News for 19 Jul 2012

19.07.2012 Jail officers accept medicines for environmental activist Novikava

Officers of the detention center on Akrestsina Street in Minsk accepted Thursday medicines for environmental activist Tatsyana Novikava, who had her thyroid gland removed.

BHC observers denied access to sittings of Salihorsk election commissions

19.07.2012 BHC observers denied access to sittings of Salihorsk election commissions

The Belarusian Helsinki Committee observers have not been able to attend the sittings of Salihorsk election commissions No. 68 and 69, says human rights defender Leanid Markhotka.

19.07.2012 KGB opens file on Andrei Bandarenka

Andrei Bandarenka, head of the Platforma human rights group, has been taken to the KGB central office to be informed that he is now registered as a reported delinquent and may face foreign travel restrictions under President Lukashenka’s recent Decree No. 295, www.belaruspartisan.org reports, quoting the human rights defender’s associates.

Information on members of Barysau constituency elections commissions still secret

19.07.2012 Information on members of Barysau constituency elections commissions still secret

Barysau observers and ordinary voters are still unable to obtain information on the composition of local constituency elections commissions, as the town’s authorities have not yet published the data in the public media.

LGBT activist convicted for wearing T-shirt “Freedom for Ales Bialiatski”

19.07.2012 LGBT activist convicted for wearing T-shirt “Freedom for Ales Bialiatski”

Judge Viktoryia Tkachova of Minsk Tsentralny District Court has sentenced Varvara Krasutskaya, activist of the Belarusian LGBT movement, to a fine of BYR 700,000 on charges of disorderly conduct (Art. 17.1 of the Administrative Code).

Committee to Protect Journalists: KGB puts editor in jail over photos of teddy bears

19.07.2012 Committee to Protect Journalists: KGB puts editor in jail over photos of teddy bears

New York, July 18, 2012--Belarusian security agents should immediately release a website editor who has been jailed for publishing photographs of teddy bears, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

19.07.2012 Youth activist detained in Minsk

Youth activist Mrs. Varvara Krasutskaya was detained yesterday evening in Minsk Kastrychnitskaya Square, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports, quoting Young Front member Ivan Shyla.

Barysau constituency election commission’s decision illegal, says local HR defender

19.07.2012 Barysau constituency election commission’s decision illegal, says local HR defender

Barysau human rights defender Aleh Matskevich has submitted an online complaint to the Central Election Commission, saying that a sitting of the election commission of local constituency No. 62 did not have the quorum to take a legal decision.

Luninets court upholds dismissal of local trade union activist

19.07.2012 Luninets court upholds dismissal of local trade union activist

Judge Vasil Belski of Luninets District Court has dismissed a complaint lodged by Mikalai Karyshau, leader of the independent trade union at the Granite enterprise, after he was illegally fired.

Vitsebsk activist warned over scheduled picket

19.07.2012 Vitsebsk activist warned over scheduled picket

Aliaksandr Kirylau, Vitsebsk activist of the unregistered Belaya Rus Conservative Christian Party, has received an official warning of possible administrative prosecution in case he stages a picket against unemployment.

Two more anti-nuclear protesters sentenced to short prison terms

19.07.2012 Two more anti-nuclear protesters sentenced to short prison terms

Tatsiana Novikava, coordinator of a campaign against the construction of a nuclear power plant, and Russian physicist Andrey Ozharovsky were sentenced yesterday evening to 5 and 10 days of administrative arrest respectively, after Minsk Leninski District Court found them guilty of disorderly conduct.

19.07.2012 Election commissions refuse to register Mikalai Statkevich's initiative group

Alyaksei Haurutsikau, the political prisoner's party member in the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "People's Assembly", has informed about it.

19.07.2012 Uruchcha infill construction protester fined 20 basic units and given 5 days in custody

The judgement was delivered against Leanid Mazhalski, a deputy head of the housing society and active member of the initiative group against infill construction in Uruchcha city district.

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