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Coronavirus in Belarus: Impact on Human Rights

We have prepared a report on what practice against coronavirus has developed in Belarus from January to April 2020. Human Constanta also launched covidmonitor.by, which contains information on how authorities in the Republic of Belarus react to the situation with the coronavirus COVID-19. Migrants and refugees

Human Rights should be respected while implementing the Agreement between the European Union and Belarus on readmission

ADC Memorial, Human Constanta and Our House, welcoming the dialogue between the European Union and Belarus in the sphere of migration, are concerned that the newly approved Agreement on readmission gives rise to new risks to Human Rights. Migrants and refugees

Human Constanta asks not to extradite the man to Turkey where he is under the threat of tortures

Human Constants asks not to extradite the man to Turkey where he is under the threat of tortures

#AgainstVirusForTheRights – performance with Belarusian artists

At the time of the epidemic, it is especially important to take fundamental human rights seriously. To remind everybody about this, we launched the performance #AgainstVirusForRights with Belarusian artists who designed protective mask in their own way reflecting about human rights. AntidiscriminationMigrants and refugees

Report on the situation with transit refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border (January – March 2020)

The article describes relevant information on the situation of “transit refugees” on the Belarusian-Polish border for the period from January 1 to March 31, 2020. Migrants and refugees

Report on the work of the free legal office in Minsk

In 2017, Human Constanta opened a free legal office for the protection of foreign citiziens and stateless persons in Belarus. We consult foreigners who find themselves in complicated situationsrelated to the Belarusian law for free. This report is an overview of the situation and a description of the legislative and enforcement problems that we encountered […]

Migrants and refugees

Belarus is going to extradite Jehovah’s Witness to Russia where he is at risk of criminal prosecution of religion

Russian member of the religious organisation Jehovah’s Witnesses has already spent 40 days under arrest in Belarus. Belarusian law-enforcement agencies consider extradition to Russia, where the activities of the organisation are declared as extremist. There he is to face trial and confinement for a period up to 15 years. Antidiscrimination

Trial on the hate crime case – report

A human rights organization monitored court hearings on a hate crime. Recommendations and conclusions are presented in this report. Migrants and refugees

Report on the situation with transit refugees in Brest (January-June 2019)

This review is an interim report prepared on the basis of monitoring activities of Human Constanta office in Brest with the participation of volunteers.