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Campaigns and Advocacy - Belarus

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Belarus

New campaign highlights free expression abuses in "Europe's last dictatorship"

The campaign includes suggestions for a strategy of targeted sanctions against the regime and a need to reach out to and engage civil society.

Take action! - Belarus

Action on Belarus! Watch video of conference in Norway on 22 March

If you missed the conference Action on Belarus in Norway, you can watch clips from the event on 22 March online here. The conference is part of a broader campaign strategy on Belarus.

Belarus

International NGOs stand up for human rights

Since the December 2010 presidential elections, an unprecedented wave of repression was unleashed, with the Belarusian KGB detaining and interrogating opposition activists, journalists, protesters and human rights defenders.

Belarus

WiPC renews calls for release of journalists, activists on two-month anniversary of mass arrests

WiPC and other groups have also called for the dismissal of politically-motivated criminal cases against journalists and human rights activists.

Belarus

Freedom House calls for transatlantic solidarity to press for concrete action in wake of post-election crackdown

If the government fails to take fully restorative action immediately, the European Union should renew sanctions against the Lukashenka regime, says the organisation.

Take action! - Belarus / International

Call for next President to respect free expression

In the run up to the presidential elections on 19 December, Index on Censorship hopes you will sign its Zone of Silence petition for free expression in Belarus.

Ukraine / Belarus / Russia

Conference examines advocacy strategies to combat impunity in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine

Organised by ARTICLE 19 and IMS, the conference addressed the protection of journalists, including the use of violence as a means of controlling the media and the lack of effective government interventions to prevent and investigate abuses.

Belarus

International media and press freedom organisations demand radical reform of media

International media and press freedom organisations have issued a report entitled "For Free and Fair Media in Belarus".

Joint action - Belarus

Nine IFEX members call for reforms and the removal of restrictions on the media in the Republic of Belarus

A group of international media and press freedom organisations has called upon the Belarus authorities to bring the country's media environment into accordance with international standards.