10.04.2015 Homel freelance journalist Larysa Shchyrakova fined third time this year
Judge of the Rečyca District Court Sviatlana Purkh found Homel freelance journalist, member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Larysa Shchyrakova guilty of "illicit manufacture and distribution of media products" and sentenced her to a fine of 4.5 million rubles on the basis of Article 22.9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
10.04.2015 Books by Tatsiana Shchyttsova seized at Belarusian customs
20 copies of a collection of philosophical articles and reports "Anthropology. Ethics. Policy" written by a lecturer of the European Humanities University Tatsiana Shchyttsova have been taken away from Ihar Lohvinau at the Belarusian customs.
10.04.2015 Concert of Ales Dzianisau and Aliaksandr Pamidorau banned in Hrodna
Hrodna ideologues banned a concert of Ales Dzianisau and Aliaksandr Pamidorau. The even was to have taken on April 12 at a local synagogue.
10.04.2015 Biaroza police question political activist about his job
The questioned member of the Conservative-Christian Party Andrei Kavalevich believes that the police were ordered to look for “social parasites”.
10.04.2015 Publisher of "Voĺny Horad" not allowed to study materials of inspection on carried out on his appeal
April 8, the publisher of the newspaper “Voĺny Horad” Uladzimir Kudrautsau paid a visit to the Kryčaŭ District Police Department with the aim to study the materials of the inspection, conducted by police officers on his allegations of unlawful actions of the chief of the department for ideology, culture and youth affairs of the Kryčaŭ District Executive Committee Maryna Maksimava.
10.04.2015 Supervision over Eduard Lobau intensified
The former political prisoner Eduard Lobau is to return home before 8 p.m., and check in at the police department of Maskouski district every Thursday.
09.04.2015 Brest Social Democrats apply for May Day demonstration
Chairman of the Brest regional organization of Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) Ihar Maslouski said that over the past fourteen years the city executive committee authorized such a mass event only once, in 2013.
09.04.2015 Yury Rubtsou is keeping hunger strike in solitary confinement
As it became known to the Human Rights Centre "Viasna", the criminal case against Yury Rubtsou under Article 415 of the Criminal Code, "avoidance of serving punishment in the form of restriction of liberty", was instituted back on March 18.
09.04.2015 Belarusian Helsinki Committee asks Parliament to revoke Decree on social dependency
Members of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee drew 7 arguments why the Decree should be regarded as violating the Constitution and the international treaties of the country and needs to be abolished.
09.04.2015 Political prisoners still behind bars while official Minsk is preparing for Summit in Riga
A thaw in the relations between the official Minsk and Brussels is not backed by any shift towards democratization in Belarus, states Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski.
09.04.2015 New evidence of summary killings of Ukrainian soldiers must spark urgent investigations
Shocking new evidence of “execution-style killings” by pro-Russian armed groups in Donbass, eastern Ukraine, illustrates the urgent need for action to tackle the escalating human rights and humanitarian crisis in the area, said Amnesty International.
09.04.2015 Details of police raids in Homel
April 8, Homel policemen raided the socio-political center in Paleskaya Street, 52. The search lasted about two hours.
09.04.2015 Brest dweller accused of libeling Lukashenka sent to Nainki mental hospital
According to human rights activists, Mikhail Lukashevich is passing a psychiatric examination.
09.04.2015 Mikalai Dziadok's appeal to be considered on April 30
The appeal of political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok will be heard by the Mahilou regional court at 10:00 on April 30.
09.04.2015 Human rights activists: the authorities want to get Rubtsou isolated for the time of the presidential campaign
Human rights activists register the general deterioration of the situation of political prisoners in Belarus and an increased pressurization aimed at forcing them to concessions. This was stated in an commentary given by human rights activist Tatsiana Reviaka on the arrest of political prisoner Yury Rubtsou and the new criminal case against him.
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