News for August 2011
29.08.2011 Civil activist Ihar Sluchak detained in Homel
Special police troops accused him of swearing in a public place.
29.08.2011 Criminal case against Alyaksandr Arastovich stopped
The member of Mikalaj Statkevich's electoral HQ was named in the December 19 case.
29.08.2011 Last trial over 19 December 2010 events put off till 28 September
Today, Minsk Maskouski District Court opened the hearing of the criminal charges brought against Sviataslau Baranovich, the last accused in the criminal case over the so called mass riot on 19 December 2010.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
25.08.2011 Creation of Libereco's Patronage Committee
Marek Migalski, Member of the European Parliament, Marieluise Beck, Member of the German Bundestag, and Hans-Georg Wieck, former Head of the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus, are representing the newly created Patronage Committee of Libereco.
25.08.2011 Three BPF activists face imprisonment
A case has been started against Syarhei Semyanyuk, Ales Kalita and Maxim Hubarevich.
25.08.2011 Anatol Lyabedzka’s criminal case suspended
The politician received a notification about it in the morning. It was signed by the senior investigator of Minsk City Department of the Interior.
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