Ales Bialiatski, the most famous Belarusian human rights defender and chairman of the organisation Viasna, has been in prison for almost two years and the pressure on him has increased in prison. Read extracts from his letters to family and friends and send him a message.
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Civil Rights Defenders and the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society are seriously concerned about the recent attack against Madina Magomadova, Head of the NGO “Mothers of Chechnya”. The attack should be seen in the context of the ever-hardening climate for human rights defenders in Russia”, says Marie Månson, Programme Director at Civil Rights Defenders.
Civil Rights Defenders has been awarded a Bronze Lion in the Promo & Activation category and a Silver Lion in the Mobile category for the Natalia Project and also a Silver and a Bronze Lion in the PR category for the Civil Rights Captcha. “This strengthens our work for human rights defenders at risk. I can not find words to describe how happy and proud I am”, says Executive Director Robert Hårdh.
Russian State Duma has passed amendments to the article in Russia’s Criminal Code on “obstruction of the right to freedom of conscience and religion”. This is part of the range of legislative initiatives that impose harsh restrictions on the freedom of expression and came as a consequence of last year’s conviction of Pussy Riots who protested in Moscow’s main Orthodox cathedral.
The Belarusian human rights defender has been imprisoned for:
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