Hromava: Byalyatski’s arrest is utter violation violations of international

Euroradio has interviewed Victoria Hromava, deputy head of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus on air. Listen to the whole interview here:

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Euroradio: Has the International Observation Mission reacted to the arrest of Ales Byalyatski, head of the human rights centre “Vyasna”?


Hromava: “We have not made a public statement yet. However, the position of the International Observation Mission has been defined – we consider everything happening to Ales Byalyatski now to be a direct result of “Vyasna” and Ales’ human rights activities. We understand that everything happening now is an utter violation of the international norms and standards”.