Human rights defenders in Belarus

The prize is awarded by the Sweden-based human rights center Civil Rights Defenders.

But observation requires a lot of organization.

A court in Minsk turns down a lawsuit from human rights defenders against the 2011 decision to restrict access to Viasna human rights center website.

It remains a mystery for human rights defenders who took this decision and who and why can be recognized as political prisoners.

A court in Belarus rules to ban the book written by prominent human rights defender and political prisoner Ales Bialiatski.

He has been let off soon after the detention, BelaPAN reports.

The Belarus president tells a meeting of media editors in Minsk that political prisoner Ales Bialiatski could be amnestied.

The hasty decision is illegal and should be appealed in court, reckon local pro-democracy activists.

December 25 will be a working day in building trust #8.