The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

17.10.2013 UCP member Anton Zhylko detained in Minsk

Anton Zhylko, activist of the United Civil Party, was detained today at the entrance to the MAZ plant while distributing the UCP’s newsletter Holas Rozumu ("Voice of Reason"), which calls to fight for fair elections.

09.10.2013 Uladzimir Katsora requires MIA and the Office of the Prosecutor General to bring a criminal case

On 8 October Homel activist Uladimir Katsora, the leader of the Conference “For honest and fair elections for a better life" filed a statement about a criminal offence committed by a policeman to the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General of Belarus.

08.10.2013 Human rights defender Uladzimir Labkovich punished with a fine on the fourth attempt

On 8 October the administrative case of the member of the Council of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Uladzimir Labkovich was finally reviewed by the Savetski District Court of Minsk.

08.10.2013 “Eurapeiski Vybar” newspaper confiscated from Ales Tarnahurski

Last week the activist of the campaign “Together for Belarus” Ales Tarnahurski was detained at the central market of Dziarzhynsk. According to forbelarus.org, he handed out the newspaper “Eurapeiski Vybar” (“European Choice”) among passers-by.

07.10.2013 Vitsebsk: Barys Khamaida detained again

Vitsebsk activist, distributor of independent press Barys Khamaida was taken to the Chyhunachny District Police Department of Vitsebsk, allegedly for unauthorized picketing. However, he was released without getting any charges.

27.09.2013 Zmena activist Pavel Vinahradau detained in Minsk

Pavel Vinahradau, activist of the Zmena youth opposition movement, was detained by police this morning, the Nasha Niva newspaper reports, quoting the activist’s wife Sviatlana, who wrote about this in her Facebook account. “30-40 minutes ago (around 12:00) Pavel Vinahradau was detained near his house by employees of Maskouski district police department of Minsk,” she wrote.

23.09.2013 Sister of inmate who died in prison appeals detention for memorial rally

Iryna Miranovich, the sister of Ihar Ptsichkin, an inmate of the Minsk-based detention center No. 1 who died under uncertain circumstances while serving an arrest, considers illegal her detention for involvement in a picket staged to commemorate her late brother.

23.09.2013 Homel pro-dem activists demand to institute criminal proceedings for unlawful detention

Homel opposition activist Uladzimir Katsora filed today a statement to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office and head of the internal affairs department of Homel regional executive committee to report on a criminal offense allegedly committed by police officers. In his statement, the politician says that on September 22 traffic police stopped a private minibus with delegates of a national conference for the creation of a coalition "For Honest and Fair Elections for the Sake of a Better Life."

23.09.2013 Homel police detain members of pro-dem coalition

Eight delegates of the founding congress of a collation called “For Honest and Fair Elections for the Sake of a Better Life” were detained by road police on Saturday on their way to Minsk.

16.09.2013 Gay rights activist taken off train, searched by customs officers

A gay rights activist was ordered by Belarusian customs officers off a Minsk-bound train and searched at the Ukrainian border in the morning of September 14.

16.09.2013 At least five people to stand trial for attempting to mourn man who died suspicious death in Minsk jail

At least five people who were arrested in Minsk on Saturday for attempting to publicly mourn a young man will stand trial on September 16.

09.09.2013 Babruisk blogger is threatened with a criminal case

The monitoring service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists found about an incident that took place on 4 September in Babruisk with the participation of a well-known local blogger Aleh Zhalnou.

09.09.2013 Vitsebsk member of “Fair World” got fined for leaflets

The Kastrychnitski District Court of Vitsebsk found the member of the Belarusian Leftist Party “Fair World” Andrei Andreyeu 2 million rubles for distribution of leaflets “People's Referendum”, which was considered as a violation of the Law “On Mass Media”.

05.09.2013 National-Bolshevik Dzianis Sakhar sentenced to a fine of 4 million rubles

On 5 September the activist of the National-Bolshevik movement was found guilty of disobeying the lawful demands of the police (Article 23.4 of the Administrative Code) and fined 4 million rubles.