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  • Rights defenders demand the release independent trade union leaders

    It is noteworthy that on November 8, 2022, the International Labor Organization (ILO) decided to apply Article 33 of the ILO Constitution to Belarus due to systematic violations against workers and trade unions and disregard of ILO recommendations for more than 17 years. This is only the second case in the more than 100-year history of the ILO after the application of such extreme measures to Myanmar in 2000, which once again emphasizes the exceptional gravity of violations of trade union rights by the Belarusian authorities. //
  • BELARUSIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE IN 2022

    This post was created to shortly discuss some of the important things that have been done in the past year, as well as to thank our partners, experts, interns, and volunteers. //
  • Belarusian Helsinki Committee about Aleh Hulak

    On December 16, human rights activist, head of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Aleh Hulak passed away. He was only 55 years old. //
  • We sent a message to the UN Special Procedures on the practice of recognizing civil society organizations as extremist formations

    We called on the Special Rapporteurs to contact the Belarusian authorities and ask them to bring legislation on extremism in line with international human rights standards, as well as to stop the practice of recognizing civil society organizations as extremist formations, organizations without proper reasonable and proportionate grounds. //
  • Aleh Hulak. RIP

    On the evening of December 16, the head of the organization Aleh Hulak died. The preliminary diagnosis is cardiac arrest. Information about farewell will be provide next week. Condolences to loved ones. //
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