News for 6 May 2009
06.05.2009 Salihorsk police detain "Young Front" activists for defending the right to education
The Young Front activists who were detained on 5 May in the evening in Salihorsk during a picket in support of forcibly drafted Ivan Shyla, were released in three hours.
06.05.2009 Mahiliou oblast court does turns down cassation complaint of 'Volny Horad'
On 6 May Mahiliou oblast court finished the consideration of the cassation complaint of Siarhei Niarouny, editor of the non-state Krychau newspaper Volny Horad and the founder of the newspaper Uladzimir Kudrautsau against the ruling of Chavusy district court of 17 February.
06.05.2009 Belarusian authorities can take away children from families without trial
The Belarusian authorities received the legal opportunity to take away children from the families in the case of real threat to their life and health.
06.05.2009 Brest city executive committee banned the picket dedicated to the tenth anniversary of disappearance of Yury Zakharanka
Brest city executive committee did not grant the application for the picket, dedicated to the tenth anniversary of disappearance of the former minister of interior Yury Zakharanka. The politician was kidnapped on 7 May 1999 and has been missing since then.
06.05.2009 Masty: workers sue against the enterprise
Two workers of Mastoudreu have filed a suit to Masty district court against the unlawful dismissal from the enterprise.
06.05.2009 Valiantsin Stefanovich: ‘Why use water cannons if policemen like to beat people with feet?’
According to Alexander Lukashenka, the legislation in Belarus is better than in the European Union. In the interview to the Reuters agency he stated that ‘dictator Lukashenka hasn’t ever used tear gas or water cannons’.
06.05.2009 Lukashenka signed the law on amnesty
The president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka signed the law On amnesty in connection with the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from German Nazi invaders.
06.05.2009 Ministry of Justice is considering an anonymous letter related to Belarusian Christian Democracy Party
On 6 May a co-chairman of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party Pavel Seviarynets and the responsible secretary of the party Dzianis Sadouski had a meeting with the justice minister Viktar Halavanau concerning registration of the party.
06.05.2009 Action of solidarity with political prisoners: day five
Before the rally of solidarity that was to start in Kastrychnitskaya Square of Minsk on 5 May in the evening, several street cleaning machines arrived to the scene. For some time people couldn’t stay on the square, as they risked to be showered by water.
06.05.2009 Hunger-strike in support of Mikalai Autukhovich becomes international
7 more public activists have joined the indefinite hunger strike of solidarity with Mikalai Autukhovich, Yury Liavonau and Uladzimir Asipenka.
06.05.2009 Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in Belarus in April 2009
Few people gathered for the traditional action Chernobyl Way at the end of April. 'The past rally can be called an action of recession', commented Liavon Barshcheuski, Chairperson of the BPF Party. Meanwhile, persecution of democratic activists is going on. Human rights defenders are of the opinion that only point changes have taken place. The Minsk city executive committee banned holding of the action on the route that was proposed by its organizers. Democratic activists were detained in different regions of the country.
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