News for July 2015
13.07.2015 Hrodna officials protract registration of BHC representative for monitoring of formation of territorial commissions
July 8, human rights activist Sviatlana Rudkouskaya came to Hrodna City Executive Committee to get registered as a representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee for observing the joint sitting of the Presidium of Hrodna City Executive Committee and Hrodna City Council on forming territorial election commissions.
13.07.2015 Kruhlaje District Executive Committee bans electoral pickets in busiest places
July 9, Kruhlaje District Executive Committee adopted a resolution to list the sites where it was prohibited to collect signatures for the nomination of a person as a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus.
13.07.2015 Salihorsk: violation of language laws by traffic police appealed at prosecutor's office
Civil society activist Aliaksandr Malochka has appealed to Salihorsk District Prosecutor's Office seeking the punishment of the local traffic policemen who refused to communicate with him in Belarusian and were unable to draw up a violation report in the Belarusian language which presenting him charges of a violation of the traffic rules.
13.07.2015 Kobryn: Aliaksandr Mekh challenges fine for laying down flowers to Kalinouski monument
Aliaksandr Mekh, a civil society activist from Kobryn, asks to abolish the verdict of Kobryn District Court and Brest Regional Court and drop the case against him.
13.07.2015 Salihorsk: ban of picket on Human Rights Day challenged at UN Human Rights Committee
Human rights activist Leanid Markhotka filed af complaint with the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations in connection with the ban of a picket dedicated to the International Human Rights Day on January 10, 2014 in Salihorsk.
13.07.2015 Homieĺ journalists challenge Rahačoŭ fines
July 10, Homieĺ freelancers Natallia Kryvashei and Kanstantsin Zhukouski filed cassation appeals to Homieĺ Regional Court, in which they challenge the verdict of Rahačoŭ District Court, by which they were fined 6.3 million rubles under Article 22.9 of the Code of Administrative Violations for cooperation with Polish satellite TV channel "Belsat".
13.07.2015 UN Human Rights Committee accepts Illia Dabratvor's complaint
As learned by the Human Rights Center "Viasna", Illia Dabratvor has recently received a message from the United Nations Human Rights Committee telling about the registration of his complaint of a violation of the rights for freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
12.07.2015 Political prisoner Rubtsou repeatedly goes on a hunger strike
Since July 1 Yury Rubtsou has gone on a hunger strike. The reason is the treatment and confinement conditions in the Baranavichy pretrial detention facility.
10.07.2015 Azerbaijan: Trial against Leyla and Arif Yunus to open after a year in custody
Paris-Geneva, 10 July 2015 – On July 13, 2015, the trial of Leyla and Arif Yunus will open before the Baku Administrative-Economical Court. After almost a year in detention, where they have been denied the medical treatment they desperately require, they will face charges such as “large-scale fraud,” “forgery,” “tax evasion,” and “illegal business.” The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders urges the authorities in Azerbaijan to immediately and unconditionally release them.
10.07.2015 "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" appeal to the CEC with proposals to improve the transparency of the elections
Members of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" offer the Central Election Commission (CEC) to implement 3 new practices to increase transparency of the elections:
10.07.2015 Ministry of Education believes th there are ample opportunities to study Belarusian language in Belarus
Commenting on the report of Salihorsk representatives of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee on the observance of the rights of Belarusian-speaking citizens in the region, the Ministry of Education has come to the conclusion about the existence of wide opportunities for the study of the Belarusian language and its use in all areas of communication.
10.07.2015 Belarusian volunteers assist residents of IDPs' settlement near Kharkiv
Volunteers of "Belarusian Human Rights Humanitarian Mission in Ukraine" continue their work in Kharkiv. July 8, they got acquainted with the functioning of the modular camp for internally displaced persons, built with the assistance of specialists from Germany.
10.07.2015 Mikaševičy: parents struggling to keep secondary school
According to the official information received by regional representatives of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Luniniec District Executive Committee decided to liquidate secondary school №3 in Mikaševičy “with the aim of spending the budget means with the maximum benefit”.
10.07.2015 Deputy Chair of Belarusian Social Democratic Party questions constitutionality of decree on social dependency
Deputy Chair of the Belarusian Social Democratic party (Hramada), Ihar Barysau asks the Constitutional Court to check the legality of Presidnetial Decree №3 «On prevention of social dependency".
10.07.2015 Babrujsk: elections start without surprises, electoral teams are being formed
The electoral campaign in Babrujsk was launched quietly, without any surprises. The local opposition parties and their branches have already determined their pretenders for candidates and are forming the electoral teams (initiative groups).
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