News on the topic: detention
09.12.2010 Homel: police detain an activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy
On 8 December officers of the Navabelitski District Police Department of Homel detained a BCD member Dzmitry Adamovich for putting posters in an improper place.
09.12.2010 National-Bolsheviks detained for anti-Lukasneka picket
About ten people took part in the first pre-electoral picket of National-Bolshevists. The leader of the Belarusian National-Bolshevists Yauhen Kontush stated that the action's aim was to protest against the policy of the current authorities.
09.12.2010 Traffic police detained the Young Front leader Dzmitry Dashkevich and seized his car
The young leader was detained in the centre of Minsk and taken to the police department of Pershamaiski district.
09.12.2010 Dashkevich, Pushkin… authorities start provocations against opposition activists
The artist and political activist Ales Pushkin was detained at 3.45 p.m. in his house in the settlement of Bobr of the Pukhavichy district.
08.12.2010 Miory: policemen don’t know electoral laws
A police inspector told Zmitser Palcheuski to stop handing out leaflets in support of Uladzimir Niakliayeu alleging that only the candidate or his proxy could distribute any printed materials.
06.12.2010 Human rights defender Siarhei Rusetski detained on the Ukrainian border
On 5 December the Belarusian border guards headed by major S.Soika detained Siarhei Rusetski, a human rights defender from Biaroza at the frontier point Khatsislau. At first they checked his passport for a long time. Then they took it away and brought it to their stationery device. After this the human rights defender was set down his train.
06.12.2010 Don’t Maladechna police know anything about electoral campaign?
On 4 December in Maladechna the police detained four young activists who take part in the electoral campaign of the presidential candidate Ryhor Kastusiou.
06.12.2010 Masty: police demand explanations from members of electoral team of Vital Rymasheuski
In the morning of 6 December the local police inspector came to the apartment of Alena Davidovich and asked who had delivered the agitation materials of the presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski which she had posted in the town together with her friends.
06.12.2010 Distributor of Vitebskiy Kurier fined 700,000 rubles
Siarhei Kandakou was detained on 31 October while throwing newspapers into postboxes in block 5 of house 28 in Tserashkou Street in Vitsebsk.
06.12.2010 Andrei Sannikau’s wife searched at Minsk airport
Journalist Iryna Khalip, the wife of Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau, was detained at the Minsk-2 airport on 4 December night on her way from Budapest, where she had received a diploma of the Central European Initiative for her contribution in investigative journalism.
04.12.2010 Hrodna: another detention on the border
The detentions of civil and political activists continue at the frontier points of the Hrodna region. In the evening of 2 December the border guards detained Vital Huliak at the frontier point Babrouniki-Berastavitsa.
03.12.2010 Braslau: Kastus Shytal detained for handing out leaflets
The activist of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy was handing out electoral leaflets of the presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski in Braslau.
03.12.2010 Barysau: detention of activist of Sannikau’s electoral team
Alesia Yasiuk, was detained by police in Barysau. On 2 November in the morning Alesia Yasyuk was detained by policemen, while pasting a poster with the portrait of Andrei Sannikau at the Barysau railway station, in a place specially intended for that. The woman was taken to the community police office, where she was kept for more than half an hour, while policemen were discussing something over the phone. Then the detainee was released.
01.12.2010 Election-related detentions
The human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka was detained at Kamenny Loh border crossing point on his way from Lithuania with 10 copies of instructions for observes on him.
15.11.2010 Hrodna region: black list of ‘unreliable persons’ keeps growing
On 14 November the activist of the campaign team of Vital Rymasheuski Mikola Bausiuk was detained at the frontier point Pryvalka. He was set down the bus by which he was returning home from Lithuania and kept at the frontier point for about 2 hours. He was subject to personal examination. His belongings were searched as well. Mr. Bausiuk is convinced that such attention from the side of border guards is connected to his participation in the electoral process.
