A C T I O N S / A K T I O N E N

JEF: 6th Pan-European Street Action for a Free and Democratic Belarus!
On 16 December 2010, the Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) will organise the annual pan-European "Free Belarus” Action for the sixth time, after last action took place simultaneously in no less than 125 cities all over the world. More

I N F O R M A T I O N E N / I N F O R M A T I O N S

Libereco: Belarus – von der Sowjetunion zur letzten Diktatur Europas
Seit sechzehn Jahren wird Belarus von Alexander Lukaschenko regiert. In dieser Zeit ist der postsowjetische Staat zu einem isolierten, autoritären Land geworden, in dem Menschenrechtsverletzungen Teil des Alltags sind. Mehr

Libereco: Belarus – from the Soviet Union to Europe’s last dictatorship
Belarus has been ruled by Aleksandr Lukashenka for almost sixteen years. In this time, the post-Soviet state transformed into an isolated, authoritarian country where the violation of human rights is an everyday issue. More

Libereco: Medien- und Pressefreiheit in Belarus
Das Ausblenden jeglicher Negativschlagzeilen ist symptomatisch für die Berichterstattung der belarussischen staatlichen Medien. So kam es in der Nähe von Pinsk Ende Oktober in einem holzverarbeitenden Betrieb zu einer Explosion, bei der vierzehn Menschen ums Leben kamen, erzählt Taras Siakerka, ein belarussischer Kameramann. Mehr

Libereco: Media and press freedom in Belarus
It is symptomatic for the official media of the Belarusian state to hide any critical news. As reported by Taras Siakerka, a Belarusian cameraman, it came to a detonation in a wood processing plant near Pinsk in late October, by which fourteen people were killed. More

Viasna: Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in Belarus in October 2010
In October participants of the campaign Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections observed the following stages of the electoral campaign – the collection of signatures in support of the potential candidates for President (ended on 29 October) and the nomination of candidates to precinct election commissions, one of the key mechanisms of the electoral process that directly organizes the voting and the counting of votes. More

Human Rights House: Arbitrary detention of a Belarusian student opposed by university fellows
A student of the European Humanities University in exile Mikalai Dziadok has been behind bars for more than two months now. Dziadok was detained in the wake of the so-called "case of anarchists” in early September 2010. His fellow students have appealed to the international community with a request to protest against this detention, called 'arbitrary and illegal' by human rights defenders of Belarus. More

Human Rights House: Belarus on the election eve: spicing up autocracy with democracy?
The election campaign is gathering pace. The country's authorities are doing everything to create an appearance of freedom and equality of opportunities for all candidates. This time around there are already 10 contenders for the main office – they were all registered without problems. However, looking closely it becomes clear that freedom and liberalization are strictly controlled by the authorities, and the equal opportunity is no more than an elaborate farce. More

S O N S T I G E S / O T H E R

Informationen zu den Wahlen in Belarus finden Sie auf diesen Webseiten / You can find informations about the elections in Belarus on these websites:

Wahlblog der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Auslandsbüro Belarus)

Viasna Human Rights Center

European Exchange

Naviny.by Belarus News

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