News on the topic: rights of persons with disabilities
01.04.2011 Kirausk: democratic activist fired after 2010 election stays redundant
Aliaksandr Baran, an activist of the electoral team of the presidential candidate Uladzimir Niakliayeu and the civil campaign Speak Truth! has been fired from the house economy because of his activism. He hasn't been able to get another job for three months already, despite all his attempts.
27.07.2010 Homel: UCP member detained for T-shirt
A pro-democratic activist Uladzimir Niapomnyashchykh was detained in Homel for wearing a T-shirt with the inscription ‘For Belarus without Lukashenka’.
17.03.2010 Disabled person wins trial against local authorities
On 16 March Hrodna Kastrychnitski Court considered the claim by Siarhei Feshchanka against Hrodna regional police department, demanding implementation of the ‘Barrier-Free Environment’ program (he required that a ramp be constructed at the entrance to the building of Hrodna road police department)and a compensation for the disability inflicted by his falling on the premises of the town’s road police department.
01.12.2009 Belarusian Society of Disabled People notes lack of government assistance
The Belarusian Society of Disabled People has not received government assistance for the implementation of social programs since 2001 and the authorities stopped funding the organization’s construction projects in 2002, Uladzimir Patapenka, chairman of the Society, told reporters in Minsk on Monday.
