Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) is a voluntary, independent and non-political social organization. It was registered by the Ministry of Justice of Belarus in November 1995. Its goal is protection of human rights in Belarus following the Helsinki Accords. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, known as the Helsinki Final Act, Helsinki Accords or Helsinki Declaration, was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki, Finland in August, 1975 between the United States and Canada...

The organization was harassed by government. Examples are $73,000 fines for allegedly unpaid taxes on money received via European Union Tacis Programme grants (2003, overruled by the Supreme Court in 2004) and criminal proceedings against the officials of the organization.

External link

• BHC home page