"Greens" of the World Demand the Release of Political Prisoners in Belarus 2 3.04.2017, 7:42

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They also address to the EU leaders to provide assistance to the civil society of our country.

On 2 April the Global Greens Congress being hosted by Liverpool, the United Kingdom, and bringing together about two thousand Green delegates, adopted a resolution on political repressions and pressure on media in Belarus, Belarusian "Greens" Party website belgreens.org informs.

Delegates of the Congress of the Belarusian "Greens" Party Anastasia Darafeeva and Iryna Sukhij inform that these events in Belarus have shaken the ground in an international Green community. The topic was considered by several panel discussions during the Congress. When her final word at the Congress the Secretary General of the European Green Party Mar Garcia Sanz expressed her solidarity and support of Belarusian prisoners.

The resolution adopted during the Congress Global Greens expresses inadmissibility of repressions and pressure on mass media in Belarus.

They address to the Belarusian authorities and require to:

release all detainees immediately;

end pressure on the civil society and mass media;

investigate the unjustified use of violence on the part of law enforcement bodies;

give a full access to all relevant information to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Belarus.

Global Greens also call on EU Member States, European structures and international organizations to

make the fulfillment of requirements mentioned above a condition for a continued political dialogue with an official Minsk;

provide assistance to the civil society of Belarus;

support the extension of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Belarus at the session of the Human Rights Council planned for June 2017.

The European Green Party also made a statement to the Belarusian authorities.

Global Greens is a worldwide network of Green parties and political Green movements sharing values contained in the Global Green Charter. The network was founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia. There are four federations of Greens in the world: North and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia-Pacific Ocean. It includes 86 organizations from all over the world and now is one of the most influential movements.