Press conference by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus

We invite you to a press con­fer­ence by the UN Spe­cial Rap­por­teur on the sit­u­a­tion of human rights in Belarus, Nils Muižnieks, which will take place on Jan­u­ary 23, 2025, at 11:00 AM in Vil­nius.

Nils Muižnieks

The event is sched­uled ahead of the upcom­ing elec­toral events in Belarus, where pre­lim­i­nary results are expect­ed to be announced on Jan­u­ary 26. It is antic­i­pat­ed that Ali­ak­san­dr Lukashen­ka, who has ruled the coun­try for more than 30 years, will be declared «elect­ed» for a sev­enth term.

Dur­ing the press con­fer­ence, Spe­cial Rap­por­teur Nils Muižnieks will share his per­spec­tive on the cur­rent sit­u­a­tion in Belarus and answer ques­tions from par­tic­i­pants.

For secu­ri­ty rea­sons, we kind­ly ask all atten­dees to com­plete the accred­i­ta­tion form, where you can also indi­cate your pre­ferred for­mat of par­tic­i­pa­tion (online or offline). The work­ing lan­guages of the con­fer­ence will be Eng­lish and Belaru­sian, with simul­ta­ne­ous inter­pre­ta­tion pro­vid­ed.

The press con­fer­ence is held on the ini­tia­tive of Belaru­sian human rights defend­er Leanid Sudalen­ka with the sup­port of the Belaru­sian Human Rights House and the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists.