News for 30 Nov 2020
30.11.2020 Siarhei Tsikhanouski faces new charge after 6 months in prison
Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a critical vlogger who was arrested in May shortly after announcing his presidential nomination, has faced a new charge, which his lawyer says is an illegal means to keep him in prison without trial for up to 18 months.
30.11.2020 German MPs take over godparenthood for Siarhei Bryl, Sviatlana Kupreyeva and Maryia Nestserava
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Florian Hahn (CSU), Susanne Mittag (SPD) and Manuela Rottmann (Alliance90/The Greens) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
30.11.2020 "A riot policeman sat on me in the police van and exclaimed: 'Look at my nice chair!'" Survivor stories
Andrei Viarshenia was brutally pulled out of his car by riot policemen on the night of August 11, when he was driving his friends home past the Riga shopping center. He was being beaten all the way to the detention center and after, until he lost consciousness. The man shared his detention story with "Viasna".
30.11.2020 Day 113 of protests: over 400 detained
At least 416 persons were detained yesterday as a result of several dozen simultaneous protests held in many localities across Belarus on the 16th consecutive Sunday since the rigged presidential election of August 9. Some 250 demonstrators were detained in Minsk, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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