The presidential elections on August 9, 2020, took place under massive political pressure and contrary to Belarusian laws and international commitments. The ongoing state violence and detention of protesters against election rigging violates the Charter of Paris and the values Read more
On 10.08.2020, the day after the presidential elections in Belarus, the incumbent president Alexander Lukashenka declared himself the winner with slightly over 80%. According to the official final result, his challenger, Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, received 9,9% of the vote. For the Read more
Two anniversaries that occurred in Belarus in 2019 were symptomatic of the current situation of the country, partly with respect to the contrast they evoke: 20 years ago, Belarus and Russia signed the Union State Treaty, and 25 years ago, Read more
While preserving his power-politics prerogatives, Alexander Lukashenka, the president of Belarus since 1994, has steered a foreign policy course intended to maintain the country’s national autonomy despite its economic dependency on Moscow and made it possible for the nearly ten Read more
The situation in Belarus Belarus is feeling the political impact of Moscow’s aggressive policy towards neighbouring states with which it shares a Soviet history: Supported by an alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, the Kremlin is promoting a concept of Read more
Dear Mr. President We, 48 undersigned organizations from 24 countries, strongly condemn the continuing wave of detentions and harassment of peaceful protesters, journalists, human rights defenders, civil society activists, anarchists and opposition party members in Belarus. Most of the detentions Read more
In Belarus – on of the EU’s new neighbors in Eastern Europe – human rights are heavily violated. President Alexander Lukashenka, in 1994 elected according to a democratic constitution, has changed the country with a ‘coup d’état’ in November 1996. Read more
1. The situation in Belarus Moscow – Minsk tensions To shore up its precarious strategic situation, the authoritarian Lukashenko regime is pursuing a policy of controlled cooperation with the Russian Federation. Under Vladimir Putin, the Russian Federation seeks to establish Read more
by Stefanie Schiffer, Deputy Chair of the Association Human Rights in Belarus 28–31 Nov. 2016: Annual Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum in Brussels – two days of discussion and planning with partners from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Read more
A report from the 14th Minsk Forum November 2016. Belarus has offered to act as intermediary in the tense relationship between Russia and the EU. This reveals a desire on Belarus’ part to put greater distance between itself and Russia, with Read more