News on the topic: detention
15.09.2008 Brest: police detain youth activists for boycott leaflets
At night on 15 September the young activists Mikhail Illin and Yauhen Skrabets were detained in Brest.
15.09.2008 Homel: police beat and torture youth activists for white-red-white flag
During the official events dedicated to Homel’s City Day, when the 866th anniversary of the city was celebrated, Young Front activists raised white-red-white flags.
15.09.2008 ‘Young Front’ activist gets handcuffed for handing out newspapers
When distributing the latest publication of the independent newspaper Svabodny Salihorsk in the central market of the city, a volunteer of the newspaper, an activist of the Young Front Andrus Tychyna was detained by local policeman with use of force. He was handcuffed, and, despite of the indignation of the market customers, was taken to the local police department.
12.09.2008 Vitsebsk oblast: agitator detained by policemen with machine guns
On 10 September Sianno district police department held an operation on armed seizure of a ‘criminal’ in the post office of the town of Sianno.
09.09.2008 Oppositional candidate gets detained during electoral speech on TV
Kanstantsin Zhukouski, representative of the Belarusian Christian democracy Party, MP candidate in Buda-Kashaliova constituency (Homel region) was guarded to the local police department and was denied an opportunity of shooting propaganda video on the Homel oblast TV.
08.09.2008 Detention of activists of United Civil Party
On 8 September the police detained the activists of the United Civil party Natallia Shchukina and Alexander Protska. They were handing out leaflets with the appeal to citizens not to take part in the parliamentary elections.
08.09.2008 Detained 12 hours for ‘Boycott’ stickers
On 7 September the activists of the European Belarus civil campaign Ivan Amelchanka and Siarhei Makarevich were detained in the Minsk center for spreading stickers calling to boycott the oncoming the parliamentary elections.
05.09.2008 Minsk: ‘Young Front’ activist Vadzim Kaniauka is detained
On 5 September in Minsk the police detained the Young Front activist Vadzim Khanyauka.
05.09.2008 Hrodna: a leader of the Union of Poles Mechyslau Yaskevich detained
On 4 September Mechyslau Yaskevich, the deputy head of the Union of Poles in Belarus, was detained by the police and guarded to Kastrychnitski district police department.
05.09.2008 Hrodna: activist of ‘European Belarus’ gets detained for handing out newspaper
On 4 September in Hrodna an activist of the European Belarus civil campaign Yakau Perchyk was detained for distributing of the Vybor newspaper. The newspaper was dedicated to boycott of the oncoming parliamentary election.
01.09.2008 Police try to detain activist of ‘European Belarus’ Marta Maiseyenka
An activist of the civil campaign European Belarus Marta Maiseyenka is persecuted for dissemination of informational materials calling upon boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
08.08.2008 Journalists detained near House of Parliament
A photojournalist of Belhazeta Vadzim Zamirouski and another photojournalist have been detained near the House of Government in Independence Square today.
22.07.2008 Is “Long live Belarus” a slogan fearing regime?
Stas Senakosau, a minor activist, was kept in the police department of Leninski district of Minsk for 3 hours.
16.07.2008 Court recognizes detentions under the July 4th blast legally qualified
On July 15th and 16th Centralny court of Minsk heard the complaints against detentions of Andrei Koipish and Tatsiana Pekun. The young people were detained under suspicion of organizing an explosion in Minsk.
14.07.2008 Two Young Front activists detained on the border
On 13 July in the evening the police detained Artsiom Lastavetski and Piatro Ruzau, activists of the underground youth organization Young Front, who were returning home from Lithuania. They were set down from a bus. The customs officers checked the activists for a long time and even took away their flash cards. Then they called to the police, who guarded the activists to a police station.
