News on the topic: detention
19.07.2015 Presidential contender Shulhan taken from CEC to police station
Government House guard called the police on suspicion that Mr Shulhan had come to the CEC to register the nominating group being under the influence.
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.
07.07.2015 Book distributor gets detained and fined for “Azov” T-shirt
As reported to the Human Rights Center “Viasna” by a member of the staff of “Backaŭščyna” Nina Shydlouskaya, in the morning on July 7 the police detained Miraslau Lazouski.
19.06.2015 Krishnaites detained in Viciebsk
Several followers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ended up in the police department for spreading religious literature in Viciebsk. Siarhei Fadzeyenkau, chief specialist of the Department for Religious and Ethnic Affairs of the Viciebsk Regional Executive Committee, was directly involved in the detention of believers.
19.06.2015 FC Dinamo fans detained by riot police after match of Belarusian Championship
Alim Selimov, the club's general director, sought the release of the detained fans, but his efforts were in vain.
16.06.2015 BCD activist detained by KGB in Miadzel
The secret services wanted to know “who finances the opposition”.
12.06.2015 Brest activist detained thrice on June 11
The civil society activist was detained three times in the evening of June 11 by the same police brigade. The police patrol was ordered to charge him with disorderly conducted. However, the policemen refused to fabricate the charges on order of their brass.
11.06.2015 Journalists detained in a polyclinic
June 10, two journalists, BAJ members Arkadz Nestsiarenka and Nastassia Khralovich were detained in a polyclinic where they were taking interviews from old people queuing up for medical services.
02.06.2015 Baranavičy activist claims that he was beaten by police
Baranavičy activist of "Young Front" Kiryl Luksha was beaten by the police after a protest action. He reported it through his accounts on social networking websites.
29.05.2015 Independent journalist detained on border with Ukraine
Freelance journalist and activist from Homel Kanstantsin Zhukouski has been detained on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border for the third time in the past two months.
22.05.2015 Freelance journalist in Homieĺ again punished for working without accreditation
On May 22, the Homieĺ District Court heard an administrative case of local freelance journalist Kanstantsin Zhukouski. As a result, the freelancer was punished by a fine of 25 basic units under Article 22.9 of the Administrative Code (illegal manufacturing media products).
20.05.2015 Human rights activist asks Prosecutor’s Office to investigate police violence against football fans in Baranavičy
Human rights activist Siarhei Housha has filed a complaint in the Baranavičy District Prosecutor’s Office against employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who beat football fans outside the Lakamatyŭ stadium on May 3.
13.05.2015 Human rights activist holding Savchenko portrait detained near Russian embassy
Natallia Harachka, a human rights activist of the initiative Legal Assistance to Citizens, was detained near the embassy of Russia in Minsk.
09.05.2015 Leanid Kulakou got detained
As learned by the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, at 9.30 p.m. on 8 May an activist of European Belarus Leanid Kulakou was detained near his home.
08.05.2015 Preventive detention of fans of Football club Dynamo Minsk
As learned by the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, late in the evening policemen came to a FCDM fan with a search warrant. The detainee, Yury Belavusau, managed to pass this information.
