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Overview of the fight against «extremism» in Belarus in October-December 2021

Overview of the fight against «extremism» in Belarus in October-December 2021. Read more in the review. Migrants and refugees

Rights of foreigners and stateless persons in Belarus

Against the background of the ongoing humanitarian crisis, we want to outline the general situation with the rights of migrants and refugees in Belarus, which, we believe, is important to be taken into account when considering ways to resolve this situation.

Newsletters about situation with human rights in Belarus

The human rights organization Human Constanta regularly prepares a news digest on human rights violations in Belarus after the August 9 elections.

Antidiscrimination

Resourcefulness. Equality. Inclusion. Equality and Inclusion Week/ 9-16 November 2021

For a number of years now, from 9 November (the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the symbol of the beginning of the tragedy of the Holocaust) to 16 November (International Day of Tolerance), the Human Constanta team, together with other human rights and non-profit organisations, has been running an Awareness Week against Discrimination and Hate. Migrants and refugees

Human Constanta statement on the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border

Human Constanta calls upon the Belarusian authorities to abandon the practice of using migrants as an instrument of political pressure on the countries of the European Union (hereinafter the EU) and urges Poland to respect human rights and international protection standards.

The fight against “extremism” with fatal outcomes – an overview of trends for August and September 2021

Human rights organization Human Constanta continues to collect information and analyze tendencies in the application of legislation on countering “extremism” in Belarus. In this review, we describe the events of two months – June and July 2021

Migrants and refugees

Review of the practice of using “extremist” articles under which citizenship can be revoked

On August 5, 2021 Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree which thoroughly describes the procedure of loss of citizenship for “extremism”. The procedure is provided by the new version of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of August 1, 2002 No. 136-З "On Citizenship of the Republic of Belarus" (hereinafter - the Law on Citizenship).

Coronavirus in Belarus: impact on human rights. May — August 2021

In this report, we want to summarize and record the practice that has developed in Belarus during May — august 2021.

Statement on impermissibility of restricting freedom of speech in connection with the events of 28 September 2021

Human Constanta 7 October 2021 Human rights organizations in the Republic of Belarus remind that Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966 (hereinafter – the Covenant), ratified by the Republic of Belarus, guarantees every person the right to freely hold to their opinions and the right to freedom of […]