News on the topic: detention
12.12.2012 "Zmena" activist Pavel Vinahradau detained again. Trial appointed on 17 December
On 12 December the activist of "Zmena" (the youth wing of "Tell the Truth" civil initiative) was summonsed to the Maskouski District criminal-executive inspection of Minsk, where he is registered for preventive supervision and has to regularly pay visits there to get registered.
07.12.2012 The family of a “Fair World” activist detained on the border
The family of an activist of the Belarusian Leftist Party “Fair World”, Ilona Tkachova, was detained by the Belarusian border guards at the border crossing point “Novaya Huta”.
05.12.2012 Artist Ales Pushkin gets detained
The artist Ales Pushkin has been detained in Minsk and taken to Minsk's Leninski District Police Department.
04.12.2012 Hrodna Region Court leaves fines to participants of the Kalinouskis' commemoration
The Hrodna Region Court predictably turned down the appeal of the representative of the United Civil Party Vital Lopasau against the fine, issued to him by the Svislach District Court for the participation in a commemorative action in honor of the 1863-1864 insurgents, held on 27 October.
03.12.2012 Journalist Siarhei Serabro detained near the “Vitsebskdreu” enterprise
The editor of the “Narodnyia Naviny Vitsebska” (People's news of Vitsebsk) web-site Siarhei Serabro was taking pictures of the yards and street in the city’s outskirts before the visit of Lukashenka.
03.12.2012 Ivan Kruk files another appeal against the police actions
On 21 September the environmental activists Ivan Kruk and Mikalai Ulasevich were detained by the police. The detainees' apartments were searched, Kruk and Ulasevich were questioned concerning the alleged distribution of illegal electoral agitation matter.
30.11.2012 Antifascist detained short before the “Slavonic March” in Mahiliou
A civil activist was detained in the center of Mahiliou why posting DIY antifa leaflets (in the photo) opposing neo-Nazism and Russian imperialism.
22.11.2012 European Belarus activists detained in Minsk
Two activists of the European Belarus opposition movement were detained this afternoon while handing out the printed version of the Charter97 web-site.
21.11.2012 Andrei Stryzhak detained on border
A trade union activist had his belongings searched. His laptop was seized.
16.11.2012 Who was arrested over explosion near Vitsebsk KGB?
The Investigative Committee said on November 15 that all the detainees were released and there were no more suspects in the case initiated after an explosion outside the KGB Vitsebsk office. But the question is till open, says local human rights defender Pavel Levinau.
12.11.2012 Raman Kisliak applies against inclusion in lawbreakers' database
The unlawful inclusion of the human rights defender in this database by the police became the reason for his detention and subsequent fingerprinting on 8 November.
09.11.2012 Former political prisoner Siarhei Kazakou gets detained
Siarhei Kazakou, a former political prisoner and activist of the “European Belarus” civil campaign, was detained in the evening of 8 November at the central railway station in Minsk.
09.11.2012 “Young Front” activist Raman Vasiliieu arrested for 15 days too
As it was found during today's trial, the activist was charged for the same thing as his comrade Uladzimir Yaromenak – he also wanted to spill Valerian tincture on the monument to Lenin. Vasillieu charted with “disorderly conducted” (Article 17.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and was sentenced to the same 15 days of imprisonment.
09.11.2012 Human rights defender Raman Kisliak detained for fingerprinting
Raman Kisliak, a human rights activist from Brest, was detained by the traffic police today as a “person hiding from administrative prosecution”.
06.11.2012 Vasil Paliakou appeals groundless detention
On 5 November the head of the Homel regional branch of the Unitec Civil Party and the party's deputy head Vasil Paliakou applied to the Savetski District Prosecutor's Office of Homel in connection with a groundless detention by police.
