News for 24 Jul 2013
24.07.2013 Congress of Belarusian expatriates demand release of political prisoners
The delegates of the 6th Congress of Belarusians of the World that opened in Minsk on July 23 under the auspices of the International Public Organization “Batskaushchyna” (“Fatherland”) called on the Belarusian authorities to release political prisoners, the BelaPAN news agency reports.
24.07.2013 Lukashenka gives more power to KGB
The KGB will examine samples of special equipment for surreptitious access to information.
24.07.2013 Belarusian Social Democratic Party activist in Mahiliou appeals inaction by prosecuting authorities
Mikalai Zalozny, member of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), filed a complaint to the Prosecutor of Mahiliou region to complain about local prosecuting officials. The activist argues that the officials have failed to address a number of facts of corruption and abuse of power by his former boss, chief of the Mahiliouablselbud dormitory system Pavel Shyshou.
24.07.2013 Yauhen Basareuski: "Three years of harassment ruined my health"
Yauhen Basareuski, a member of the party "Fair World" from the town of Zhlobin, shared his thoughts on the non-guilty verdict that was handed down to him and his former colleague Valiantsina Kastsiukevich by the District Court on July 19.
24.07.2013 Ales, imprisoned for the past two years: join us!
August 4, 2013 will mark a sad anniversary. Ales Bialiatski has been in jail for two years. Two years behind bars for defending human rights in his home country, Belarus. Ales keeps his hopes up. And despite the forced daily work, he writes a lot. His colleagues published his writings on prison literature in Belarus. And he is currently working on a second book on the human rigts movement in his country. On August 4, we will be alongside Ales. The Belarusian government must know it!
24.07.2013 Svetlahorsk resident seeks prosecution of policemen responsible for her son’s death
After a year of fruitless appeals submitted to various authorities, Mrs. Valiantsina Akulich came for help to the Human Rights Center "Viasna". After consulting Viasna’s lawyers, she sent to the prosecutor of Svetlahorsk district a complaint against the order of Senior Investigator at Svetlahorsk regional department of the Investigative Committee Uladzimir Piatochanka who refused to open a criminal investigation into the death of her son, Aliaksandr Akulich.
24.07.2013 BAJ: as long as people in Belarus are held criminally liable for their opinions, nobody can feel free!
The Board of BAJ made a statement on the occasion of termination of several criminal cases regarding several BAJ members.
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