News for 7 Oct 2009
07.10.2009 Valiantsin Stefanovich: situation of human rights during the last six months leads to deplorable conclusions
Recently mass media have started publishing the statements by some European officials about the positive tendencies and the political liberalization in our country. In particular, at the beginning of this week Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, Head of the European Commission Representation in Ukraine and Belarus, talked about ‘a certain progress’ on the democratization of Belarus. How do the Belarusian human rights activists evaluate the situation in the country on the eve of the consideration of renewal of the sanctions of the EU towards the official Minsk? You can learn about it from our interview with the representative of the Human Rights Center Viasna Valiantsin Stefanovich.
07.10.2009 Barysau: independent journalist lost the trial
On 7 October in the morning Barysau district court pronounced the verdict on the honor and dignity protection lawsuit of V.Pratasevich, editor of the newspaper of Barysau executive committee Adzinstva against the Bukas Media Center enterprise and the journalist V.Nikitski.
07.10.2009 Pressurization of Union of Poles in disgrace continues
In Ivianets officers of law enforcement agencies pressurize members of the disgraced Union of Poles in Belarus, headed by Anzhalika Borys.
07.10.2009 Thousands of Belarusians ask Russian president to stop negotiations on NPP
More than five thousands of Belarusian citizens signed the address to the president of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, asking the official to stop the negotiations on constructing a nuclear power plant in Belarus.
07.10.2009 BCD Party denied premises for founding congress
The organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party has received the first refusals of premises for holding the founding congress.
07.10.2009 Anatol Liabedzka detained on Belarusian border
The leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Liabedzka was detained after a personal search on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border in the morning of 7 October. As he said to the BelaPAN, Belarusian border guards became interested in his documents and then asked to show a customs declaration. After that the UCP leader was searched.
07.10.2009 Belarusian-language program dropped from air on 'Unistar' radio
The leadership of Unistar radio decided to take off the air Viktar Syamashka’s program Novaya Ziamlia, the only Belarusian-language program on this radio that could be heard since 1995, udf.by reports.
07.10.2009 Mikalai Autukhovich doesn’t regain weight after hunger-strike
Pavel Sapelka, lawyer of the political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich, states his client hasn’t recovered after the long hungry strike.
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