The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

23.01.2013 Lawyer Hary Pahaniayla denied compensation for illegal travel restrictions

On January 23, Maskouski District Court of Minsk pronounced judgment in the lawsuit brought by Hary Pahaniayla, chairman of the BHC’s legal committee, against a number of government agencies. The human rights defender contested the actions of three ministries at a time – Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of the Interior. However, without success.

04.01.2013 Homel: Mikalai Siakerka applied to court to get excluded from the "black list"

On 3 January the head of the Homel regional branch of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World" Uladzimir Siakerka filed a complaint to the Tsentralny District Court of Homel.

28.12.2012 Homel military prosecutor replies on foreign travel black list

Uladzimir Siakerka, Chairman of Homel regional office of the United Left Party "Fair World", received a reply to his appeal to local military prosecutor. The politician urged the prosecutor to explain who, when, and why added him to a black list, which resulted in certain problems while crossing the border.

10.12.2012 Belarusian MFA bans entry to Belarusian emigrants

The unofficial ban spreads on all who demonstrate a critical attitude towards Aliaksandr Lukashenka. Yauhen Vapa and Alena Hlahouskaya from Poland have been denied Belarusian issues recently. These days the same happened to the head of the Belarusian Culture Society in Vilnius Khvedar Niunka.

01.12.2012 Rahachou: oppositionist prohibited to leave Belarus

Dzianis Dashkevich received a ruling of the Homel Regional Court, according to which he was prohibited to leave Belarus until the complete payment of a fine of 2 million rubles.

21.11.2012 Radio Racja director denied Belarusian visa

Jauhen Wapa received a visa denial stamp in his passport in the Belarusian consulate in Bialystok.

08.11.2012 “AI” representative Heather McGill not let in Belarus

The Belarusian authorities denied a visa to Amnesty International’s researcher on Belarus, Heather McGill.

31.10.2012 Polish historian no allowed to Belarus

A historian and a chairman of the Belarusian association Khatka in Gdansk Dr Elena Glagovska was denied a Belarusian visa.

22.10.2012 Polish officials not allowed to enter Belarus

Four representatives of the Ministry of Education of Poland have been denied Belarusian visas. They planned to participate in the Second Polish Language Education Forum which was held in Baranavichy.

27.09.2012 Members of United Civil Party detained and searched on border

Anatol Liabedzka and the head of the UCP executive committee Aksana Kryshchanovich were detained and searched on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.

27.09.2012 Belarusian anti-nuclear activists not let to Lithuania

Two Belarusian anti-nuclear activists Mikalai Ulasevich and Tatsiana Novikava were prohibited to enter Lithuania, their visas were terminated, RFE/RL informs. The activists were travelling to attend a conference on nuclear safety in Lithuania.

23.08.2012 Journalist Mikhail Yanchuk allowed to leave Belarus

Two journalists are still restricted from travelling abroad.

The State Department on Citizenship and Migration removed Belsat TV journalist Mikhail Yanchuk from the database of persons restricted to leave the country. Two journalists still remain on the list of persons banned from leaving Belarus – chief editor of Nasha Niva newspaper Andrei Dynko and Andrei Sannikov's spokesman at the presidential election Alyaksnadr Atroshchankau, Radio Svaboda reminds.

23.08.2012 Minsk City Court’s Judicial Board turns down complaint by Hary Pahaniayla

Human rights defender Hary Pahaniayla appealed the judgment of Minsk Maskouski District Court. He asked to recognize actions by the Ministry of Justice and the Interior Ministry illegal, which led to his groundless inclusion in a data bank of "persons restricted to travel".

17.08.2012 BAJ Chairperson Can Go Abroad Again

The confirming document issued by the Department on citizenship and migration informs that the computer system had suffered a system glitch in February – March this year which led to the "misunderstanding".