News for August 2015
15.08.2015 Brest region to have 36 closed polling station at presidential elections
One of the closed polling station is located on the territory of a military unit in Brest, whereas the rest belong to hospitals, sanatoriums and other resort facilities.
15.08.2015 Trade union activist still hopes to prove illegality of ban on May Day picket in Baranavičy
August 14, an activist of the Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry Ryhor Hryk filed a supervisory appeal to the chairman of Brest Regional Court against the recognition of the competence of the ban on the picket by Baranavičy City and District Court and Brest Regional Court.
15.08.2015 Dzmitry Dashkevich disproves BT TV channel information
BT propagandists launched another deceptive story.
14.08.2015 'Azerbaijan is turning into a dictatorship – we shouldn't fall for its caviar diplomacy'
After a lifetime fighting for human rights, Leyla and Arif Yunus face a decade in jail. How can Europe turn a blind eye, asks Souhayr Belhassen?
14.08.2015 Salihorskers vote against urban densification at a meeting with the city authorities
Under public pressure, the head of Salihorsk District Executive Committee Aliaksandr Rymasheuski had to conduct a full-fledged meeting with the residents of the city, who are outraged with the destruction of the public garden near the shop "Lapis".
14.08.2015 Pavel Sapelka: Interior Ministry arbitrarily, without sufficient justification, reduces the already limited rights of prisoners
Prison censors did not allow Yauhen Vaskovich inquire about the possibility of distance learning at European Humanitarian University.
14.08.2015 Human rights activist calls on the Central Election Commission and the Prosecutor's Office to take action against "Belarusian Society of Hunters and Fishermen"
The coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" Uladzimir Labkovich appealed to the Central Election Commission and the Prosecutor's Office with a complaint about a violation of the laws of the Republic of Belarus.
14.08.2015 Valiantsin Stefanovich: Belarusian authorities continue anti-HR rhetoric
During a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on August 11 the chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Uladzimir Andreichanka said that mutual support on key issues for the two countries would successfully defend their interests in the UN.
14.08.2015 Bundestag member Manuel Sarrazin: Mikalai Dziadok needs our support
Manuel Sarrazin, a German politician and Bundestag member (Alliance 90/The Greens), calls to express solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners.
14.08.2015 Criminal proceedings for Belarusian-language graffiti, lawlessness of riot police (video, photos)
After 4 p.m. on August 11 in Minsk, people in black uniforms with guns and helmets broke into three different apartments. Young residents were knocked down to the floor. In one of the apartments they were kept on the floor for about an hour, and electric shockers were used towards them without any reasons.
13.08.2015 Early voting won't be held at 43 precincts in Homieĺ region
1,070 polling stations have been established in Homieĺ region, including 43 polling stations, at which no early voting will be held. Two such polling stations were establushed on the basis of police departments and the units of the internal military forces.
13.08.2015 Collector of signatures for Tatsiana Karatkevich detained in Mikaševičy
Leanid Dubanosau was detained at about 8 p.m. on August 12, while collecting signatures at the entrance to a porch of house No. 29 in Pieršamajskaja Street.
13.08.2015 Baranavičy activists congratulate father of Mikalai Statkevich on son's birthday
August 12, representatives of Baranavičy political parties and NGOs visited Viktar Statkevich and congratulated him on the 59th birthday of his son Mikalai, who is serving a sentence in the Mahilioŭ prison.
13.08.2015 Extreme passiveness of election campaign in Sluck
Sluck representatives of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee state an extremely low activity of potential presidential candidates and their initiative groups. The local media and residents show little interest in the elections, too.
13.08.2015 Head of Anatol Liabedzka's electoral headquarters asked not to break the law
Minsk City Election Commission has asked the head of the initiative group of Anatol Liabedzka, Viktar Karniayenka not to distribute campaigning information and abide by the law, but received a refusal and a proposal to change the imperfect legislation instead.
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