Human rights in Belarus | Consultative status with the UN ECOSOC | Member of The Council of Europe Contact Group on Relations with BY
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The releases made headlines. The remaining 22 didn’t.
Today is #WorldPressFreedomDay.
Together with the @baj_by, we remind that 22 media workers remain behind bars in #Belarus.
Watch this AI-generated video by @baj_by and help us keep the spotlight on those still imprisoned.
1/6 What do childlessness, homosexual relations, and gender transition have in common with paedophilia? According to a new Belarusian law — quite a lot, apparently.
#Belarus #Discrimination #HumanRights #LGBTQ #RuleOfLaw
6/6 Enforcement hasn't started. The uncertainty is already doing the work.
Full analysis: belhelcom.org/en/news/amendm…
5/6 Who is at risk? Not just content creators. Anyone who shares, reposts, or likes — even in closed groups. Including people posting from abroad if they reach an audience in Belarus.
Feminist perspectives. Family planning materials. Works of art.
4/6 The law places lawful personal choices — who you love, whether to have children, how you identify — in the same article as a criminal offence.
Stigmatisation by proximity.
3/6 "Attractiveness" has no legal definition. Authorities may interpret it however they find convenient.
2/6 Belarus just introduced Article 19.16: liability for disseminating information that shapes "perceptions of attractiveness" of homosexual relations, gender transition, or childlessness — or presents paedophilia as acceptable.
Belhelcom. Human rights in Belarus retweeted
#Belarus | The @UN Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus strongly condemns the Government’s decision to invalidate the passports of persons who had been detained on political grounds expelled from the country.
More ➡️ bit.ly/4cyhHkv
Belhelcom. Human rights in Belarus retweeted
I'm hearing disturbing news that on 31 March Belarus’s State Security Committee labelled the Belarusian Helsinki Committee an “extremist formation”, effectively making any interaction with it a crime. This has reportedly been done without any transparent process, public justification, or access to evidence. I’ve repeatedly spoken out against the misuse of “anti-extremism” laws to target HRDs in #Belarus, and it’s deeply concerning to see this trend continue. @BelarusUNOG @Belhelcom
ALT The flag of Belarus flying from a pole against a blue sky background.
The Belarussian KGB officially upgraded us to an “extremist formation.”
⚠️ In #Belarus? Please unsubscribe and take safety measures immediately.
🩷Outside Belarus? Apparently, we're "dangerous" now, which makes supporting us even cooler.
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#Belarus designated three human rights organizations as "extremist formations." Now even victims of human rights violations who seek help risk criminal prosecution.
We speak out with @LRWCanada @IBAHRI @fidh_ru @HRHFoundation @article19org @pen_belarus @Viasna96 and others. 1/8
8/8 We keep working. Despite everything 🙂
Read our full statement here: 👇belhelcom.org/en/news/statem…
7/8 The designation of human rights organizations as “extremist formations” constitutes an act of persecution that may amount to a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute.
+Persecuting groups in exile is a clear pattern of transnational repression.
5/8 @Belhelcom for over 30 years, the institutional core of Belarusian human rights: the expertise, the standards, the coordination that the human rights field is built on. BHC has consultative status with the @UNECOSOC
4/8 ⚖️ @HumanConstanta protecting migrants, stateless persons and digital rights since 2015.
3/8 They are Belarus's civil society backbone.
📖 @pen_belarus defending writers, translators, intellectuals and all who create culture since 1989.
2/8 In just 33 days: ▪️ PEN Belarus — 27 Feb 2026 ▪️ Human Constanta — 11 Mar 2026 ▪️ Belarusian Helsinki Committee — 31 Mar 2026. Any interaction - following on social media, seeking legal help, attending a workshop - may now trigger criminal liability in Belarus.
1/7 Statelessness without formally losing citizenship. #Belarus is systematically stripping its citizens of identity documents — using two distinct tools of repression. A thread.
