In March, two prisoners were executed in Belarus, despite ongoing negotiations with the Council of Europe on the introduction of a moratorium. According to the United Nations Human Rights Committee Belarus is acting in breach of its international obligations, Viasna says.
The Belarusian human rights organisation Viasna has been working in secret since 2003. After three attempts to register the activists are fed up and are now publicly announcing their activities, which are classified as illegal in Belarus. Three representatives of Viasna; Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovitj and Uladzimir Labkovitj made the risky statement on a press [...]
The Belarusian human rights organisation Nasja Viasna was on Thursday once again denied registration by the authorities. It is the third time in slightly less than two years that the foremost human rights defenders in Belarus are denied the right to work legally. The reasons for the denial are as absurd as previously. One example [...]
Sofia Lindow, Master of Laws, talks about the conditions in Swedish custody, which has been criticized by the UN Committee against torture and the Committee against Torture of the European Council, among other. Lindow presents the criticizm of the committees and discusses what effect a deprivation of liberty can have on the mental health of [...]
Alternative report to “Comments by the Government of Sweden on the Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee”. The report is prepared by Civil Rights Defenders (former Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights) and the Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights. Download the report.
With respect to Sweden’s commitments under the International Convenant on civil and political rights. The report is prepared by the Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights and Civil Rights Defenders (former Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights). Download the report.
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