HRW Submits to UN Review of Belarus Rights
Right to Peaceful Assembly and Crackdown on Peaceful Protests
Recommendations:
Freedom of Opinion and Expression & Access to information
Crackdown on independent journalism
Freedom to express dissenting opinion
Internet shutdowns and blockings
Recommendations:
Harassment of Human Rights Defenders, Opposition Activists, Civil Society Groups, and Lawyers
Human Rights Defenders
Trade Unions
Opposition Politicians
Lawyers
Recommendations:
Torture, Ill-treatment and Accountability
Recommendations:
Crackdown on Belarusians in Exile
Recommendations:
Humanitarian Crisis and Violence at Belarus-Poland Border
Recommendations:
[1] UN Human Rights Council, Addendum to the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Belarus, A/HRC/46/5/Add.1, March 5, 2021, https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/46/5/Add.1 (accessed April 3, 2025).
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/07/human-rights-watch-submission-universal-periodic-review-belarus