News for 20 Dec 2010
20.12.2010 KGB doesn't confirm or deny Nyaklyaeu is in custody
KGB has not confirmed or disproved that Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu currently is in KGB custody.
20.12.2010 Iryna Khalip "found" in KGB prison
The father of the journalist Iryna Khalip has been informed where she is.
20.12.2010 Paval Sieviarynets and Vital Rymasheuski are in KGB prison
The ex-presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski and one of the leaders of the BCD steering committee Paval Sieviarynets are now in the KGB prison. They were given an opportunity to call thir parents. Investigation measures will start tomorrow morning, informs "Nasha Niva".
20.12.2010 Protest rally leaders to face criminal prosecution, says Interior Minister Kuliashou
The organizers of the 19 December Minsk protest rally are likely to face criminal charges, informs the Nasha Niva newspaper, quoting the BelaPAN news agency.
20.12.2010 Vote count procedure termed “bad” by OSCE
The OSCE/ODIHR has not recognized the presidential election to be democratic.
20.12.2010 Hundreds of detainees stand closed-door trials.
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” has been processing information on the numerous trials of peaceful protesters detained during a rally in downtown Minsk last evening.
20.12.2010 The United States strongly condemns all election day violence in Belarus
The United States strongly condemns all election day violence in Belarus
20.12.2010 PRELIMINARY report of independent observation
Peaceful conduct of the election was marred on the evening of election day, 19 December, when riot police brutally dispersed a crowd protesting against unfair conduct of the election.
20.12.2010 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FOR FREE ELECTIONS RAIDED AND STAFF DETAINED
At approximately 3:15am on 20 December, following the 19 December Belarusian presidential election, special forces personnel raided the office of Human Rights Centre “Viasna” in central Minsk. At 3:45am, ten staff present were detained, including lawyers Valentin Stefanovich and Vladimir Labkovich, and taken to the police department of Pervomaisky district of Minsk.
20.12.2010 Some 400 people detained, reports say
According to unofficial information provided by law-enforcement agencies, some 400 people were detained this evening. The majority of them were taken to Minsk Delinquency Isolation Center in Akrestsin Street.
20.12.2010 Police storm Anatol Liabedzka’s flat
At around 02.15 a.m. Minsk police broke into the private apartment of United Civil Party leader Anatol Liabedzka. The politician has been reportedly detained and taken away in a bus.
20.12.2010 Blatant fraud in Minsk: 480 ballots missing from ballot box
According to independent observers, a blatant case of election rigging was registered at Minsk polling station # 104, after 480 ballots appeared to be missing from the ballot box.
20.12.2010 List of detainees (updated)
Here's the preliminary list of the people who were detained during the street action of protest violently disbanded near Nezalezhnastsi Square in Minsk at about 11.30 p.m.
20.12.2010 BHC chair Aleh Hulak detained
Aleh Hulak, chair of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, has been reportedly detained by riot police during the violent break-up of the opposition rally.
20.12.2010 Dozens people apply for medical aid after riot police beat protesters
According to information received by the Human Rights Center “Viasna’, dozens of people applied for medical aid, after riot police violently broke up a 10,000 protest rally in Minsk Nezalezhnastsi Square.
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