EU lifts travel ban on Belarus president
October 13, 2008
'[JURIST] The European Union Monday temporarily suspended its travel ban on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and several other Belarussian officials following the first high-level talks between Belarus and the EU in four years. A meeting of EU....... [more] 
Belarus government frees jailed opposition leader
August 17, 2008
'[JURIST] Belarusian officials released opposition politician Alexander Kozulin from prison Saturday after two years'' detention for staging political protests. Kozulin was sentenced to more than five years in prison in July 2006 for leading....... [more]
Belarus proposed online media law violates rights: journalists
June 26, 2008
'[JURIST] Belarusian online news services and journalist organizations have denounced a proposed new law that would restrict online press freedom by requiring news services to register with the government. The House of Representatives of Belarus''....... [more]
Belarus KGB detains journalists, searches for anti-Lukashenko materials
March 27, 2008
'[JURIST] The Belarus KGB Thursday detained at least 16 journalists and searched their homes and offices for materials that allegedly libel Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. The Belarus Deputy Prosecutor General said that the searches related to....... [more]
Belarus courts sentence protesters after anti-Lukashenko rally
March 26, 2008
'[JURIST] Belarusian district courts Wednesday sentenced at least 55 demonstrators for participating in a banned"Freedom Day" rally in Minsk to protest against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko."Freedom Day" first began as a celebration of Belarus''....... [more]
State Department deplores rights records of North Korea, Iran, in annual reports
March 11, 2008
'[JURIST] The US State Department Tuesday heavily criticized the right records of North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Eritrea and Sudan Tuesday in its annual report on worldwide human rights observance. In the....... [more]
Belarus newspaper editor sentenced to 3 years for reprinting Muhammad cartoons
January 19, 2008
'[JURIST] A Belarus court on Friday sentenced a former newspaper editor to three years in prison for reprinting cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. Alexander Sdvizhkov was the deputy editor of Zhoda, a small Belarus newspaper, when in February 2006....... [more]
UN committee concerned about Belarus rights violations
November 22, 2007
'[JURIST] The UN General Assembly Third Committee Wednesday approved a draft resolution imploring the government of Belarus to uphold its"obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil international obligations."....... [more]
UN rights council election sidelines Belarus
May 17, 2007
'[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held elections to its 47-member Geneva-based panel on Thursday, with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia defeating Belarus for the two available Eastern European states seats. The US, most European countries,....... [more]
UN committee chides Belarus, Myanmar for human rights violations
November 23, 2006
'[JURIST] The UN General Assembly''s Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs approved draft resolutions Wednesday denouncing both Belarus and Myanmar (formerly Burma) for human rights violations. The Belarus resolution, introduced....... [more]
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