Belarusian Helsinki Committee

The Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC; Belarusian: РПГА «Беларускі Хельсінкскі Камітэт» (БХК)) is a non-governmental human rights organization established in 1995 and in 2007 was the sole remaining independent human rights group in Belarus,[1] apart from Viasna Human Rights Centre. Its goal is protection of human rights in Belarus in accordance with the Helsinki Accords.

The government fined the organization $73,000 for allegedly unpaid taxes on money received via European Union Tacis Programme grants (2003, overruled by the Supreme Court in 2004) and brought criminal proceedings against officials of the organization, including its chairman Tatiana Protko.[2]

See also

Literature
  • Silitski, Vitali; Zaprudnik, Jan (2010). The A to Z of Belarus (The A to Z Guide Series). Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8108-7200-4. More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)

References
  1. "Belarus: Threat to Close Lone Human Rights Group". Human Rights Watch. 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
  2. "Belarusian Helsinki committee is under threats of being closed". Human Rights House Network. 23 February 2006.


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