Appeal to the UN Special Procedures regarding the death of Mikalai Klimovich
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has informed the UN Special Rapporteurs on the right to health, the rights of persons with disabilities
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older persons
The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons has received information on violence and abuse against elderly political prisoners
BHC provided information to the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, which is a partial answer to its request to prepare a thematic Human Rights Council in 2023 on violence, abuse and neglect of older persons.
In the report we revealed that at least 40 elderly people are now imprisoned for political reasons, 5 of whom are over the age of 70.
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