News for 26 Aug 2011

26.08.2011 Mazyr authorities ban Jewish memorial meeting

Mazyr town executive committee has banned a meeting of remembrance to local Jews who killed themselves during the Nazi occupation in 1941, the BelPAN news agency reports, quoting Yakov Gutman, president of the New York-based International Association of Belarusian Jews.

One more dismissal of petition for Bialiatski’s release

26.08.2011 One more dismissal of petition for Bialiatski’s release

Vitsebsk human rights defender Pavel Levinau has received an official dismissal of his personal petition for the release of Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski.

26.08.2011 Hlybokaye journalist detained

Hlybokaye journalist Kastus Shytal was detained by local police after a publication on www.westki.info on an incident on 25 August, when the local district executive committee building was smeared with paint, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.

Help us get Ales Bialiatski, FIDH Vice President, released

26.08.2011 Help us get Ales Bialiatski, FIDH Vice President, released

Ales Bialiatski, FIDH Vice President and President of the Viasna Human Rights Centre has been detained in Belarus since last August 4. FIDH and its affiliate member, Viasna, which of course will guarantee Ales’ innocence, is calling for his immediate, unconditional release.

26.08.2011 Criminal harassment of Natallia Radzina stopped

It was informed to the parents of "Charter'97" editor by the city administration of internal affairs of Minsk city executive committee via mail.

Uladzimir Labkovich: “BPF members are targets of political persecution”

26.08.2011 Uladzimir Labkovich: “BPF members are targets of political persecution”

The criminal charges brought against Belarusian Popular Front members Ales Kalita, Siarhei Semianiuk and Maksim Hubarevich should be considered as “politically motivated harassment”, says Viasna activist Uladzimir Labkovich.

Zhodzina resident fined for attack on human rights defender

26.08.2011 Zhodzina resident fined for attack on human rights defender

On 22 August, Zhodzina town court fined local resident Mr. Yakautsou BYR 350,000 on charges of attacking human rights defender Aliaksei Lapitsi with a knife back on 29 July.

26.08.2011 Minsk resident detained for laying flowers outside Libyan embassy

On 24 August, Minsk police detained Stanislau Ramanovich, as he attempted to lay flowers outside the Libyan embassy to Belarus.

Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: Urgent Appeal on Recent Developments in Bialiatski's Case

26.08.2011 Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: Urgent Appeal on Recent Developments in 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), has received new information and requests your intervention in the following situation in Belarus.

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