http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/112/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - Belarus Belarus Colour fades from post-Soviet revolutions http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/153809/1/ As the outcome of the Ukrainian election threatens to peel away the orange revolution, Misha Kechaqmadze traces the success of post-Soviet regimes to stamp out the march to democracy. Belarus turns off the lights http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/65408 Belarus has been condemned by the US as an "outpost of tyranny". Amnesty's investigations disclose more specific examples of repression, concluding that civil society is on the verge of enforced closure. Belarus holds meet on access to legal information http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/60592 The National Center of Legal Information of Belarus recently hosted a two-day international conference on legal informatics within the framework of WSIS. The final recommendations of this meet will be sent to the second phase of WSIS in Tunisia. Chernobyl children visit Centre for Alternative Technology http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/57504 Thirteen children from southern Belarus have spent time at the Centre for Alternative Technology as part of a four-week trip to Wales. The children come from a town only 40km from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, site of the 1987 disaster, and are exposed daily to background radiation in water, food and air. Their stay in Wales will reduce radiation levels in their bodies, helping them resist diseases such as leukaemias, cancers and heart defects. Caring for the Elderly: A Special Challenge for Poor Countries http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/48745 "The developed world became rich before it became old. The developing world became old before it became rich," notes the World Health Organization, warning of the challenges Latin American countries will face as the over-60 population balloons over the next 50 years. In poor, transitional countries, like Belarus, life is already brutal for the elderly. Video training workshop for young people from CIS region http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/38937 The One Minutes Jr. is organising its second workshop for young people between the ages of 12-20 from the CIS countries. The four-day workshop provides hands-on training on how to produce their own video messages, use storyboards and gives advice on shooting and editing. Iraq tops 'world's worst places to be a journalist' http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/37443 Iraq heads a new list of "world’s worst places to be a journalist", followed by Afghanistan, Belarus, Chechnya, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Togo, Vietnam, and the West Bank and Gaza. Wave of detentions mark Belarus independence day http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/34277 At least 50 peaceful protestors were detained during an unsanctioned demonstration in Minsk against President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's government to mark Belarus independence day, an international rights group said yesterday. Belarus protesters must be allowed to march in peace, says Amnesty http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/32715 The first large-scale protest in support of human rights and political freedom in Belarus should take place without police intimidation or attack, Amnesty International is saying in the run up to a planned demo on the streets of Minsk tomorrow. EU urged to take action on Belarus labour rights http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/32949 A global trade-union group has called on the European Union's trade chief, Pascal Lamy, to launch an inquiry into suspected violations in Belarus of rules covering labour rights. Mikola Markievich pays the price in Belarus http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/29312 Mikola Markievich is serving an 18-month stint of restricted labour for questioning Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's moral suitability as the nation's leader, reports Siobhan Dowd. Belarusian journalists' association wins Golden Pen award http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/29550 The Belarusian Association of Journalists has been awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual prize of the World Association of Newspapers, for its resistance to media repression by President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Five countries named for labour violations http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/29616 Belarus, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Zimbabwe were accused of seriously infringing freedom of association and violating trade union rights in a report adopted by a United Nations agency yesterday. Belarus journalist's conviction 'outrageous' http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/147 The conviction and imprisonment of Viktar Ivashkevich, editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Rabochy, for libelling President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus was outrageous, an international media watchdog said yesterday. Belarus press comes under more pressure http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/492 In a new move to stifle the independent press, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has brough a suit against a leading independent newspaper, reports Lauren Etter.