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June 16, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> UN Special Rapporteur Nils Mui\u017enieks has reiterated his call on Minsk to end politically-motivated persecution in the country and ensure implementation of all previous UN recommendations in his recent report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presented during the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the analysis covers the human rights situation in Belarus from April 2025 to late March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBelarus continues to systematically and grossly violate its international human rights obligations through ongoing politically motivated repression and a complete crackdown on freedom of expression, assembly and association,\u201d it reads. Authorities continued to arrest, prosecute and mistreat people linked to the 2020 postelection protests, including over actions dating back several years, while also targeting their families and friends, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expert also pointed to continued reports of severe ill-treatment in prisons, the persistence of transnational repression through trials in absentia and the denial of identity documents, harassment of entire families and the misuse of counterterrorism and anti-extremism legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mui\u017enieks said state policies had marginalized the Belarusian language, one of the country\u2019s two official languages, and politicized efforts to preserve and promote it. Reports indicate limited access to Belarusian-language books and media, while Belarusian speakers face hostility from officials during court proceedings and discrimination across different settings, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expert welcomed the releases of dissidents but said authorities continued to persecute former prisoners, target exiled Belarusians and arrest people for peacefully exercising their rights. Human rights situation in Belarus showed no signs of improvement as nearly 1,000 people were still imprisoned in politically-motivated cases as of late March, he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reprisals: jailed media managers among dozens branded \u201cextremists\u201d<\/h3>\n
June 13, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on June 12 as the interior ministry branded 40 people as \u201cextremists,\u201d taking the total of entries on the official register to 6,703. Twenty of them are serving …<\/div>\n \n