Belarus - Civil society activists, lawyers, rights groups, and independent media continued to face government harassment and pressure

Belarus.
HRW, EJC

"In 2018, civil society activists, lawyers, rights groups, and independent media continued to face government harassment and pressure. Authorities prosecuted dozens of journalists on a variety of arbitrary grounds and adopted new restrictions on internet freedoms.

Belarus remains the only European country to use the death penalty.


Those condemned to death are executed by a shot to the head. Authorities do not inform families of the execution date or the burial place."

Human Rights Watch: "World report 2019" (full text)
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/belarus?fbclid=IwAR3KqX-4X6cHeCai0J35cf1MYcwmh1bhMjxC7pXhvuYt_Y1r0G4JY960Uw8


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"A mass grave containing the remains of more than 1,000 Jews believed to have been murdered by the Nazis has been found in Belarus.

Bones of men, women and children with gunshot wounds to their skulls have been located at a building site in the city of Brest on the Polish border."


EJC: "Holocaust mass grave discovered in Belarus" (Full text)
https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/belarus/holocaust-mass-grave-discovered-in-belarus/?fbclid=IwAR0e-7nnVyxjggQj2lsn05T5doxuhf2rsqDBJcuhxPSgLp4XFzKF3nQ9V3I


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Charter 97: Volha Nikalaichyk detained in Minsk
https://charter97.org/en/news/2019/2/27/325021/
"Volha Nikalaichyk took part in a rally of solidarity with political prisoners at Kastrychnitskaya Square. ---

Before the start of the event, the initiator of the rally, Pavel Seviarynets, was detained."




Photo: KL