BY 2021.04.16 Belarus parliament moves to pass law Banning Private Lawyers
The parliament of Belarus gave initial approval Friday to a law that would ban private attorneys, reducing the defense options for people charged in connection with protests and political dissent. The measure, drafted by the administration of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, passed the first reading, and and its eventual adoption appears certain because there are no opposition members of […]
BY 2021.03.04 EN/RU Laevski & Partners On provision of information to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus
Law FirmLaevski & Partners Tel. +375 17 342 83 99 / +375 29 958 86 [email protected] Revolyutsionnaya St., 24B, 2nd Floor, Office 2220030 Minsk, Belarus Your ref. No. 29/01-15 of 04.03.2021 Ministry of Justice of theRepublic of Belarus10, Kollektornaya St., Minsk, [email protected] On the provision of information Since the end of February 2021, legal circles have been discussing […]
USA 2020.10.22 EN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Imprisonment of lawyers Maksim Znak, Illia Salei, and Liliya Vlasova
The ABA urges that Maksim Znak be immediately released from pretrial detention and Illia Salei and Liliya Vlasova be immediately released from house arrest. October 22, 2020 Via email: [email protected]; [email protected] Honorable Alyaksandr G. Lukashenka, President of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus Re: Imprisonment of lawyers Maksim Znak, Illia Salei, and Liliya Vlasova Dear President Lukashenka: […]
BY 2020.10.17 Lawyers In Belarus Face Disbarment, Arrests Just For Representing Opponents Of Lukashenka
Lawyer Lyudmila Kazak holds up a complaint that one of her clients wrote and handed over to her in Minsk on September 25. Kazak herself was abducted and later found guilty of “failing to obey” police at an opposition rally that she says she didn’t even attend. Hundreds of people have been detained by police […]
EU 2020.09.24 EN EUROPEAN LAWYERS Detention of lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim Znak
President Alexander Lukashenko38, Karl Marx Street220016, MinskRepublic of Belarus Brussels, 24 September 2020 Subject: Detention of lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim Znak Your Excellency, I am writing to you on behalf of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which represents the bars and law societies of 45 countries, and through them, […]
NGOs 2020.09.10 EN Open statement in connection with the detention of Belarusian Lawyers
Open statement in connection with the detention of Belarusian lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim ZnakSeptember 10, 2020 We express our deep concern at the detention of lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim Znak on September 9, 2020, in Belarus, in a criminal case that is undeniably politically motivated. We consider this to be a gross violation […]
GR 2017.08.28 Bring George Trakas Home – Restore the Human Rights of Father and his abducted Minor.
Bring George Trakas Home – Restore the Human Rights of Father and his abducted Minor DIMITRIOS TRAKAS started this petition to COMMISSIONER UNDER THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR Human rights Tatiana Moskalkova and 1 other It was 28/08/2017 when I took a message from my wife, writing to me. “we won’t come back to Greece, don’t go tomorrow […]