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• The UN’s human rights expert for Belarus today called for international support for human rights defenders in the East European country as crackdowns on peaceful protests spread ahead of the 9 August presidential election.

• UN experts today demanded that Belarus refrains from violence against peaceful protesters ahead of 9 August presidential elections. They urged the Government to abandon its policy of arbitrary arrests, violence and intimidation against civil society activists.

United Nations Children's Fund, UN Development Program and UN Population Fund with financial support from the UK Government conducted a three-day online marathon called “Creation of favourable environment for children and women's development”.

As part of cooperation with the Belarusian National Bar Association (BNBA) and with the support of the British Embassy in Belarus UNICEF conducted a gratuitous webinar “Providing legal aid to children, who fell victim of violence (including human trafficking and the related offences).”