Jul 16, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
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,...
Jun 5, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
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...
Apr 24, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
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...
Mar 26, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
26 March 2025, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today urged Belarusian authorities to address persistent allegations of ill-treatment of women held in correctional colonies. “We are deeply concerned about the harsh treatment of women convicted in connection...
Mar 7, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
7 March 2025, GENEVA – Belarus must disclose the fate and whereabouts of pro-democracy activist Siarhei Tsikhanouski on the second anniversary of his enforced disappearance, UN experts* said today. They recalled that several other members of pro-democratic forces...
