News for August 2012
02.08.2012 Ministry of Justice threatens Belarusian Popular Front
The BPF party received a letter from the Ministry of Justice over “violations of requirements of legislation and the party statute”.
01.08.2012 Brest: court won't punish officials
The Leninski District Court of Brest dismissed as groundless the appeal of the local activist of the “For Freedom” Movement Dzianis Turchaniak who demanded that the responsible officials be punished for refusing to provide information.
01.08.2012 Zhodzina: human rights defenders remind the authorities about the Constitution and apply to court
On 30 July human rights defender Aliaksei Lapitski registered at the Zhodzna City Executive Committee a new application with questions to the administration which again banned a picket he intended to hold on 4 August to support the imprisoned human rights defender Ales Bialiatski.
01.08.2012 “Citizens of Belarus are deprived of the right to have rights”
This is the conclusion drawn by Mazyr human rights defender Uladzimir Malei from a series of trials concerning the prohibition of pickets in support of the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski and other political prisoners.
01.08.2012 Location of deputy director of “Platform” remains unknown
The deputy head of the informational and educational institution “Platform” Alena Krasouskaya-Kaspiarovich stopped answering the phone in the evening of 31 July. As stated to belaruspartisan.info by the “Platform” director Andrei Bandarenka, she went away for a meeting and no one has seen her since that time.
01.08.2012 Seriously ill Viachaslau Dashkevich fears he won't live long enough to see his son released from jail
Last week Viachaslau Dashkevich, a journalist and chief-editor with a long labor record, was visited by members of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
01.08.2012 Website palitviazni.info now available in foreign languages
Now the website about Belarusian political prisoners has English, Polish and Russian versions.
01.08.2012 Minsk: detention of “European Belarus” activists
Mikita Kavalenka and Aliaksei Tsioply were detained for handing out information bulletins “Charter'97”.
01.08.2012 Mahiliou: Aliaksei Paulouski detained for collecting signatures
Aliaksei Paulouski, an activist of the Independent Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry was detained in a dormitory building for “Zenit” plant workers, while gathering signatures to nominate Ryhor Antanovich and Uladzimir Punchanka as parliamentary candidates, RFE/RL reports.
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