Following the outbreak of armed conflict in Khartoum and other areas of Sudan, on April 15, 2023, over one hundred civil society organisations called on States to convene a special session of the UN Human Rights Council and to establish an inde¬pendent mechanism tasked with investigating human rights violations and abuses committed by all parties and advancing accountability in Sudan.
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Eight Belarusian rights organizations have jointly protested the government's decision to label the human rights group Vyasna as an "extremist organization," saying the move is part of a policy to destroy civil-society organizations in Belarus.
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Ales Pushkin, a "talented and fearless" artist who once dumped a load of manure outside the office of Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka and depicted top officials as condemned sinners in a church mural of the Last Judgement, has died in prison under mysterious circumstances.