News on the topic: detention
10.08.2011 Homel: detention of member of United Civil Party Natallia Shchukina
Natallia Shchukina, a member of the UCP and the initiative group for the National Assembly was detained on 9 August in Zhukau Street in Homel.
03.08.2011 General Procuracy finished check-up on appeal of European Radio journalists
Nasta Mantsevich, Pavel Sviardlou and Andrei Yeliseyeu, journalists for the European Radio for Belarus which has an official accreditation in Belarus, suffered from unlawful actions of people in mufti during the silent protest actions that were held in Minsk in June-July. Pavel Sviardlou was detained twice.
03.08.2011 Horki: action in support of political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich ended with detentions
About 30 people arrived to the colony in Horki on 2 August. They demanded that political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich was allowed to meet with his lawyer. The colony's administration refuses to let the lawyer in until receiving a corresponding request from Dashkevich himself.
01.08.2011 Homel: journalist appeals policeman's actions
On 3 July Alena Hermanovich, a journalist for the BelaPAN information agency, was detained by the police at the Pryvakzalnaya Square in Homel. The woman was taken to the police station. During the detention police major Aliaksandr Koshman gave the following order to his subordinates: “Seize her, she is a journalist!”, which means that he deliberately created obstacles to her professional activities.
29.07.2011 Plain-clothes policeman beats Baranavichy activist
On 27 July, Baranavichy civil activist Aliaksandr Vaitseshyk lodged a complaint with the town’s police chief against an incident that reportedly took place in the activist’s flat on the same day.
28.07.2011 Two persons detained in Brest on 27 July
Two persons were reportedly detained during a “silent protest” in Brest last evening, as some 20 people gather in the city’s center, the BelaPAN news agency reports.
28.07.2011 Two women briefly detained after they lay flowers at Yanka Kupala monument in Minsk
Two women were briefly detained by police after they laid flowers at the monument to literary great Yanka Kupala in Minsk on the evening of July 27.
22.07.2011 At least 4 persons detained in auto protest against fuel prices rise
At least 4 car-owners were detained during an auto protest against another fuel prices rise staged in downtown Minsk yesterday. They were taken to the nearest police department and charged with parking violation.
21.07.2011 Detainee beaten and intimidated by unknown person
According to Anton Ruliou, detained on 6 July in Minsk and sentenced to 10 days of arrest, he was beaten and threatened with drug-related prosecution by an unknown person after he was taken to Minsk Savetski District Police Department.
21.07.2011 Over 10 persons detained at rock concert in Minsk
Over 10 persons were detained at a rock concert and taken to the nearest police station in Minsk last evening.
21.07.2011 Some 30 persons detained in “silent protests” on 20 July
Some 30 persons were detained during so called “silent protests” across Belarus on 20 July, with 20 protesters detained in Minsk.
20.07.2011 Minor Syarzhuk Aleksiyevich detained in Brest
He is in Lenin District Department of the Interior now and has managed to make only one phone call to a friend.
15.07.2011 Navapolatsk: “silent protesters” punished with fines
The Navapolatsk Town Court considered the administrative cases of the civil activists detained during the silent protest action on 13 July.
15.07.2011 Uladzimir Malei lodged comlplaint against his detention
On 14 July Uladzimir Malei, member of the Human Rights Center Viasna from Malaryta, lodged a complaint with the Malaryta District Procuracy concerning unlawful actions of the police officers who had detained him on 13 July in the evening.
15.07.2011 Hlybokaye: journalist is “advised” not to come to central square on Wednesday evenings
Dzmitry Lupach, editor of the Hlybokaye advertisement newspaper Prefect-info, was summonsed to the police. The writ was passed to him at the central square of the town on 13 July, during a silent protest action.
