The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

10.10.2014 Barysau: Belarusian and Ukrainian football fans sentenced to fines and arrest

As RFE/RL learned at the Police Bureau of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee, 41 people were taken to the Barysau District Police Department after the football match between the national teams of Belarus and Ukraine in the evening of October 9.

06.10.2014 Ex-political prisoner Aliaksandr Frantskevich is blocked at home

Since 6 a.m., police have been trying to get to the Minsk apartment where the former political prisoner Aliaksandr Frantskevich lives. The reasons remain unknown.

03.10.2014 Ex-candidate continues appealing his detention at polling station

October 2, civil society activist Valery Karankevich against filed a complaint to the Office of Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus.

03.10.2014 Activist of Belarusian Christian Democracy detained in Asipovichy

As reported by the press-service of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, a member of its organizing committee Aleh Masalski was detained while walking on the street in a T-shirt with a portrait of the political prisoner Yauhen Vaskovich. When his wife went away to a booth, he was detained by a police patrol which was driving by at the time.

03.10.2014 Pavel Vinahradau to be tried again

Another administrative case has been brought against the “Zmena” activist Pavel Vinahradau. Today it will be considered by the Maskouski District Court of Minsk.

01.10.2014 Anzhalika Borys: this was political order

The leadership of the oppositional Union of Poles in Belarus states about politically motivated harassment.

30.09.2014 FIDH and "Viasna" present a report on "Arbitrary Preventive Detention of Activists in Belarus"

Paris-Minsk, 24 September 2014 – In a report released today, our organisations establish that the authorities in Belarus systematically arrest activists prior to important public events to avoid any protest.

29.09.2014 Activist Uladzimir Lemesh was detained in Saligorsk

Activist of "European Belarus" Maxim Viniarski confirmed on Saturday the information about the detention of the activist of "European Belarus" Uladzimir Lemesh.

15.09.2014 “Zmena” activists arrested in Minsk

September 11, friends and relatives were unable to contact an activist of “Zmena” (youth wing of “Tell the Truth”) Yahor Viniatski. As reported by his mother, Aliaksandra Viniatskaya, whom he was allowed to phone after a trial, he was sentenced to 15 days of arrest. There is no information about the essence of the charges to him so far.

12.09.2014 Investigation committee finds no corpus delicti in actions of policemen who groundlessly detained Alena Dubanosava for three days

Mikashevichy trade union activist Leanid Dubanosau has received a reply to his complaint concerning the detention of his wife Alena Dubanosava and her placement in a pre-trial prison for three days.

10.09.2014 Police refuse to return Yury Rubtsou “item of clothing with political inscriptions”

Acting Chief of the Savetski District Police Department of Minsk, police colonel P. Siamizhen reported to Homel resident Yury Rybtsou that the "item of clothing that has an inscription of a political nature and had been seized by police”, was returned to him along with other things right after his release from the detention center in Minsk.

05.09.2014 Zmitser Kramianetski is surprised at number of groundlessly arrested in detention centre

In the evening of 4 September, “Young Front” activist Zmitser Kramianetski was released from jail after serving arrest term.

05.09.2014 BCD activist tells details of his detention

In the evening on September 3 in Minsk, the police detained an activist of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Dzianis Laikou for collecting signatures in support of prohibition of the most odious Russian TV channels in Belarus and putting Ukrainian TV channels on the air.

04.09.2014 Mahiliou region prosecutor approves detention of candidate for deputy at polling station

September 3, public activist from Khotsimsk Valery Karankevich received a response to his complaint, filed to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus and forwarded to the Prosecutor's Office of the Mahiliou region.