News for 9 Feb 2012

Mother and sister of death convict Kavaliou submit arguments to Belarus’ commentaries for UN Human Rights Committee

09.02.2012 Mother and sister of death convict Kavaliou submit arguments to Belarus’ commentaries for UN Human Rights Committee

The mother of the death convict submitted their arguments to the commentaries provided to the UN Human Rights Committee by the Belarusian authorities in connection with the individual communication submitted to the organization on his behalf.

Babruisk: procuracy refutes existence of “black lists”

09.02.2012 Babruisk: procuracy refutes existence of “black lists”

In January Anatol Sanatsenka, chief editor of the private socio-political newspaper “Babruiski Kur’yer”, filed an appeal with the procuracy, in which he asked to explain the frequent visits of the police to local civil activists and the existence of the so-called “black list” of activists and journalists. He also stated that police officers posed threats to him in connection with his refusal to be fingerprinted.

Baranavichy: city court sides with police

09.02.2012 Baranavichy: city court sides with police

On 8 February the Court of Baranavichy City and District considered the criminal case against Aliaksandr Vaitseshyk. Judge N. Harbarchyk found him guilty under Article 364 for alleged infliction of bodily harm to a police officer and sentenced him to 18 months of conditional imprisonment.

List of detainees of Litvins’ club

09.02.2012 List of detainees of Litvins’ club

Late in the evening of 8 February 2012 all 32 people detained in the Protestant Church “Ian the Baptist” were released from the Maskouski District Police Department of Minsk. Among them there were three under-aged – Vitaut Siuchyk and his schoolmates Kasia and Maryna.

09.02.2012 German Ombudsman banned entry to Belarus

The Belarusian authorities denied entry to Belarus for Germany’s human rights commissioner Markus Loening. The information was spread by the German MFA.

09.02.2012 Anarchist Frantskevich deprived of short-term meeting with his mother

Tatsiana Frantskevich passed a 30kg parcel to her son, who serves sentence in penal colony # 22 “Vouchyia Nory”.

09.02.2012 No pardon for Zmitser Bandarenka

A lawyer has visited Zmitser Bandarenka in the Mahiliou penal colony today.

Results of monitoring of trial of Ales Bialiatski

09.02.2012 Results of monitoring of trial of Ales Bialiatski

This document was prepared by the Human Rights Center "Viasna" on the basis of monitoring of the criminal proceedings against its Chairman Ales Bialiatski.

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