Belarus

• Abduction 13
• Abuse of psychiatry 5
• Access to procedures 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 46
• Armed attacks on camps 2
• Armed forces / Military 27
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 17
• Asylum-seekers 5
• Baptist 37
• Belarusians 6
• Border conflict 4
• Border controls 4
• Border crossers 2
• Catholic 31
• Ceasefire 4
• Chechen 3
• Christian 41
• Citizenship / Nationality law 2
• Civil and political rights 10
• Civil rights legislation 1
• Civil war 2
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 2
• Conflict situation 2
• Contemporary forms of slavery 1
• Corruption 3
• Cossacks 1
• Crime prevention 1
• Criminal justice 60
• Death in custody 2
• Death penalty 64
• Deportation / Forcible return 10
• Disappeared persons 10
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
• Drug trafficking 2
• Economic, social and cultural rights 10
• Effective remedy 2
• Elections 77
• Embargo 1
• Entry / Exit 2
• Evangelical 2
• Exiles 6
• Expulsion 6
• Extradition 27
• Extrajudicial executions 4
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
• Forced labour 8
• Forced marriage 4
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 14
• Freedom of assembly and association 80
• Freedom of conscience 13
• Freedom of expression 259
• Freedom of information 128
• Freedom of movement 18
• Freedom of religion 201
• Freedom of speech 99
• Gang related violence 1
• Good governance 24
• Gross, systematic and large-scale 2
• HIV and AIDS 1
• Hijacking 1
• Hindu 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 4
• Human Rights Council 9
• Human rights activists 145
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 32
• Human rights law 1
• Human rights monitors 26
• IDP camps 4
• Impunity 4
• Independence of judiciary 8
• Internal armed conflict 4
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
• Jehovah's Witness 19
• Jew 10
• Kurd 6
• Laws relating to religion 4
• Legal representation / Legal aid 2
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 9
• Mental health 2
• Mercenaries 2
• Messianic Jews 1
• Migrant rights 2
• Migrants 2
• Military courts 1
• Military operations 12
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 29
• Minorities 12
• Muslim 2
• National security / Public order 6
• Non-refoulement 1
• One-child policy / Family planning 2
• Opposition 204
• Orthodox Christian 18
• Palestinian 10
• Peace agreements 4
• Peace process 5
• Peacekeeping 2
• Pentecostal 8
• Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 3
• Persecution based on political opinion 46
• Persecution of family members 2
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
• Poles 14
• Police 11
• Political asylum 3
• Political groups 23
• Political parties 40
• Political situation 161
• Pre-trial detention 5
• Prison or detention conditions 17
• Prosecution vs persecution 5
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 4
• Protestant 30
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 47
• Public health 1
• Referendum 1
• Refugees 10
• Rejected asylum-seekers 3
• Rejection at border 2
• Religious discrimination 123
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 12
• Resettlement 1
• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Returnees 2
• Right to justice 2
• Right to life 2
• Right to seek asylum 1
• Right to self-determination 5
• Rohingya (Arakanese) 2
• Roma 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 12
• Russians 3
• Sanctions 22
• Security forces 10
• Security situation 33
• Serious non-political crime 1
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 4
• Shia 2
• State of emergency 2
• State protection 1
• Statelessness 2
• Statelessness Determination Procedures 2
• Terrorism 23
• Threats / Intimidation 4
• Torture 3
• Trafficking in persons 4
• Travel documents 1
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• Turkmen 1
• Ukrainians 2
• Visas 7
• War crimes 2
• Women's rights 6
• Women-at-risk 4
• Work permits 1

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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