Belarus

• Country News 703

• Abduction 7
• Abuse of psychiatry 2
• Access to procedures 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 8
• Armed forces / Military 10
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 6
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Belarusians 2
• Border controls 3
• Border crossers 2
• Catholic 1
• Chechen 2
• Christian 3
• Contemporary forms of slavery 1
• Corruption 1
• Criminal justice 43
• Death in custody 2
• Death penalty 24
• Deportation / Forcible return 8
• Disappeared persons 6
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
• Drug trafficking 2
• Elections 24
• Embargo 1
• Evangelical 1
• Exiles 5
• Expulsion 2
• Extradition 23
• Forced labour 3
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 3
• Freedom of assembly and association 34
• Freedom of conscience 4
• Freedom of expression 90
• Freedom of information 20
• Freedom of movement 12
• Freedom of religion 2
• Freedom of speech 3
• Gang related violence 1
• Hijacking 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
• Human rights activists 83
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2
• Human rights monitors 14
• Internal armed conflict 3
• Jehovah's Witness 1
• Jew 5
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 8
• Mental health 2
• Mercenaries 2
• Military courts 1
• Military operations 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 8
• Minorities 4
• Opposition 171
• Orthodox Christian 1
• Peace process 3
• Persecution based on political opinion 10
• Persecution of family members 2
• Poles 11
• Police 5
• Political asylum 3
• Political groups 2
• Political parties 1
• Political situation 2
• Pre-trial detention 2
• Prison or detention conditions 2
• Protestant 1
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 30
• Refugees 1
• Rejected asylum-seekers 1
• Rejection at border 1
• Religious discrimination 2
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
• Returnees 1
• Right to self-determination 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
• Russians 2
• Sanctions 18
• Security forces 2
• Security situation 1
• Serious non-political crime 1
• Terrorism 8
• Threats / Intimidation 3
• Torture 2
• Trafficking in persons 1
• Ukrainians 2
• Visas 3
• Women's rights 2

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• Amnesty International - Belarus
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Belarus
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Belarus
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Moscow
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Belarus
• Ministry of Foreign Affaires of the Republic of Belarus
• National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Belarus
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Belarus
• ReliefWeb - Belarus
• UNHCR - Belarus
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Belarus
• United States Department of State - Belarus
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Belarus