The trial against Mr. Ales Bialiatski, FIDH Vice-President and President of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” (Belarus), currently arbitrarily detained in relation with his human rights activities, is presently taking place in Minsk. In many States of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, human rights defenders are facing similar harsh repression: obstacles to freedoms of assembly and association, hindrances to NGO registration, criminalisation of unregistered organisations, obstacles of access to funding, judicial harassment and arbitrary detentions.
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OBS :: Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Human... par Observatory_HRD
Human rights defenders interviewed in the framework of demonstrations in support of Mr. Ales Bialiatski and other human rights defenders of the region outline the restrictive environment in which they operate, and the main trends of repression they are confronted to.
Contacts:
· FIDH : Karine Appy / Arthur Manet: + 33 1 43 55 25 18
· OMCT : Delphine Reculeau: + 41 22 809 49 39
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