The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

News for 10 Feb 2011

10.02.2011 Young activists of United Civil Party detained in Minsk

The young activists of the United Civil Party were detained near the metro station Niamiha where they were handing out the Ploshcha newspaper which contains calls to release political prisoners. The detainees were guarded to the Tsentralny District Police Department.

International Observation Mission: 'Violations of rights of citizens of the Republic of Belarus in December 2010 and January 2011 acquired a massive and gross scale'

10.02.2011 International Observation Mission: 'Violations of rights of citizens of the Republic of Belarus in December 2010 and January 2011 acquired a massive and gross scale'

On 9 February the International Observation Mission of the Committee of the International Control for the human rights situation in Belarus and the Center of Legal Transformation held a press-conference in Minsk to present the results of the research of testimonies of the people who had been detained during the protest action of 19 December 2010 in Minsk.

10.02.2011 KGB searched apartment of Dzianis Lazar

KGB officers searched the apartment of a Young Front activist Dzianis Lazar. The search was conducted within the framework of the 'mass riot' case.

10.02.2011 Interrogations go on...

At about 3.45 p.m. on 9 February an activist of the Young Front was summonsed to the dean's office of the physical faculty of Belarusian State University. In some time KGB officers came there and took him to the KGB department, for the sixth interrogation as a witness in the 'mass riot' criminal case. Bear in mind that on 6 January he was taken for an interrogation from the university as well, and was imprisoned for 12 days after it.

10.02.2011 Barys Haretski gets warned

On 10 February Barys Haretski, a journalist with Radio Racyja, came to the General Procuracy to which he was summonsed for answering some questions concerning his professional activities.

10.02.2011 Zmitser Salauyou complains to procuracy concerning actions of KGB during search

Zmitser Salauyou, the Chairperson of the Mahiliou Region organization of the Belarusian Popular Front, lodged a complaint with the regional procuracy concerning the actions of KGB officers during the search at his apartment on 15 January.

10.02.2011 KGB officers pay interests to duty documents of lawyer Aleh Aheyeu

At about 11 a.m. on 10 February KGB officers paid a visit to the legal consultation of Aleh Aheyeu, the attorney of the presidential candidate Aliaksei Mikhalevich. they presented an order signed by the Minsk and Minsk Region KGB Department and started looking though the documents that concerned the professional activities of the lawyer. They refused to tell the lawyer within the limits of which process activities the check-up of his documents was conducted and soon went away.