27/03/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Andrea Rigoni (ALDE, Italy), following his fact-finding visit to Minsk on 23-24 March 2017, called on the authorities to immediately release all those who have been detained in connection with the March demonstrations.
27/03/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Volodymyr Ariev today strongly condemned the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators in Belarus and throughout Russia and called on the authorities of both countries to immediate release the journalists detained.
17/03/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, will make a fact-finding visit to Minsk on 23-24 March. He is due to meet notably the President of the Republic and the Speakers of both Chambers of the National Assembly.
04/01/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Yves Cruchten, general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, have deplored the death sentence handed down on Kiryl Kazachok by a Belarusian court.
04/01/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Yves Cruchten, general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, have deplored the death sentence handed down on Kiryl Kazachok by a Belarusian court.
29/11/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Andrea Rigoni, Rapporteur on the situation in Belarus and Alain Destexhe, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, have expressed deep concern at press reports according to executions in Belarus.
29/11/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Andrea Rigoni, Rapporteur on the situation in Belarus and Alain Destexhe, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, have expressed deep concern at press reports according to executions in Belarus.
12/09/2016 | Election observation
The 11 September parliamentary elections were efficiently organised and there were visible efforts to address some long-standing issues, but a number of systemic shortcomings remain, the international observers concluded.
05/09/2016 | Election observation
A delegation led by Gisela Wurm will travel to Belarus from 9 to 12 September to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections on 11 September, alongside observers from the PA and ODIHR of the OSCE.
11/08/2016 | Election observation
A PACE pre-electoral delegation headed by Gisela Wurm visited Minsk to assess the election campaign and the preparations for the parliamentary elections to be held on 11 September 2016.
05/08/2016 | Election observation
A five-member delegation led by Gisela Wurm will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Belarus on 9-10 August, to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the parliamentary elections on 11 September.
11/05/2016 | Parliamentary support
With a view to the forthcoming parliamentary elections (September 2016), a round table on electoral standards and the electoral process improvement in Belarus will take place in Minsk on 18 May 2016.