News for 3 Mar 2014
03.03.2014 Trial of pensioner Sharshun postponed to March 6
On Match 3 Judge of the Tsentralny District Court Valery Yesman, started considering the “disagreement of Viktar Sharshun to the administrative proceedings against him” - this is the formulation with which the Tsentralny District Prosecutor's Office of Minsk forwarded to the court Mr. Sharshun's appeal against unlawful actions of the police and the request to punish the perpetrators.
03.03.2014 Anatomic theater in Uppsala, Sweden
The last death execution in Sweden was conducted in 1910 –by the guillotine. And in the XVIIth century executions were carried out by hanging and gathered many spectators.
03.03.2014 Participants of protest action near the Russian Embassy sentenced to arrest terms
At 2 p.m. on March 2, activists of various social and political movements tried to hold an action of protest near the Embassy of the Russian Federation. They were met by policemen in civvies and paddy wagons. The dispersal of the protest action was directed by the head of the Minsk police, Aliaksandr Barsukou. All in all, 23 people were detained, including many journalists. All detainees were taken to the Tsentralny District Police Department. The journalists were soon released.
03.03.2014 Joint picket of opposition candidates in Brest
In Brest, opposition candidates for deputies of local councils for the first time held a joint electoral picket. It took place on March 2 near the supermarket "Uskhod" on Partyzanski Avenue by representatives of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), the Belarusian Left Party "Fair World", Belarusian Popular Front, United Civil Party, as well as the public initiative "Tell the Truth".
03.03.2014 Ukrainian detained in central Minsk for asking when Lukashenka's regime will collapse
During the Maslenitsa festivities in Niamiha Street in Minsk on Sunday, 2 March, 28-year-old Ukrainian writer Anton Chernychka was detained for coming up to a policeman and asking when Lukashenka's regime would collapse.
03.03.2014 Bialynichy District election commission conceals information about prior convictions of pro-government candidates
Bialynichy district newspaper “Zara nad Druttsiu" (№ 15 dated February 22, 2014) published information on the registered candidates for the Bilaynichy District Council of Deputies, but somehow forgot to print the information about their criminal records.
03.03.2014 Political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich applies for safe confinement conditions
The application was caused by frequent provocations against the political prisoner. Mikalai Statkevich thinks he faces more provocations due to the deteriorating economic situation in the country and the authorities' desire to make him apply for clemency.
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