The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

The Central Election Commission reported that the collection of signatures for the candidates to the position of President did not have any "obstacles and significant conflicts.”

Ivantsevichy prison witnesses mass hunger-strike

The head of the Aliaxandr Milinkievich initiative group, Aliaxandr Bukhvostau demands the right to appear on Belarusian television, saying that Viktar Sheiman "is presenting to the voters untrue information".

In Astrautsy the police searched the apartment of Ivan Kruk, a collector of signatures for Aliaxandr Milinkievich

Svietlahorsk District Branch of Belarusian Language Association named after Frantsishak Skaryna (BLA) still does not have premises.

The report of the special reporter about human rights in Belarus is viewed as a threat to the regime of Lukashenka.

On 26 January Andrei Pachobut was called to the regional procurator’s office for explanations

Secretary General of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Guy Rider demanded that Aliaxandr Lukashenka stop persecution of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union members in Hrodna Azot.

In Minsk downtown on 25 January the police detained four members of the Zianon Pazniak initiative group

The KGB officer had a “pre-emptive talk” with Volha Siemchanka, a student of a Mahilou university and an activist of the youth democratic organizations Volha Siemchanka.