News on the topic: freedom of peaceful assembly
14.03.2017 More activists imprisoned and fined ahead of new protests
The courts in Brest and Hrodna have sentenced several activists to jail terms of up to 15 days on charges of involvement in protests held on February 19. Others were fined for the same offenses.
14.03.2017 International human rights groups: Belarus protests in focus
The arrest of dozens of protesters and journalists over the weekend is the “biggest crackdown in years”, Amnesty International said in response to the alarming reports coming from Belarus.
13.03.2017 Courts convict activists, journalists over protests
The courts in a number of cities across Belarus, including Orša, Babrujsk and Brest have heard today administrative charges brought against peaceful protesters detained following yesterday’s protests. Several reporters were also detained and eventually found guilty of “illegal demonstrating” and other minor offenses.
12.03.2017 Protesters, journalists detained across Belarus
Numerous opposition activists and journalists working for independent media have been detained today before and after protests held across the country, including in Orša, Babrujsk, Kobryn and Brest.
11.03.2017 Protesters sentenced to jail terms in Maladziečna
The Maladziečna District Court has ordered jail terms ranging between 7 and 15 days against a dozen persons detained following yesterday’s protest, including several opposition leaders, Anatol Liabedzka and Vital Rymasheuski, in particular.
11.03.2017 Stop persecution of citizens for exercising their right to peaceful protest and expression
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" notes the deterioration of the overall human rights situation in the country.
11.03.2017 Opposition leaders detained after protest in Maladziečna
Several opposition figures, including United Civil Party leader Anatol Liabedzka, Yuras Hubarevich, leader of the For Freedom movement, and Belarusian Christian Democracy co-chair Vital Rymasheuski, were detained yesterday evening after a protest staged in the city of Maladziečna.
11.03.2017 Opposition activist Zmitser Dashkevich sentenced to three days in jail
The Saviecki District Court of Minsk sentenced yesterday Zmitser Dashkevich, leader of the Young Front opposition group, to three days in jail.
07.03.2017 Officials relaunch repression tools amid massive protests
The Belarusian authorities have been struggling to reduce the level of social discontent ignited by the enforcement of the infamous Decree No. 3, which introduced a special tax on unemployment. The government is using a variety of repressive methods, including intimidation, fines and imprisonment, punitive psychiatry and police raids.
06.03.2017 Report on monitoring of the March of Outraged Belarusians in Minsk. 17 February 2017
Throughout several years the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center ‘Viasna’ have been regularly monitoring mass events in Minsk on the basis of a thoroughly elaborated methodology.
05.03.2017 Hundreds gather in Brest to protest unemployment tax
Several hundred people demonstrated today in central Brest as part of a nation-wide protest against the controversial unemployment tax imposed by President Lukashenka’s Decree No. 3 “On Preventing Social Dependency”. According to Radio Free Europe’s Belarus service, the protest gathered around a thousand people.
27.12.2016 Minsk City Court confirms sentence for Dzmitry Paliyenka
The Minsk City Court has rejected an appeal filed against a two-year suspended sentence earlier imposed on Dzmitry Paliyenka for his involvement in the Critical Mass cycling protest in April 2016. The sentence has entered into force.
31.10.2016 Report on monitoring of the mass event Dziady in Minsk, October 30, 2016
The commemoration of victims of Soviet repressions (on the national holiday commemorating ancestors called Dziady) took place on October 30, 2016 in Minsk.
26.08.2016 Report on monitoring of the Independence Day mass action on August 25, 2016
The action dedicated to Independence Day took place on August 25, 2016, from 6 pm to 7:40 pm. The event was organized by activists of the Malady Front (Young Front); the invitation to take part in Kupala readings and to proceed to Independence Square was published in online media.
07.06.2016 Preventive Supervision Imposed on Pavel Vinahradau
June 7, the Maskouski district court of Minsk imposed preventive supervision on civil activist Pavel Vinahradau. Meantime, the real term of supervision should close on September 14, the date for expungement of the conviction.
