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News in Brief; Belarus: Lukashenko signs new amendments to the Criminal Code: Members of independent human rights NGOs at risk

01 December 2005

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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its deepest concern at the signature by President A. Lukashenko of amendments to the Belarusian Criminal Code, which strengthen penal responsibility concerning “acts against people and public security”.

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