News for 20 Apr 2012
20.04.2012 Vitsebsk police detain independent newspaper distributor
Vitsebsk police has reportedly detained local distributor of the “Nash Dom Info” independent newspaper Siarhei Soupel, as he was leaving his house this morning.
20.04.2012 Minsk Authorities Allow Opposition To Hold "Chornobyl Path" March
MINSK -- Minsk city authorities have officially allowed Belarusian opposition groups to hold a "Chornobyl Path" march on April 26.
20.04.2012 UN Calls For Release Of Belarusian Rights Defenders
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on the authorities in Belarus to begin a dialogue with the political opposition and "to unconditionally release all remaining prisoners who are serving sentences for exercising their fundamental human rights."
20.04.2012 Canadian politologist denied visa to Belarus
David Marples, a famous Canadian politologist and researcher of Belarus have been denied a visa by the Belarusian authorities.
20.04.2012 Ales Bialiatski ‘flayed’ again: No chance for early release
The Court of Pershamaiski District of Minsk has ruled in a civil lawsuit to collect from Ales Bialiatski over 140 million rubles of fine (nearly 12,700 Euro) for alleged late payment of arrears. Meanwhile, the amount ordered by the sentence was paid by the human rights defender in January and indexed for inflation, after which it more than doubled.
20.04.2012 Pavel Sevyarynets denied parole
The release on parole was denied to him, though according to the staff of special detention facility No. 7 in the village of Kuplin “he applies his best efforts to mend his way”.
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