30.07.2010 Ales Ramanovich's case: to be continued

The trial of the administrative case of a member of the Belarusian Popular Front and the For Freedom movement Ales Ramanovich was postponed to 10 a.m. on 10 August. Yesterday, the Pinsk Town and District Court started reviewing the case after the earlier verdict had been reversed by the Brest Region Court.

30.07.2010 Minsk Economic Court granted claim of Minsk authorities to 'Movement Forward’

On 29 July the Minsk Economic Court granted the claim of the Minsk City Executive Committee concerning the research and educational institution Movement Forward, the organizer of the Speak Truth campaign.

22.07.2010 Baranavichy: Ryhor Hryk dismissed from work

On 22 July 2010 the administration of the Baranavichy wagon depot dismissed an activist of the For Freedom movement, Ryhor Hryk, due to the expiry of his labor contract.

22.07.2010 KGB passed Zarembiuk’s case to police

Siarhei Trafimchyk, an activist of the For Freedom movement, received an answer to his complaint concerning an unlawful search of his apartment.

15.07.2010 Nonsense: Alesia Yasiuk detained for handing out blue strips

Alesia Yasiuk, an activist of the European Belarus, was detained by police on 15 July in Minsk and guarded to the Zavadski District Police Department of Minsk.

12.07.2010 Polish MP not let in Belarus

Robert Tyszkiewicz, Deputy Chairperson of the Parliament on Foreign Relations, was going to Belarus as a member of a delegation invited by the disgraced Union of Poles in Belarus to celebrate an anniversary of Wostraja Brama, a military operation of Armia Krajowa for liberation of Vilnius from the Nazi troops during WWII.

09.07.2010 Car of leaders of the Union of Poles searched for firearms

The present leader of the disgraced Union of Poles in Belarus, Anzelika Orechva, and her deputy, Andrei Pachobut, were detained on 8 July afternoon in Slonim and guarded to the Slonim District Police Department.

28.06.2010 Police raid activists’ flats

Minsk police searched the private apartment of youth activist Andrus Krechka, the Nasha Niva independent newspaper reports. The activist was charged with cracking a web-site. As a result, the police seized his personal computer.

24.06.2010 Court fails to consider appeal against poor detention conditions

Brest Regional Court refused to consider an appeal against poor detention conditions at Brest pre-trial prison lodged by a ‘For Freedom’ activist Ivan Stasiuk, claiming that the regulation of prison conditions is within the authority of the Interior Ministry and cannot be questioned by courts, Aliaksandr Milinkevich’s press-service reports.

24.06.2010 Registration of Brest Viasna suspended

The Chief Department of Justice of Brest regional executive committee ruled to suspend the state registration of the ‘Brest Viasna’ human rights association due to a number of trivial reasons, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.

18.06.2010 UN Human Rights Committee registers another complaint of violations in Belarus

On 19 May 2010, the UN Human Rights Committee registered a complaint submitted by two Brest activists of the ‘For Freedom’ movement, Aliaksandr Milinkevich’s press-service reports.

16.06.2010 Ex-candidate Hryk fired

Ryhor Hryk, Baranavichy ‘For Freedom’ activist, received a notice of termination of his employment contract at the local train shed. This is his third dismissal over the past two years.

10.06.2010 First court hearing on liquidation of ‘Tell Truth’

Andrei Aliakhnovich, Judge of the Minsk Economic Court, held the preliminary sitting on the case concerning the dissolution of the educational institution Movement Forward which is known as the organizer of the civil campaign Speak Truth. The lawsuit for its liquidation was lodged by the Minsk City Executive Committee.

10.06.2010 Ales Ramanovich to be tried

On 9 June, Ales Ramanovich, Pinsk activist of the Belarusian Popular Front Party and the movement For Freedom, was interrogated for about 1.5 hours by a police inspector Andrei Rusin. The KGB officer, who watched the activist during the last several days, was present at the interrogation as well.

28.05.2010 Supreme Court upholds registration denial to Belarusian branch of international human rights group

The Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed an appeal filed by founders of a Belarusian branch of the Ukrainian-based International Helsinki Association for Human Rights against the denial of registration by the justice ministry.

The Court pronounced the judgment on May 26.