Aleh Hrableuski. The director of the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Siarhei Drazdouski remains under house arrest, while the lawyer of ‘Viasna’ HRC
Dzmitry Salauyou is under a restriction order.
The Observatory urges the Belarusian authorities to put an end to any acts of harassment against human rights defenders, local human rights organisations, public associations and their members, and to immediately and unconditionally release the above-mentioned human rights defenders.
Actions requested:
Please write to the authorities of Belarus to urge them to:
Guarantee in all circumstances the physical integrity and psychological well-being of Natallia Trenina, Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorskaya, Yuliya Semenchanka, Hanna Sakalouskaya, Volha Shapakouskaya, Enira Branitskaya, and all other human rights defenders in Belarus;
Belarus: Judicial harassment of six human rights defenders
09/04/2021
Judicial harassment /
Arbitrary detention
April 9, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus. Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed about the judicial harassment against
Enira Branitskaya, lawyer and human rights expert, having cooperated with Human Constanta [1], as well as of the arbitrary detention of
Natallia Trenina,
Hanna Sakalouskaya, and the arbitrary detention and subsequent release of
Volha Shapakouskaya, five members of the Belarusian public association ‘Zvyano’ (“Chain” in English) [2] , amid the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and organisations in Belarus.