Belarus must stop prosecuting peace activists and human rights defenders! JOINT PRESS RELEASE 11th of July The Global Peacebuilders Network (GPN) condemns the 12-year prison sentence and a fine of 170,000 Euros imposed on...
JOINT PRESS RELEASE. Belarus must stop prosecuting peace activists and conscientious objectors! 9 July 2024 The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection, War Resisters’ International (WRI), the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), and Connection e.V. ...
UN Human Rights Council, 56th Session. by WRI and Connection e.V. (03.07.2024) This morning at the UN in Geneva it took place at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Interactive...
Dear colleagues and friends, we are pleased to invite you to participate and disseminate WEBINAR July 10th 2024 3:30-5:00 pm CEST OHCHR reporting on the right to conscientious objection to military service With the...
At risk of “being attacked and criminally prosecuted” José Alberto Catalão | 22 June 2024 Conscientious objectors to military service are being increasingly persecuted in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, members of movements opposed to...
On June 25, 2024, the trial of human rights defender Olga Karach in absentia will begin on charges of attempted “conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means”. Five “conspirators” will be tried in...
On June 25, 2024 the trial of Veronika Tsapkala, winner of the Charlemagne Prize and the Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament, Olga Karach, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Yauhen Vilski, acting chairman of the...
In Belarus the human rights defender and the nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize-2024 Olga Karach is accused of “conspiracy to seize power by unconstitutional means“, part 1 of Article 357 of the Belarusian...
And they don’t hesitate to ruin his life totally. Nobody expects anything good from the Belarusian political system – there, it’s enough to merely displease a person in uniform to get at least 24...
We kindly ask you to pay attention to the case of a Belarusian citizen, artisan, feminist, activist, a mother of six children YULIYA PRASANAVA (case ILTU No. 90010145108 within the Migration Department of Lithuania)...