The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

This year opposition parties nominated more representatives to constituency election commissions, but their total number is 8% smaller than during the election of 2008.

Members of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Maryia Bahdanovich and Ales Yauseyenka have received an answer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs towards their application concerning discriminative statements in the press about Roma nationals.

Today members of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, together with representatives of other civil organizations and parties file applications for pickets in support of the imprisoned head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski and other political prisoners all over Belarus.

On 10 July a press-release about the formation of 13 constituency commissions on election to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the 5th Convocation appeared at the website of the Mahiliou Region Executive Committee.

In an answer of the Bykhau district department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus, signed by its head Savostsikau, it is stated that challenge of the investigator, demanded by Shachanok, is impossible, as far as it can be done only within the framework of Article 82 of the Criminal-Executive Code. Moreover, there are allegedly no reasons to pass the case materials for review by another investigator.

Mikalai Ulasevich, a civil activist from the town of Varniany in the Astravets district lodged appeals to the Astravets District Court and the Astravets District Procuracy to appeal the search that had been conducted in his house on 26 April, the day of the “Chernobyl Way” rally (dated to anniversary of Chernobyl disaster).