News for 1 Jul 2011

Mazyr: detention of Bulgarian and US journalists

01.07.2011 Mazyr: detention of Bulgarian and US journalists

The famous Bulgarian journalist, poet and translator Dimiter Kenarov was wrongly detained by the police in Mazyr on 29 June. The popular networking site Facebook developed an open community where information is gathered about his arrest.

Trials of participants of silent protest actions in different parts of Belarus

01.07.2011 Trials of participants of silent protest actions in different parts of Belarus

Some of the detained participants of the silent protest action held on 29 June in Minsk have been given charges and are being tried.

Belarus Rounds up Silent Protesters

01.07.2011 Belarus Rounds up Silent Protesters

Belarusian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release anyone being held merely for taking part in peaceful “silent” protests, Amnesty International said today after hundreds were arrested around the country yesterday.

Brest: trials of participants of 29 June silent protest action

01.07.2011 Brest: trials of participants of 29 June silent protest action

On 30 June Vasiliuk, a judge of the Leninski District Court of Brest, considered the cases against 8 participants of the protest action of 29 June.

01.07.2011 About 130 participants of silent protest actions were given charges

The police state that participants of the silent protest action “loudly cried out obscenities addressed to the police”. According to the police the action in Minsk gathered about 350 people, whereas human rights defenders believe there were about 1,5 thousand people. 269 people were guarded to police stations all over Belarus. 130 of them were charged with disorderly conduct, insubordination to the police or participation in the unauthorized protests.

01.07.2011 Young Front activist summonsed to tax inspection

During the last search at his apartment a Young Front activist Yul'yan Misiukevich presented a book of his poems to the KGB investigator who headed the search brigade. The book had been published at his own expense back in 2009 and had the circulation of just 150 copies.

01.07.2011 Brest: KGB violates right to privacy

Uladzimir Katrych from Brest, a coordinator of the Perspective entrepreneurs’ association, reported about iniquitous behavior of local KGB officers.

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