harassment of lawyers establish the continuation of the policy of repression against and intimidation of lawyers, who protect clients in politically motivated cases. // 21.06.2022

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