Swedish Member of European Parliament Olle Schmidt (Folkpartiet/Liberal Party of Sweden) writes an open letter to the prosecuting authorities of Belarus, concerning the charges against the human rights activist Ales Bialiatski.

A solidarity action was held in Stockholm on wednesday the 10th of August to show solidarity for the recently arrested belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski, and for the belarusian people (Revolution Through Social Networks).                                 Photos and video: Free for publishing

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) issued a statement yesterday demanding the release of Ales Byalyatski, the head of the Human Rights Centre “Viasna” and vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). NHC writes ”The arrest of Byalyatski follows years of government harassment of Belarus’ most famous human rights organisation, Human Rights Center ’Viasna’. We consider the actions against Byalyatski [...]

The human rights activist Ales Byalyatski, has been arrested in Minsk. Charter97 writes about the incident. ”The flat and summer house of the human rights defender and the office of Viasna human rights centre were searched.” Belarus has a seriously bad track record, when it commes to human rights abuses and violence against the citizens of Belarus and human rights defenders. The member [...]

Wednesday is getting closer, and more protests will be held in one of the last dictatorships in Europe; Belarus. The latest months, thousands of belarusians have been arrested for walking in silent protest, gathering on squares all over the country, clapping hands. People are tired of oppression, tired of the bad economic and political situation. On Tuesday, Swedish Television reported [...]