We will conduct a virtual Eastern Europe conference on Monday, 14th of December 2020 on the topic “Is HIV Work Human Rights Work?” which was originally planned to be held in Berlin in March but had to be cancelled due to the Corona Pandemic. This conference is based on the discussions and outcomes of the conference "HIV in Eastern Europe - the unnoticed epidemic?!" from 2017.
How not holding the elections in 18 communities in Donbas impacts the decrease in trust in the authorities, demotivates potential leaders and delays the prospects for reintegration. Conclusions and recommendations of the research conducted within the framework of the international platform CivilMPlus.
Tomorrow the European Council (EU Council) will discuss EU positions and further response on recent developments in Belarus – on election fraud, human rights violations, repression of opposition representatives, students, women and other groups. In this regard, we would like to remind you of the Policy paper on suggestions for German politics and diplomacy elaborated by a huge number of German NGO, foundations and initiatives coordinated by DRA and its partners: Menschenrechte in Belarus, European Exchange, German Marshall Fund, LibMod, German-Belarusian Society. The paper was discussed with representatives of the German Federal Foreign Office, Chancellor's Office, Bundestag and EU at a round table on September 15, 2020 and contains expectations, most of which are also relevant for the entire EU, although some member countries such as Lithuania, Latvia, Poland have already launched programs for urgent support.
The evaluation is designed as a cluster evaluation and will assess two projects that are active in the field of climate change.
On the 17.8.2020 on ZDF national public television broadcaster: An assessment of the situation in Belarus from the DRA-Executive Director Stefan Melle: Why is the 2020 election different from the previous elections in the country, why does the protest movement stand out, what is the EU's and Russia's response, and can the situation escalate?
European non-governmental organizations join their Ukrainian colleagues in demanding the immediate release of Konstantin Reutski and Yevgeni Vasilev, detained during the protests in Minsk on August 12.
We, human rights and non-governmental organizations, demand that the Belarusian authorities immediately and unconditionally release the citizens of Ukraine and human rights defenders Yevhenii Vasyliev and Konstantin Reutskiy.
Reportedly, Kostyantyn Reutskyi and Yevhen Vasyliev were detained when filming a violent incident during the ongoing protests in the capital of Belarus. According to Vostok SOS, there is no information about the whereabouts of Reutskyi and Vasyliev.
The conflict in Donbas is still active, with daily shelling, and the locals continue to live with a feeling of anxiety and fatigue - this was confirmed by the participants of the international monitoring mission to Donbas which was held from 24 to 29 July 2020.
The DRA is looking for a tender to organize and host two capacity building events for the project “Sustainable Perspectives for Rural Areas in Ukraine and Russia”. Deadline: August 17th, 2020
