03.08.2011 General Prosecutor refused to discuss violations of civil rights and liberties in Belarus

Ryhor Vasilevich answered the address of the opposition politicians who proposed him to discuss violations of rights and liberties in the country. A copy of the answer was received by Anatol Liabedzka, Chair of the United Civil Party.

29.07.2011 Council of Ministers prepares amendments to Law "On Mass Events"

From now on, it will be necessary to obtain permit not only for pickets and demonstrations, but for silence as well.

22.07.2011 Will torture become criminal in Belarus?

The Belarusian Ministry of the Interior has initiated the introduction of the term “torture” into the Criminal Code, following a request by Ksenia Dubitskaya, graduate of the Human Rights School.

07.04.2011 Constitutional Court considers the correspondence of Pole’s card to international law

The appeal was sent to the Constitutional Court by the Belarusian MPs who discussed “the Polish issue” after the 19 December events. Bear in mind that Aliaksandr Lukashenka accused the official Warsaw of preparing a coup d'etat in Belarus after the election.

02.02.2011 Assembly of NGOs prepared remarks to draft law On Non-profitable Organizations

The Center of Legal Transformation at the Assembly of NGOs started collecting signatures under a collective address to the draft law On non-profitable organizations.

04.08.2010 Youth NGOs propose draft on alternative service

A number of Belarusian youth organizations, including ‘Civil Forum’, ‘Young Democrats’, ‘Movement of Future’, ‘Young Front’, as well as several human rights groups (‘Center for Legal Transformation’, and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee), have developed a draft bill on alternative service, an option provided by Article 57 of the Constitution, but not applied in reality as yet, the Young Front press-service reports.

15.06.2010 Authorities deprive correspondent students of determent from army draft

The House of Representatives has adopted in the second reading the amendments to the law on military service that cancel the educational exemptions for correspondent students, BelaPAN reports.

09.06.2010 Constitutional Court answered to Leanid Sudalenka

The Homel human rights defender received an answer from the Constitutional Court to the application that had been submitted by him and Anatol Paplauny. In this document, the applicants asked the court to adopt a ruling aimed at the direct implementation by courts of the universally accepted principles and norms of international legislations and the international treaties ratified by the Republic of Belarus.

02.06.2010 Constitutional Court stands for prisoners' rights

The Constitutional Court of Belarus adopted the ruling About the order of realization of the right to court appeal against the used restraint by the persons sentenced to arrest, imprisonment, life conviction, those who are kept in custody and under administrative arrest. This document proposes that the Council of Ministers should prepare a draft law for introducing amendments and supplements to the Civil Process Code.

01.06.2010 Belarusian internet users ask Aliaksandr Lukashenka to abolish Decree #60

A group of Belarusian internet users addressed President Lukashenka with an open letter requiring the abolishment of Article #60 About the measures to improve the use of the national segment of the internet.

19.04.2010 Human rights activist demands respect for Constitution from Constitutional Court

Minsk businessman Siarhei Ustsinau addressed the Constitutional Court with a demand to respect the Belarusian Constitution by delivering a judgment on the equality of imprisoned persons to receive parcels and packages.

12.03.2010 Homel oblast court cancelled trial of another conscientious objector to military service

The trial of Yauhen Yakavenka was cancelled by the Homel oblast court. At first Yauhen was punished with arrest for ostensibly ignoring an order of the military enlistment office.

23.02.2010 Parties and religious organisations to be banned in Belarusian universities

Belarusian “parliamentarians” are drafting a new project of the Education Code.

The chairman of the Education, culture and scientific and technical progress of the lower chamber of the “parliament” Uladzimir Zdanovich addressing the extended session of the Commission stated that the draft Education Code includes a ban on activities of political parties and religious organisations in universities, BelaPAN informs.

09.02.2010 Constitutional Court reluctant to consider revocation of Article 193-1

In December 2009 Kiryl Atamanchyk, activist of the Young Front youth movement, lodged an address with the Constitutional Court, urging the officials to provide legal assessment of the compliance of Article 193-1 of the Criminal Code with Article 36 of the Belarusian Constitution and Article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

18.01.2010 Belarusian MPs not willing to tackle Article 193-1 issue, waiting for outer initiative

Deputies of the House of Representatives are not going to consider the issue of decriminalizing Article 193-1 of the Criminal Code, say participants of the 22 December New Year happening quoting Mr. Viktar Huminski, head of the House of Representatives’ Standing Commission for National Security.