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= Human Constanta Human Rights Organization = Human Constanta (Belarusian: Х'юман Канстанта, Russian: Хьюман Константа) is a belarusian non-commercial human rights organization based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The organization is dedicated to protection of the rights of foreign and stateless citizens, promotion of anti-discrimination and human rights education, digital freedoms and rights. The organization was founded on 12 of October 2016 in Minsk

History
Firstly started only as a Facebook page, the organization was officially registered as a "consulting center on current international practices and their implementation in law" in 2016. The company was successfully operating in Belarus and helping with the problems of discrimination, digital rights and fundraising

In July 2021, the organization, among other NGOs, was liquidated in Belarus by a decree of the Minsk City Executive Committee on July 22. Shortly before that, on July 14, 50 searches were carried out in the offices of Belarusian NGOs and more than 20 people were arrested (one of whom was a Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski)

At present, the company's office is registered in Vilnius, and volunteers work in neighboring countries of Belarus such as Poland or Lithuania. Nevertheless, some former volunteers remained in Belarus. The former volunteer Anastasia Loiko was arrested in Belarus in 2022 for a previous participation in the NGO

Activities
The organization is dedicated to help in different areas, but first of all was dedicated to helping foreign citizens and refugees in Belarus regarding discrimination and human rights violation. One of such points of interest is a city of Brest which is well-known path to European Union and applying for a refugee status. Polish border with Belarus is a place of multiple troubles connected to human rights. Some of actions that been taken on the border are:


 * 1) Missions in Brest and on the Belarusian-Polish border with help to refugees
 * 2) In addition to its work on specific human rights issues, Human Constanta also works to promote a culture of respect for human rights in all areas of society. This includes working to raise awareness about the importance of human rights and to encourage individuals to stand up for these rights in their daily lives.
 * 3) Organisation and participating in events on topics of data protection, freedom of speech and discrimination. Human Constanta is one of participating organisation in Internet Governance Forum . Topics for thematic meetings may include the following: - internet shutdowns and interference with the networks in the region - Censorship online, content blocking, takedown practice in the region - Responsibility of private sector for defending and promoting internet freedom - Data protection legislation and practice in the region - National and regional initiatives on internet governance (IGFs)