News on the topic: appeal
31.08.2014 Luninets police find no violations in violent detention of activist Alena Dubanosava
Police officials of the town of Luninets say there were no violations in the detention of local opposition activist Alena Dubanosava outside the Town Court on July 30. The official response is signed by the Chief of the Luninets Police Department and has been sent to an activist of the campaign “Tell the Truth” Leanid Dubanosau, the husband of the detained activist.
29.08.2014 Court in Brest refuses to open investigation into election fraud
Liudmila Dzenisenka, chairperson of the Brest office of the Belarusian Party of the Left "Fair World", in who was running this years’ local elections as a candidate for the City Council, lodged a complaint with the Leninski District Court in order to find out who voted at their residence in the city’s constituency No. 13.
28.08.2014 Court Rejects Appeal against Prosecutor’s Warning
The judge thinks that one month’s term to appeal against prosecutorial warning already expired; the journalist disagrees.
28.08.2014 Belarus violated right to peaceful assembly against UCP activist in Homel, says UN Human Rights Committee
The UN Human Rights Committee has said that the Belarusian authorities violated the right of the deputy chairman of the United Civil Party (UCP) Vasil Paliakou to peaceful assembly, by banning in September 2008 a mass event aimed to urge citizens not to take part in the parliamentary elections, which took place on September 28, 2008.
28.08.2014 Brest Regional Court dismisses appeal by Baranavichy activist
On August 27, Judge Natallia Surma of the Brest Regional Court dismissed the cassation appeal lodged by activist Mikalai Charnavus against an earlier ruling by the district court of Baranavichy of July 21, which found the individual entrepreneur guilty of violating Article 23.34, Part 3 of the Administrative Code – organization and holding an unauthorized meeting at the local market on July 1.
27.08.2014 Homel activists appeal ban on NGO registration
On August 26, founders of the republican human rights association “Pakt” (“Covenan”), a movement for the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, submitted to the Supreme Court their appeal against the refusal of the Ministry of Justice to register the public association.
26.08.2014 Homel authorities avoid trial
On August 25, a hearing of a lawsuit lodged by human rights defenders Anatol Paplauny and Leanid Sudalenka against the City Executive Committee was adjourned by the Tsentralny District Court of Homel after a representative of the executive authorities failed to appear in court.
25.08.2014 Dismissed trade union leader protects rights in court
The Polatsk District Court has refused to consider a lawsuit lodged by trade union activists Viktar Stukau against his former employer, JSC “Polatsk-Shklovalakno”. The lawsuit urging to eliminate employment discrimination came after fresh evidence appeared in the activist’s conflict with the major state-owned enterprise. Earlier, the court refused to consider Viktar Stukau’s complaint in March 2013.
22.08.2014 “Have you ever wondered how much sorrow has the twenty years of your office brought to the citizens of this country?”
Liudmila Kuchura has sent her petition to Aliaksandr Lukashenka to congratulate him on the 20th anniversary of his presidency, recalling that, thanks to his “parental care”, her husband Piotr Kuchura has already served ten years for a crime he did not commit.
22.08.2014 Minsk City Court dismisses appeal by Kurapaty campaigners
The Minsk City Court has dismissed an appeal by a group of activists campaigning for the preservation of the Kurapaty memorial, Radio Racyja reports. The City Court thus upheld the decision of the Tsentralny District Court. The authors tried to force the Prosecutor General's Office to implement its earlier order to remove all objects that were illegally built in the territory of the Stalin repressions memorial.
21.08.2014 Former candidate complains to UN about absence of justice
Mikalai Novikau, activist of the United Civil Party and former candidate for the Homel Regional Council, has not been able to sue the JSC “Palesdruk”, which refused to print his campaign flyers during the last local elections. The UCP activist is now seeking to protect his rights in the UN Human Rights Committee, where he has submitted a personal complaint.
21.08.2014 Police side with attacker in Homel incident
The Tsentralny district police department of Homel issued another refusal to initiate a criminal investigation into the attack on the house of local opposition activist Kanstantsin Zhukouski. On May 2, his private house was attacked by unknown persons, who were apparently outraged by a Ukrainian flag hoisted on the roof as a sign of solidarity with the neighboring country.
20.08.2014 Prison not over for Mikalai Autukhovich
Vaukavysk District Prosecutor says there are no violations in the police-steered travel ban for former political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich, who asked to leave his home town to be treated in Minsk. In this regard, Autukhovich prepared a complaint to the Prosecutor of the Hrodna region.
19.08.2014 Homel activist supplements complaint to UN Human Rights Committee with new facts
Coordinator of the youth network of the independent trade union of radio-electronic industry Andrei Stryzhak complained to the UN Human Rights Committee against a ban imposed by officials in Rechytsa on a peaceful assembly that was scheduled for September 8, 2013 and was expected to protest against the decision of the Belarusian government to abolish sick leave payments for parents raising children.
18.08.2014 Former candidate in Brest files lawsuit to demand list of home voters
Chairperson of the Brest office of the Belarusian Party of the Left “Fair World”, Liudmila Dzenisenka, is trying to find out who voted at their residence in constituency No. 13, where she was running for the Brest City Council in this year’s local elections.
