{"id":166113,"date":"2025-11-28T18:55:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166113\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"un-committee-says-persecution-for-white-red-white-flags-is-a-violation-of-right-to-hold-opinions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166113\/","title":{"rendered":"UN committee says persecution for white-red-white flags is a violation of right to hold opinions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 28,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;The UN Human Rights Committee has concluded that the persecution of Belarusians for hanging out white-red-white flags is a violation of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee made the conclusion after hearing appeals from 15 victims of persecution, reported the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 19 provides \u201cEveryone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference\u201d and \u201cEveryone shall have the right to freedom of expression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee noted that the victims had filed the appeals before Minsk denounced an optional protocol that allows victims to lodge individual appeals against Belarus as a state that signed the covenant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 28,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The UN Human Rights Committee has concluded that the persecution of Belarusians for hanging out white-red-white flags is a violation of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The committee made the conclusion after hearing appeals from 15 victims of persecution, reported the Viasna Human Rights Center. 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