22.06.2015 Minsk court convicts activists over banner “Freedom for Yury Rubtsou!”
The Minsk District Court heard today the administrative charges brought against activists of the European Belarus opposition movement Maksim Viniarski, Leanid Kulakou and Siarhei Matskoits.
22.06.2015 FIDH: The Human Rights Council should continue to assume its responsibilities regarding the situation in Belarus
The human rights situation in Belarus continues to be characterized by serious, widespread and systematic violations.
22.06.2015 Mikalai Statkevich fears provocations in prison
Mikalai Statkevich, who is held in Mahilou prison No.4, fears possible provocations.
19.06.2015 Krishnaites detained in Viciebsk
Several followers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ended up in the police department for spreading religious literature in Viciebsk. Siarhei Fadzeyenkau, chief specialist of the Department for Religious and Ethnic Affairs of the Viciebsk Regional Executive Committee, was directly involved in the detention of believers.
19.06.2015 FC Dinamo fans detained by riot police after match of Belarusian Championship
Alim Selimov, the club's general director, sought the release of the detained fans, but his efforts were in vain.
19.06.2015 Pastor in Homieĺ fined 3.6 mln
The Court of Homieĺ’s Centralny district heard today the charges brought against Siarhei Nikalayenka, pastor of a local Protestant Church “Transfiguration”. As a result, he was fined 20 basic units for arranging a service of the registered religious organization beyond the place of its registration.
19.06.2015 Tajik opposition activist facing extradition from Belarus, torture and imprisonment at home
As reported in her blog by Nadejda Atayeva, president of the Association “Human Rights in Central Asia”, activist of the Group 24 Tajik opposition movement Shabnam Hudoydodova is facing extradition from Belarus after Tajikistan put her on the Interpol wanted list.
18.06.2015 Freelance journalist in Homieĺ appeals fine
On June 18, journalist Natallia Kryvashei, who received the maximum possible penalty (a fine of 50 basic units, or 9 mln rubles), filed an appeal against the ruling of the court of Centralny district. The freelance journalist does not agree with the punishment for “illegal production of media products” without accreditation for the TV channel Belsat.
18.06.2015 Activists from Mikaševičy fined for distributing leaflets about political prisoners
According to a decision of the administrative commission of the Mikaševičy city executive committee, Vital Kalinouski, member of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), has been punished by a fine of three basic units.
18.06.2015 Activist in Slonim fined over anti-alcohol posters
On June 18, the administrative commission of the Slonim district executive committee fined local opposition activist Ivan Bedka 180,000 rubles for pasting anti-alcohol posters at public transport stops.
18.06.2015 Information Ministry Blocks Website Kyky.org
Access to the website has been restricted according to point 1.3 of article 38 of the Law on Mass Media – the website could damage the national interests of the Republic of Belarus.
18.06.2015 Committee against Torture resumes work in Grozny
The Russian human rights organization Committee against Torture, whose office in Grozny was destroyed by unknown assailants on June 3, will resume work in a new location, the former apartment of Natalya Estemirova, an employee of the Memorial human rights NGO, who was kidnapped and murdered in Chechnya in 2009.
17.06.2015 Viciebsk human rights activist wants parliamentary hearings on activity therapy centers
“At present, it is not advisable to initiate the issue of holding parliamentary hearings on the topic “The results of enforcement of the Law “On procedure and conditions of sending citizens to medical and labor dispensaries and the conditions of their detention in them,” says Andrei Navumovich, chairman of the Standing Committee for Human Rights, National Relations and Mass Media of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, in his reply to human rights activist Leanid Svetsik.
17.06.2015 Human rights activists on mission in Ukraine: We accumulate invaluable experience of humanitarian work
The first shift of Belarusian volunteers as part of the Human Rights Humanitarian Mission in Ukraine has left the team of the public initiative Station Kharkiv. They were replaced by two more Belarusians – Aleh Zhlutka and Marharyta Krasikava.
16.06.2015 ODIHR ready to work closely with Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections
On June 16, coordinators of the independent observation campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” met with representatives of the OSCE ODIHR, which are on an official visit in Minsk.
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