News for 16 Aug 2011

16.08.2011 France demands to release all prisoners of conscience

France reiterated its demand to release all Belarusian prisoners of conscience, including three former presidential candidates, www.naviny.by reports, quoting an official statement by the French Embassy to Minsk released on 16 August.

Lida district officials ban picket of support to prisoners of conscience

16.08.2011 Lida district officials ban picket of support to prisoners of conscience

Biarozauka town executive committee (Lida district, Hrodna region) has banned a picket of support to Belarusian prisoners of conscience applied for by local civil activists Siarhei Trafimchyk, Yury Dziashuk and V. Ashurka, www.harodniaspring.org reports.

Hrodna authorities ban picket of support to Ales Bialiatski

16.08.2011 Hrodna authorities ban picket of support to Ales Bialiatski

Hrodna city executive committee has banned a picket of support to Ales Bialiatski scheduled for 22 August, referring to “failure to follow Par. 4 Art. 5 of the Mass Events Act”, local human rights defenders report.

16.08.2011 Political prisoner Dashkevich not allowed seeing lawyer for third time straight

On 16 August, Young Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich, serving his two-year term for alleged battery, was not allowed seeing his lawyer for a third time this summer, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports, quoting the Young Front’s press-service.

Sign personal guarantee for Ales Bialiatski!

16.08.2011 Sign personal guarantee for Ales Bialiatski!

Ales Bialiatski, Chairperson of the Human Rights Center Viasna and vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), was detained on 4 August 2011 within the framework of a criminal case brought under Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, "Concealment of income on a large scale". This article envisages up to seven years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.

16.08.2011 Poland fires several prosecuting officials blamed for Bialiatski’s arrest

A number of prosecuting officials linked to the disclosure of Ales Bialiatski’s bank account details have been fired, Polish Prosecutor General Andrzej Seremet said at a special press-conference in Warsaw, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.

16.08.2011 Lithuanian Prime Minister apologizes to Bialiatski and his family

Andrius Kubilius, Prime Minister of the Lithuanian Republic, apologized for the “misunderstanding” that resulted in the arrest of Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, the BelaPAN news agency reports, quoting www.delfi.lt.

16.08.2011 Mazyr court fines Internet user

On 16 August, Mazyr District Court fined local resident Mikhail Karatkevich BYR 105,000 for reporting on a “silent protest” in his social network account, the BelaPAN news agency reports.

16.08.2011 Baranavichy authorities ban picket of support to Bialiatski

Baranavichy town executive committee has banned a picket of support to Ales Bialiatski scheduled for 22 August, Radio Racyja reports.

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