Belarusian Helsinki Committee


The Belarusian Helsinki Committee is a non-governmental human rights organization established in 1995 and the sole remaining independent human rights group in Belarus. 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 and has brought criminal proceedings against officials of the organization, including its chairman Tatiana Protko.