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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus Miklós Haraszti.
OSCE/Ilgar Hasanov

‘Deteriorating’ human rights in Belarus amounts to ‘wholescale oppression’: UN expert

25 October 2018
Human Rights

A crackdown on free speech is the latest worrying development amid the deteriorating, “wholescale oppression” of human rights in Belarus, an independent expert told the UN General Assembly, on Thursday.

After the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, thousands of Soviet soldiers assist with the cleanup. Repair crews made up of chemical defence troops mobilize for work throughout the 30 kilometre zone around the plant, including highly contaminated areas near the damaged reactor. (May 1986)
UN Photo/Oleg Veklenko

Fallout from Chernobyl disaster still a 'very important challenge' for Belarus

27 April 2018
Interviews

The explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exposed around 8.4 million people to life-threatening radiation, and the three countries affected are still living with the consequences today.

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Miklós Haraszti, Special Rappoteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Worsening human rights 'cyclical': UN Belarus expert

14 November 2017
Interviews

Human rights in Belarus are not improving, but rather “going from worse to worse.”

That’s the view of Miklos Harazti, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Belarus, who has been accused by the government there of ignoring positive developments and barred from entering the country.

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Vladimir Makei, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-second session.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Boost regional cooperation, for the ‘sake of peace and prosperity,’ Belarus tells global leaders at UN

22 September 2017
Peace and Security

The past few decades have been fraught with two contradictory tendencies – enhanced political fragmentation and increased economic globalization, Belarus’ Minister for Foreign Affairs told the United Nations General Assembly today.

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus Miklós Haraszti.
OSCE/Ilgar Hasanov

Belarus: UN expert decries Government’s return to mass violence against peaceful protestors

28 March 2017
Human Rights

A United Nations-appointed independent expert on the human rights situation in Belarus has expressed dismay over the Government’s return to the policy of violent mass repression against peaceful demonstrators, non-governmental organizations, journalists and political opponents, and is calling on the authorities there to stop harassment and violence.

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus Miklós Haraszti.
OSCE/Ilgar Hasanov

Violations of freedom of expression and the media continue in Belarus – UN rights expert

28 October 2016
Human Rights

Human rights violations are growing worse in Belarus, according to a new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the country, Miklós Haraszti, which he presented to the UN General Assembly today.

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus Miklós Haraszti.
OSCE/Ilgar Hasanov

‘Permission-based’ public life regime has nearly paralyzed civic freedoms in Belarus – UN expert

21 June 2016
A senior United Nations expert on human rights in Belarus warned today that several generations have grown up in the country “with no experience of what the words ‘pluralism,’ ‘labour rights,’ ‘free enterprise,’ ‘free artistic creation’ or ‘free media’ mean in reality.”
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus Miklós Haraszti.
OSCE/Ilgar Hasanov

UN rights expert urges ‘broad reform’ of oppressive media governance in Belarus

6 November 2015
In a report to the General Assembly, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus called on the country to start reforming its laws and practices that have for two decades stifled its citizens' right to freedom of expression.
UN70 Belarus Express for SDGs

Unique initiative helps spread the word about new global goals

30 October 2015
General News

A train known as the UN70 Belarus Express is helping to spread the word about the new Sustainable Development Goals (

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Around 14% of the Belarus population is 65 or over. UN File Photo/Gaston Guarda

UNFPA working to protect the elderly from domestic violence in Belarus

25 October 2015
General News

Poverty has fallen dramatically in Belarus, but some groups remain vulnerable, particularly single-parent households, families with more than three children and the elderly.

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