News for 13 Apr 2011
13.04.2011 Homel: house of oppositionist Zhukouski to be dismantled. However, officers of Ministry of Emergency Situation say that he should build a wall
In 2006 a Homel opposition activist Kanstantsin Zhukouski built a house in the center of Homel. The house was in a bad condition after a fire. He reconstructed the house and wanted to register it in 2010. The rumors that houses in Knizhnaya Street will be dismantled started circulating at about that time.
13.04.2011 Union of Poles in Belarus and Gazeta Wyborcza launch campaigns for release of Andrei Pachobut
The “opposition” Union of Poles in Belarus started a campaign for change of restraint to the Chair of the Main Council of the UPB, a journalist with the Polish weekly Gazeta Wyborcza Andrei Pachobut.
13.04.2011 Homel: first fine for refusal from fingerprinting
On 13 April Halina Sytsko, Judge of the Homel Savetski District Court, fined Vasil Paliakou, Chair of the Homel region organization of the United Civil Party, 875,000 rubles (about $287) for refusing to be fingerprinted by the police.
13.04.2011 General Procuracy issues official warnings to Kostka, Milinkevich and Starykevich
"Some publications containing groundless information and insinuations concerning the tragic events in the Minsk metro, aimed at discrediting the Belarusian society and state have been distributed in some media including the Internet. In order to prevent such acts and ensure the right of citizens to receive truthful information based on objective data, the General Procuracy warned a number of persons who engaged in the mentioned activities, including civil activist Milinkevich A.U., journalist Starykevich A. and citizen Kostka V.I.” reads the appropriate press-release of the procuracy.
13.04.2011 Siarhei Housha complains to Baranavichy prosecutor about unlawful actions of KGB officers
On 12 April the Baranavichy human rights defender Siarhei Housha addressed the prosecutor of the town of Baranavichy with a complaint against unlawful actions of the local KGB.
13.04.2011 Committee on International Control condoles with victims of terrorist act
The Committee on International Control over the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus expresses its deepest condolences to the victims’ families and to everyone injured in the blast.
13.04.2011 Questionings in connection with the 11 April terrorist act in Minsk metro continue
On 12 April Dzianis Dashkevich, an opposition activist from Rahachou, was urgently summonsed to the local KGB department for a questioning concerning the terrorist act in Minsk.
13.04.2011 Homel: participant of Uladzimir Niakliayeu’s electoral team has to resign
A Homel resident Volha Liamtsava took an active part in the electoral team of the presidential candidate Uladzimir Niakliayeu during the recent presidential election. He distributed informational leaflets, took part in electoral pickets and observed the election.
13.04.2011 Criminal cases of Iryna Khalip, Siarhei Martsaleu, Vital Rymasheuski and Pavel Seviarynets sent to court
According to Interfax, the Minsk City Procuracy has passed to court the criminal cases against Iryna Khalip (wife of Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau) Siarhei Martsaleu (head of the electoral team of the presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich), the presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski and the head of his electoral team Pavel Seviarynets.
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