Human Rights

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus Miklós Haraszti has made the report.

He was accused of participating in an unauthorized mass event for covering a picket in Svetlahorsk.

Belarus ranks 42 out of 49 countries for comfortable living of sexual minorities. It is worse than Russia and Ukraine. UK ranks first.

The fulfillment of the recommendations given to our country five years ago will be the main topic on the agenda.

Presidential election will be the litmus test of our country's readiness to improve relations with the Council of Europe.

Ales Bialiatski spoke at the Human Rights Council.

Belarusian Minister for Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makei announced it when he met Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs.

A mass demonstration was held in Minsk on December 19, 2010. Hundreds of people were detained.

Prominent human rights lawyer Elena Tonkacheva must leave Belarus within one month from today, under the resolution of police authorities in Minsk.