{"id":162935,"date":"2025-11-04T17:21:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162935\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-fails-to-implement-un-rights-review-recommendations-opposition-warns","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162935\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus fails to implement UN rights review recommendations, opposition warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus has not implemented the recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review\u2019s third round, which the country had at the UN Human Rights Council in 2020, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing a joint report by 14 human rights organizations published by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the politician stated that of the 266 recommendations, only two have been implemented fully and 24 partially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe level of repression in Belarus remains critical: more than 1,200 people are still being detained in the country. There is no freedom of speech and assembly, and civil society inside the country has been destroyed,&#8221; said Leanid Maroza\u016d, Cichano\u016dskaja legal adviser, after the fourth Universal Periodic Review for Belarus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;However, I am happy that the EU countries and other democratic states demonstrate support for the democratic movement and do not allow the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime\u2019s representatives to mislead the international community,\u201d Maroza\u016d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday in Geneva, several delegations expressed concern about the country&#8217;s deteriorating human rights situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EU speakers demanded the release and full exoneration of political prisoners, a review of \u201canti-extremist\u201d laws, an end to reprisals against civil society, an end to Belarus\u2019 support of the Russian war against Ukraine, free elections, freedom of the press and public organizations, a moratorium on the death penalty and other democratic reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delegations of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia also demanded an end to the ongoing migration crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sekreta_turk_mid_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sekreta_turk_mid_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sekreta_turk_mid_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sekreta_turk_mid_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sekreta_turk_mid_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sekreta_turk_mid_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian diplomat in Geneva pushes for deeper cooperation with Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 4, Pozirk. Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Siekreta discussed cooperation between Belarus and the UN Human Rights Office with its head Volker T\u00fcrk in Geneva yesterday, the Belarusian foreign ministry\u2019s press office reports. The discussion focused on recommendations adopted &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/162884\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 4, Pozirk. Belarus has not implemented the recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review\u2019s third round, which the country had at the UN Human Rights Council in 2020, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said on Telegram. Citing a joint report by 14 human rights organizations published by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the politician stated that of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":162913,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-162935","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus fails to implement UN rights review recommendations, opposition warns | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 4, Pozirk. 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