News for 16 Sep 2013

16.09.2013 Viktar Hanchar and Anatol Krasouski kidnapped 14 years ago

The guilty of kidnapping of the oppositionists haven’t been punished in spite of proofs and evidences.

Yaromenak and Parfiankou arrested for five days

16.09.2013 Yaromenak and Parfiankou arrested for five days

Uladzimir Yaromenak and Vasil Parfiankou have been serving administrative detention since September 16, after Judge Yury Harbatouski of Minsk’s Pershamaiski District Court sentenced the activists to for five days of arrest on charges of disobeying the terms of preventive supervision (Article 24.12 of the Administrative Code).

Minsk court convicts participants of memorial protest

16.09.2013 Minsk court convicts participants of memorial protest

The Court of Minsk’s Tsentralny district heard today the charges brought against five participants of a protest staged on Saturday outside the detention center in Valadarski Street, where a prisoner named Ihar Ptsichkin died earlier this summer.

Expert labels Ales Bialiatski’s book as dangerous for State

16.09.2013 Expert labels Ales Bialiatski’s book as dangerous for State

Ales Bialiatski’s book "Enlightened by Belarusianness" ("Asvechanyia Belaruschunai") “could damage the image of the Republic of Belarus”, say the results of an expert examination ordered by Ashmiany customs department. 40 copies of the book were confiscated from human rights defender Tatsiana Reviaka on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border on July 3 this year.

Baranavichy authorities ban anti-impoverishment picket

16.09.2013 Baranavichy authorities ban anti-impoverishment picket

Baranavichy city executive committee banned a picket aimed to protest against the decreasing incomes of families raising children. The picket was applied for by local independent trade union activist Ryhor Hryk.

16.09.2013 Gay rights activist taken off train, searched by customs officers

A gay rights activist was ordered by Belarusian customs officers off a Minsk-bound train and searched at the Ukrainian border in the morning of September 14.

16.09.2013 At least five people to stand trial for attempting to mourn man who died suspicious death in Minsk jail

At least five people who were arrested in Minsk on Saturday for attempting to publicly mourn a young man will stand trial on September 16.

Human Rights Defenders Discuss Violations of Human Rights in Belarus with Dutch Officials

16.09.2013 Human Rights Defenders Discuss Violations of Human Rights in Belarus with Dutch Officials

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) invited a delegation of Belarusian and Russian human rights defenders to raise issues regarding the systematic violation of human rights in Belarus with Dutch officials.

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