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#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 […]

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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.

Migrants and refugees

Human Constanta human rights organization’s position on the case of Mehrdad Jamshidian

On June 17, 2019, Mehrdad Jamshidian was notified that he could stay in the Republic of Belarus due to the impossibility to deport him to other states. Migrants and refugees

Visiting Belarus for II European games

II European Games are about to start on June, 21. At this time, not only organizers and athletes, but also other tourists willing to visit this sporting event will enjoy specific visa-free regime.  How to come to Belarus for games? All tourists that will visit the European Games can roughly be divided into two groups: […] Migrants and refugees

Mehrdad Jamshidian is released, but he is obliged to leave the country voluntary

Mehrdad Jamshidian is released, but he is obliged to leave the country voluntary.