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20 April 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over allegations of prolonged incommunicado detention and detention conditions at a Navapolatsk Correctional Colony in Belarus. “Information we have received indicates deeply alarming detention...
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GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today denounced the recent deportation to Lithuania of Belarussian prisoners released from jail, including opposition politicians, media workers and trade unionists. Many had their Belarusian identity documents confiscated...
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16 July 2025, GENEVA – A group of UN independent experts* today called for the immediate launch of effective and transparent investigations into the deaths of individuals who were deprived of their liberty for expressing political dissent. “Over the past four years,...
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5 June 2025 – GENEVA – A group of UN independent experts* today expressed concern about persisting violations of freedom of association in labour relations in Belarus, calling on the Government to fully cooperate with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human...
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24 April 2025 – GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today raised serious concerns about an alleged practice of Belarusian criminal courts transferring accused persons to coercive psychiatric treatment in retaliation for their exercise of civil and political...
