Human rights defenders in Belarus

Two activists from the Russian city of St Petersburg were detained in Minsk on October 25 without explanations.

On October 23, the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York will hear a report of the Special Rapporteur Michel Forst.

The Minsk City Court on Tuesday upheld the ruling by a lower district court to send Andrei Bandarenka to prison for four years.

The opposition activist has spent more than 200 days in jail over the past two years.

Alena Tankachova is a citizen of the Russian Federation but has lived in Belarus for 30 years.

The civil organization Institute of Freedom has started raising money to translate the book Bialiatski’s Case into Polish.

The action in support of Belarusian political prisoners was supposed to be held on August 10.

It was established on August 3 three years ago.

Human rights activist Andrei Bandarenka stands trial on charges of hooliganism and malicious hooliganism.