News for July 2015
10.07.2015 Mahilioŭ City Council ignores the collective appeals of citizens
At the end of May about 6.5 thousand citizens sent an appeal to the local MPs, but still haven't received any response.
10.07.2015 Valiantsin Stefanovich: Six reasons why it is impossible to hold democratic, free and transparent elections in Belarus
June 30, the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus determined the date for presidential elections - October 11, 2015.
09.07.2015 KGB trying to recruit freelance journalist Zmitser Lupach
Freelance journalist Zmitser Lupach told how KGB officers tried to make him cooperate with them. At first he decided to simply ignore their proposals, but they didn't let him alone. Therefore, Mr. Lupach decided to appeal to journalists and human rights activists.
09.07.2015 Freelance journalists Natallia Kryvashei and Kanstatnsin Zhukouski get fined
According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Rahačoŭ District Court Judge Aliaksandr Krainikau found freelance journalists Natallia Kryvashei and Kanstatnsin Zhukouski guikty of the illicit manufacture of media products for satellite TV channel "Belsat" and fined them 35 basic units (6.3 million rubles) under Art. 22.9, part 2 of Code of Administrative Offenses.
09.07.2015 Detentions and arrests of football fans at Belarus Football Championship
As reported by belultras.by, football fans have been repeatedly detained during the during the World Cup football in Belarus has repeatedly delayed football fans.
09.07.2015 Mahilioŭ region: media show lack of interest to beginning of election campaign
The campaign for the presidential election of the Republic of Belarus has not yet aroused great interest among the state media of the Mahilioŭ region.
09.07.2015 Head of a police department in Mahilioŭ accuses activist of trying to bribe him
Instead of answering questions of Aliaksandr Khamratau and Dzmitry Zdobnikau they were pushed out of the Lieninski District Police Department in Mahilioŭ.
09.07.2015 OSCE: Belarusian dump trucks take Donbass coal away
The Observing mission of the OSCE, located at "Gukovo" and "Donetsk" Russian border crossings in Rostov region, informs that the coal export from the Donbass to Russia continues. Weekly report for the period from 1 to 7 July says, Correspondent writes.
08.07.2015 MIA can easily turn cereals into pasta, meat into fish and oil to fat
How are foodstuffs interchanged in the conditions of the penitentiary system and what do people have to eat there?
08.07.2015 Supreme Court upholds prohibition of picket in Baranavičy
July 7, Baranavičy human rights activist Siarhei Housha received a response from the Supreme Court to his complaint concerning the prohibition of the picket he intended to hold on December 10, 2014. The picket was prohibited by Baranavičy City Executive Committee. The ban was then upheld by Baranavičy City and District Court and Brest Regional Court. The Supreme Court recognized the courts' verdicts as lawful and dismissed the appeal of the human rights activist.
08.07.2015 Shabnam Khudoydodova not allowed to meet with lawyer
Shabnam Khudoydodova, arrested activist of “Group 24”, hasn't been allowed to meet with a lawyer for over ten days.
08.07.2015 "Committee against Torture" is left among the foreign agents and can be liquidated
July 8 the panel of judges of the regional court in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) dismissed the appeal of the human rights organization "Committee against Torture" and upheld the decision of the Sovetsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod, which upheld the prosecutor of Nizhny Novgorod Region Oleg Panasenko.
08.07.2015 What difficulties are faced by observers during elections?
The lawyer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Hary Pahaniaila talks about the differences between the current presidential campaign from the previous ones and the main difficulties faced by the observers.
08.07.2015 Hrodna region: not all websites of executive committees promptly inform about electoral process
On July 1-19 the district executive committees in Belarus accept documents for the nomination of candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus within the framework of the electoral campaign.
08.07.2015 What do administrative detainees pay for?
There is no clear and transparent information regarding the nutrition norms for persons serving an administrative arrest remains unclear.
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