News for 12 Aug 2011
12.08.2011 Political prisoners’ relatives: Only economic sanctions will release people from prisons
Mothers and wives of the repressed Belarusians have addressed pro-democracy politicians and public in Belarus.
The full text of the address had been offered to charter97.org website”
12.08.2011 Washington says that fresh economic sanctions are not directed at people of Belarus
The United States' fresh economic sanctions against Belarusian enterprises "are not directed at the people of Belarus," the US Department of State said on August 11.
12.08.2011 Ales Bialiatski: “So far, I see it all as something unreal”
“I have been examined by a doctor. I have no complaints. So far, I see it all as something unreal”, says Ales Bialiatski in his first letter received by his wife after he was arrested on 4 August.
12.08.2011 MEP Migalski: decision by Polish official undermines idea of solidarity
“The Belarusians are fighting for democracy just like the Poles did in the 20th century. The decision by a Polish official undermines the idea of solidarity”, Marek Migalski, member of the European Parliament and deputy chair of the EP’s delegation on Belarus-EU relations, said during a press-conference on Ales Bialiatski’s arrest.
12.08.2011 Lukashenka pardons at least 4 mass riot case convicts
On 11 August, Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenka granted pardon to at least 4 persons convicted for alleged involvement in the 19 December 2010 mass riot.
12.08.2011 Ales Bialiatski officially charged
On 12 August, Ales Bialiatski, chair of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, has been officially charged under Par. 2 Art. 243 of the Criminal Code ("concealment of profits on an especially large scale”).
12.08.2011 FIDH President addresses Lithuanian Prime Minister on Bialiatski's case
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), condemns the ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Ales Bialatski, FIDH Vice-President and President of the Belarusian Human Rights Centre "Viasna".
12.08.2011 Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders addresses Belarusian authorites on Bialiatski's arrest
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
12.08.2011 Belarus must free activist held on tax evasion charges
The Belarusian authorities must release a prominent human rights activist, whose pre-trial detention on charges of "serious tax evasion" is believed to be politically motivated.
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