08.07.2008 Salihorsk: five opposition activists are offered to give explanations on Minsk blast

5 Salihorsk opposition activists received telephone calls from police. They were asked to explain where they were on 4 July in the night and whether any of them visited Minsk.

04.07.2008 Youth activist gets to mental hospital for refusal to collaborate with KGB

Activist of the youth organization Civil Forum Artsiom Zabaryn was taken to the Minsk mental hospital for examination after he had refused to answer questions of the KGB offices.

13.06.2008 Alexander Atroshchankau faces heart problems in prison

On 13 June the lawyer Vera Stramkouskaya visited the public activist Alexander Atroshchankau in the remand prison in Akrestsin Street.

12.06.2008 Youth activists are haunted by military enlistment offices

The military enlistment offices have started to summon activists of different youth organizations for medical examination with the aim of drafting them to army service.

09.06.2008 Prison guards steal money from political prisoner Siarhei Parsiukevich?

Siarhei Parsiukevich has found himself without money and food after he was transferred to the Shklou penal colony. According to his wife, Vitsebsk entrepreneurs have recently attended the prison to pass him a food parcel, but the administration of the colony refused to accept it, RFE/RL reports.

05.06.2008 Zmitser Shymanski sues 1st TV channel

Zmitser Shymanski, the chairman of Brest branch of the Belarusian Popular Front Party, has sued to Pershamaiski district court of Minsk for protection of his honor and dignity.

23.05.2008 ‘Case of 14’: trial postponed till 26 May

The trail over the participants of the protest of entrepreneurs has been postponed till 26 May, 9.30 a.m. Maksim Dashuk, Mikhal Subach and Pavel Vinahradau will appear in court. Another participant of the process – Alexander Barazenka, is abroad now. The case will be judged by Viktar Yesman.

15.05.2008 Foreign travel restrictions to Artur Finkevich

In the morning of 13 May, when the Young Front deputy head Artur Finkevich was driving in a car with his colleagues to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border (Kamenny Loh), the Belarusian customs officers tried not to allow him to cross the border. They explained his name was in the list of temporally restricted to leave Belarus. One of the border crossing officers took a personal decision to permit Finkevich to cross the border.

14.05.2008 Last four figurants of the ‘case of fourteen’ to be tried 23 May

23 May the trial in the case of participants of the protest rally of market vendors is to continue in the court of Tsentralny district of Minsk.

12.05.2008 MIA offers apologies to Nasta Palazhanka

11 May the deputy chairperson of the Young Front Nasta Palazhanka received an answer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to her address requiring explanations for application of foreign travel restrictions towards her.

12.05.2008 Anzhalika Borys tried for organizing a concert

A chair of the Union of Poles in Belarus Anzhalika Borys faces an administrative penalty for organizing a concert of the Polish band Lombard in Brest.

02.05.2008 Andrei Kim transferred to prison hospital because of eye inflammation

Recently the political prisoner Andrei Kim has had the first meeting with his mother, Tatsiana Kim. Andrei has been transferred from jail to prison hospital, because of rapid deterioration of the eyesight.

02.05.2008 Mikola Statkevich sentenced to 10 days of jail

2 May judge Yury Harbatok sentenced Mikola Statkevich to 10 days of jail for participation in Labor Day action.

07.04.2008 Swedish Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights' Open Letter to Lukashenka

Dear Mr. President,

We would like to express our serious concern regarding the trial agaisnt Ms Katsiaryna Salauyova, that is to be held on 8 April in Polatsk.

04.04.2008 Homel: youth activist Mikita Bahrou expelled from university

28 March the third-year student, activist of youth democratic movement Mikita Bahrou was expelled from the state technical university of Homel.