News on the topic: detention
12.04.2013 Vitsebsk: civil activist Piotr Ivanov gets detained
Mr. Ivanou was taken to the police department of Vitsebsk Regional Executive Committee on 12 April.
11.04.2013 Political scientist Valery Karbalevich gets detained near German Embassy
A correspondent of Radio "Liberty", political scientist Valery Karbalevich was detained while trying to get inside the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Minsk, where he had an appointment.
09.04.2013 Orsha authorities declare war on informal hangouts
The number of police officers in the old Orsha site was probably sufficient to detain a professional armed gang. However, as it turned out, the police held a special operation against members of informal youth groups who used to hang out there.
04.04.2013 Fine for hanging out white-red-white flag in Brest
The commission on affairs of under-aged of Maskouski District Executive Committee of Brest fined 18-year-old Uladzislau Barouski 50,000 rubles.
02.04.2013 Klimavichy activist demands that KGB compensate transport expenses
On 1 April Aliaksandr Balobin, Klimavichy activist of civil campaign "Tell the Truth" filed a pretension to the head of Krychau inter-district KGB department Illia Krautsou. He demands that KGB compensate to him the expenditures for the travel from Krychau to the village of Paulavichy in Klimavichy district.
02.04.2013 Detained Ukrainians made a video report about their trip to Belarus
The members of the Ukrainian organization "National Alliance", detained after the Freedom Day action in Minsk, uploaded to the Internet a video report about their journey to Belarus and return home after the detention.
01.04.2013 Why are detainees kept in jail at weekends?
Brest human rights defender Raman Kisliak filed appeals to the Minister of Interior of Belarus, Ihar Shunevich, and the head of the Supreme Court, Valiantsin Sukala, asking to provide "prompt delivery of administrative detainees to courts for trials".
29.03.2013 Family of UCP Babruisk leader detained at border
Viktar Buzinayeu, the leader of the Babruisk office of the United Civil Party, was detained, together with his daughter and wife, this morning while crossing the Belarusian border on his way from Kiev to Babruisk. Ukrainian border guards have been no problems, and Belarusian interested in brochures, which lay at the side door of the car.
26.03.2013 Trial against Syarhei Kavalenka postponed until Friday
The trial against Vitebsk opposition activist Syarhei Kavalenka was postponed until Friday.
26.03.2013 Freedom Day in Vitsebsk: detentions, trials, arrests, fines
BPF activist Kanstantsin Smolikau and Leanid Autukhou stood trial that lasted for 9 hours. Judge Ina Hrabouskaya pronounced her verdict at about 9 p.m. yesterday: she ruled to punish the two activists with 5 days of arrest each for alleged violation of the legislation on mass rallies. In addition, four activists of the Belarusian Christian Democracy and head of the BPF’s city office Aliaksandr Kuzniatsou were detained on their way to the court. The latter was eventually sentenced to a fine for an alleged traffic violation.
26.03.2013 Syarhey Kavalenka Arrested Again
VITSEBSK, Belarus -- Prominent Belarusian opposition activist Syarhey Kavalenka was arrested in the eastern city of Vitsebsk on March 25.
26.03.2013 Nina Bahinskaja detained in Minsk
A civic activist Nina Bahinskaja was detained in Minsk, when she went out to Niezalezhnasci square with a white-red-whote flag.
25.03.2013 Young Front activist Uladzimir Yaromenak shortly detained ahead of Freedom Day rally
Police preventively detained former political prisoner Uladzimir Yaromenak ahead of yesterday’s Freedom Day demonstration. This was reported by the activist himself to the www.charter97.org website.
24.03.2013 Report on monitoring the public event on Freedom Day in Minsk (March 24, 2013)
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” notes that the Freedom Day event of March 24, 2013 was mostly peaceful. However, the police used unjustified arrests against the protesters. This is unacceptable and indicative of the fact that during the rally the authorities unduly restricted the right of citizens to peaceful assembly, while a number of demonstrators were subjected to administrative responsibility.
24.03.2013 Activists detained ahead and after Freedom Day demonstration in Minsk
Some 2,000 Belarusian pro-democratic activists and ordinary citizens took part in today’s demonstration in central Minsk to mark the 95th anniversary of the Belarusian People’s Republic, Freedom Day. The manifestation was authorized by the city executive officials, who however banned the use of flags and banners.
