News for 29 May 2014

Human rights defenders attend conference on Belarus in Geneva

29.05.2014 Human rights defenders attend conference on Belarus in Geneva

On May 27, Geneva hosted a conference on the human rights situation in Belarus with the participation of international and Belarusian human rights defenders, relatives of political prisoners and the representative of the European Union at the United Nations. The event, which was organized by the Human Rights House Foundation, was meant to precede the presentation of a report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus.

29.05.2014 Over 300 oppositionists got arrested during IIHF World Championship in Minsk

Human rights activists did not know of the most political prisoners. Andrej Tkachou, a 28-year old fitness instructor and event-manager, tells in his blog how spent 15 day in the jail in Akrescina Street in Minsk.

Accessibility Week 2014: From Accessibility to Equality

29.05.2014 Accessibility Week 2014: From Accessibility to Equality

A campaign entitled Accessibility Week 2014 will take place in Belarus from 1 to 15 June 2014. The action will include a series of events related to the issues of all kinds of accessibility for people with disabilities. The initiator of the event is the Office for the Rights of People with Disabilities.

29.05.2014 Mikalai Autukhovich not allowed to visit Minsk for medical examination

The police of Vaukavysk forbade the former political prisoner to leave the town for a medical examination.

Mahiliou police unable to find online slanderers

29.05.2014 Mahiliou police unable to find online slanderers

Valery Karankevich, a civil society activist from the town of Khotsimsk, Mahiliou region, received on May 28 a response to his complaint to the head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Mahiliou Regional Executive Committee, in which the activist requested to reopen an administrative case in connection with the alleged failure to identify persons who humiliate his honor and dignity in an Internet publication.

Homel police “lose” items seized during detention of Young Front activists

29.05.2014 Homel police “lose” items seized during detention of Young Front activists

Activists of the Young Front’s Homel branch have been unable to return their items seized by police during the arrest on February 22, when Andrei Tsianiuta and Stanislau Bula, as well as an activist of a coalition named “Our Alternative” Natallia Kryvashei, were detained by police during a rally in memory of the victims of Kyiv’s Maidan protests.

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