Document #2100219

ARTICLE 19, OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture, BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists, Belarusian PEN, BHC - Belarusian Helsinki Committee, BHRH - Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House, FLD - Front Line Defenders, Human Constanta, Human Rights Center “Viasna”, Lawtrend, Legal Initiative, NHC - Netherlands Helsinki Committee, Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Author)

Belarus: Nasta Loika, human rights defense behind bars

https://www.omct.org/en/resources/statements/nasta-loika-human-rights-defense-behind-bars

ecoi.net description:
Joint NGO Statement on the case of human rights defender Nasta Loika who is serving a 7-year sentence to which she was convicted in June 2023 on charges of "incitement of racial, national, religious or other social enmity or discord"
Country:
Belarus
Sources:
ARTICLE 19, OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture, BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists, Belarusian PEN, BHC - Belarusian Helsinki Committee, BHRH - Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House, FLD - Front Line Defenders, Human Constanta, Human Rights Center “Viasna”, Lawtrend, Legal Initiative, NHC - Netherlands Helsinki Committee, Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Author)
Published:
27 October 2023
Original link:
https://www.omct.org/en/resources/statements/nasta-loika-human-rights-defense-behind-bars
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Available on ecoi.net since:
8 November 2023
Document ID:
2100219

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