RSF’24: Episode 8: Belarus, Authoritarianism and the Global Impact of Unchecked State Violence #RSF2024

In this episode, experts discuss the authoritarian regime in Belarus, its impact on human rights, regional challenges, and global security. Guests: Anaïs Marin, Associate Fellow at Chatham House and Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Belarus (2018–2024), and Einars Semanis, Former Ambassador of Latvia to Belarus. Moderator: Beāte Livdanska, Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs.

The Riga Security Forum 2024 is made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Baltic States, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, the Embassy of the United States of America in Riga, Patria (military services and solutions provider), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, and the Embassies of Poland, Canada, Spain, and the United Kingdom in Latvia. We are also proud to partner with the Riga Graduate School of Law. Our media partners for the forum are The Baltic Times, the Latvian unified news portal lsm.lv and TV4 Latvia.