About the Project

The Belarus Project supports judges, lawyers, human rights advocates, and journalists in making their case before international fora and intergovernmental bodies regarding President Lukashenko's wholesale assault on human rights and the rule of law in Belarus. A large part of our efforts goes toward bringing Belarusian civic leaders to the U.S. State Department and to the UN to tell their own story of the situation in Belarus. This also gives them the opportunity to meet with their colleagues and network with human rights organizations and other NGOs that may be helpful to their cause at home.

The League works closely with its affiliate, Charter 97, as well as other human rights groups in Belarus. The League has translated and published the 1997 human rights report of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee prepared by former Constitutional Court member Mikhail Pastukhov. The League issues a weekly Belarus Update, distributed freely by e-mail, which gathers news from various sources. The League also helps to translate and make available Charter 97's newsletter and other relevant materials.

The League's goal is to bring international attention to the Belarusian government's systematic violations of freedoms of expression and basic human rights through briefings, publications, and increasing awareness of the problems in Belarus at the UN and other international bodies.

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