UN High Commissioner for Human Rights accuses Belarus of 6000 detained in protests August 13 5:31
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Bachelet said in a statement, ``Understanding international human rights standards,'' about 6,000 people are being detained following a protest demonstrating fraud in the presidential election in the former Soviet Belarus. I strongly accused me of violating this.
In Belarus, President Lukashenko's six elections were confirmed in the presidential election held on the 9th of this month, but a demonstration was held for three consecutive days calling for "the election results have been tampered with", and according to the Ministry of Interior, it has been about to date. 6,000 are detained.
On this day, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said on the 12th that "the authorities have severely suppressed crackdowns on the demonstrations, which are mostly held peacefully."
The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bachelet, said in a statement, "More than 6,000 people have been detained, including those who were just watching the demonstrations and minors. Such a large detention is an international human rights standard. It clearly violates."
It also calls for the immediate release of illegally detained persons and an independent and impartial investigation into whether they have committed human rights violations.
The EU=European Union will hold an urgent foreign ministers' meeting on the 14th, which is expected to discuss sanctions on Belarus, and international pressure on Belarus is increasing.