“National security cannot serve as a carte blanche to adopt measures that raise questions of compatibility with human rights standards.”

“National security cannot serve as a carte blanche to adopt measures that raise questions of compatibility with human rights standards.”
The cases were brought by Afghan and Ethiopian migrants, one of whom tried to claim asylum in Poland before being sent back to Belarus.
We are an independent, nonprofit media outlet, funded through the support of our readers.
If you appreciate the work we do, please consider helping us to continue and expand it.
The deployment comes as Belarusian and Russian paratroopers hold joint drills today.
Charles Michel met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who described Belarus’s actions at the border as “state terrorism”.
“Regardless of the circumstances of the migrants’ arrival, they need our spiritual and material support,” says the head of the episcopate.
A number of countries, including the US, have condemned Belarus.
“NATO is ready to continue helping our allies and maintaining security in the region,” said its headquarters in Brussels.
Three people carrying rifles were spotted by Polish soldiers early yesterday morning.
“The fact refugees are being used brutally in a political struggle does not absolve us from respecting their rights,” wrote Archbishop Polak.
“If a human impulse requires a decent person to break the law, then the law should be broken,” says one of the detained couple.
“They are real scoundrels. I am afraid that they might start a war with us,” said the Belarusian president.
“I cannot be remain silent about the recent actions towards migrants on the Polish-Belarus border,” wrote Władysław Grochowski.
Most have been identified as Iraqis.
“Today we want to express our opposition to the inhumane treatment and deprivation of dignity of refugees.”