News for 1 Oct 2014

Presentation of “Who Needs Death Penalty” to take place October 9

01.10.2014 Presentation of “Who Needs Death Penalty” to take place October 9

The book was issued within the framework of the project for abolishment of the death penalty “Because We Are People!”, implemented by the international organization Penal Reform International and a number of Belarusian NGOs with the assistance of the European Union.

Anzhalika Borys: this was political order

01.10.2014 Anzhalika Borys: this was political order

The leadership of the oppositional Union of Poles in Belarus states about politically motivated harassment.

Third edition of “Gray Book” issued in Vitsebsk region

01.10.2014 Third edition of “Gray Book” issued in Vitsebsk region

The third volume of the yearly chronicle of human rights violations in the Vitsebsk region “Gray Book” has been published. The volume of the book is 140 pages, it covers the period since July 2013 until June 2014.

Policeman to 12-year-old girl: “You are guilty, as you demand a lawyer”

01.10.2014 Policeman to 12-year-old girl: “You are guilty, as you demand a lawyer”

As it is stated in a complaint to the Office of Prosecutor General, filed by the mother of a 12-year-old Brest resident, a policeman from Maskouski district police department in Brest Yauhen Bury exceeded his powers at work.

Babruisk activists who took part in hunger strike of protest, dismissed

01.10.2014 Babruisk activists who took part in hunger strike of protest, dismissed

Two members of the Free Trade Union of Belarus from Babrujsk tractor parts and aggregates plant, maintenance persons Aliaksandr Varankin and Aliaksandr Hramyka, have been fired.

Human rights activists announce a Week Against the Death Penalty in Belarus

01.10.2014 Human rights activists announce a Week Against the Death Penalty in Belarus

Various human rights activities will be held from 5 to 10 October under the slogan "The death penalty is murder". The events will be attended by honorary foreign visitors, ambassadors, famous creative people, relatives of executed convicts shot and sentenced to death, advocates and activists of the abolitionist movement in Belarus.

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