reportsCovering the period between May 2020 and December 2022, based on interviews with 207 Victims and witnesses analysis of more 2,500 items of evidenceIncluding photographs, videos, medical and court records.
‘Unacceptable picture of impunity’
“Our reports paint a unacceptable picture of impotence and the near-total destruction of civil space and fundamental liberties in Belarus,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights volker turk Said.
“The The government owes it to its people to stop this mass repression and conduct fair and transparent investigations to ensure that those responsible for serious violations are held accountable.
OHCHR report document widespread and systematic violations international human rights law, including illegal deprivation of life and many cases of arbitrary deprivation of liberty, torture and abuse, plus over 100 reports sexual and gender based violence,
multiple violations
These Breach of right to freedom of expressionpeaceful assembly and association, and denial of due process and equal protection of the law, he said.
“It is shameful that the authorities of Belarus are determined to move on Convicted of so-called ‘extremist activities’ And even take away their citizenship from them. “As such Arbitrary deprivation of nationality would in some cases risk rendering a person stateless,
By March 17, 1,462 people are in custody in Belarus On politically motivated allegations, OHCHR reported.
“The appalling practice of stalking and punishing people for doing a legitimate human rights act continues,” he said pointing long prison sentences that have been handed down in recent weeks, against opposition leaders Svetlana Tsikhanskaya and Pavel Latushko; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Baliatsky and three other members of the Viasna Human Rights Center; journalist Andrzej Poczobut; and Rabochi Rukh, 10 members of the labor movement.
While primary responsibility for addressing human rights violations rests with Belarus, the report Urges UN member states to consider working towards accountability Through national action based on accepted principles of extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction.