News for 16 Dec 2014
16.12.2014 Convicts in Vitsebsk photo session case appeal fines
Six residents of Vitsebsk, who were found guilty of participating in an unsanctioned picket for appearing in a photo on the background of a graffiti, are asking the Regional Court to overturn the penalties previously imposed on them. They also ask to cancel the proceedings opened over lack of official permission to be photographed in a public place.
16.12.2014 Vasil Parfiankou: I spent only 29 days in the colony’s residential area
Former political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou, who has been released after serving his sentence in penal colony No. 9 in Horki, told about the conditions of detention in the colony and about the preventive supervision he has been subjected for a period of one year.
16.12.2014 Journalist Ales Zaleuski summoned to Prosecutor’s Office
It is possible that the two administrative sentences imposed on independent journalist Ales Zaleuski will be followed by a prosecutorial warning, according to the press service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
16.12.2014 Swedish NGOs: Minister of Justice Must Withdraw Request to Liquidate Society Memorial
Concerned over the fact that the Society Memorial could be closed down as a result of on-going proceedings initiated by the Ministry of Justice in Russia, Civil Rights Defenders, together with three Swedish human rights organisations – Amnesty International Sweden, The Swedish Foundation for Human Rights and Östgruppen – sent an open letter to the Minister of Justice, Aleksandr Konovalov on 16 December.
16.12.2014 UN: 4,707 people killed since beginning of conflict in eastern Ukraine
The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine in its eighth monthly report said that 4,707 people were killed since the beginning of the conflict in eastern Ukraine in mid-April, and 10,322 people were injured during the same period.
16.12.2014 Constitutional Court advises the mother of an executed death row convict to appeal to MPs, the Government and President
The mother of an executed resident of Homel Aliaksandr Hrunou, has received an answer from the Constitutional Court.
16.12.2014 Kanstantsin Dzmitryieu is another fined participant of the memorial event in Svislach
An activist of the United Civil Party Kanstantsin Dzmitryieu is the tenth person who has been fined for participation in the Day of Commemoration of the participants of the Kalinouski uprising in 1863-1864 in Svislach.
16.12.2014 Leader of the Homel “Fair World” branch sues medics
Chairman of the Homel regional organization of the Belarusian Party of the Left "Fair World" Uladzimir Siakerka appeals the actions of the duty officials of the city ambulance station at the Tsentralny District Court of Homel. The lawsuit is related to the inability to hold public events in Homel.
16.12.2014 Baranavichy activists congratulate political prisoners on Christmas and New Year
Baranavichy civil society activists have sent colored postcards with Christmas and New Year congratulations to the political prisoners Ihar Alinevich, Mikalai Dziadok, Eduard Lobau, Artsiom Prakapenka, Mikalai Statkevich and Yauhen Vaskovich.
16.12.2014 Homel: Mikhail Tsimashenka demands that Belarusian MFA issued official apologies for age discrimination
December 15, a Homel activist of the United Civil Party, 84-year-old Mikhail Tsimashenka, filed an appeal with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makei. The applicant requests from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its officials official apologies for an insult and age discrimination.December 15, a Homel activist of the United Civil Party, 84-year-old Mikhail Tsimashenka, filed an appeal with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makei. The applicant requests from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its officials official apologies for an insult and age discrimination.
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