08.07.2015 Supreme Court upholds prohibition of picket in Baranavičy
July 7, Baranavičy human rights activist Siarhei Housha received a response from the Supreme Court to his complaint concerning the prohibition of the picket he intended to hold on December 10, 2014. The picket was prohibited by Baranavičy City Executive Committee. The ban was then upheld by Baranavičy City and District Court and Brest Regional Court. The Supreme Court recognized the courts' verdicts as lawful and dismissed the appeal of the human rights activist.
08.07.2015 Shabnam Khudoydodova not allowed to meet with lawyer
Shabnam Khudoydodova, arrested activist of “Group 24”, hasn't been allowed to meet with a lawyer for over ten days.
08.07.2015 "Committee against Torture" is left among the foreign agents and can be liquidated
July 8 the panel of judges of the regional court in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) dismissed the appeal of the human rights organization "Committee against Torture" and upheld the decision of the Sovetsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod, which upheld the prosecutor of Nizhny Novgorod Region Oleg Panasenko.
08.07.2015 What difficulties are faced by observers during elections?
The lawyer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Hary Pahaniaila talks about the differences between the current presidential campaign from the previous ones and the main difficulties faced by the observers.
08.07.2015 Hrodna region: not all websites of executive committees promptly inform about electoral process
On July 1-19 the district executive committees in Belarus accept documents for the nomination of candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus within the framework of the electoral campaign.
08.07.2015 What do administrative detainees pay for?
There is no clear and transparent information regarding the nutrition norms for persons serving an administrative arrest remains unclear.
08.07.2015 BAJ Protest against the Practice of Fining Journalists for Work
Belarusian Association of Journalists strongly protests against the increasing administrative prosecution of freelance journalists whose materials are published in foreign mass media.
08.07.2015 Salihorsk: human rights appeal against actions of the local Council of Deputies
Human rights activist Leanid Markhotka has appealed to the Minsk Regional Council of Deputies the refusal of the Presidium of the Salihorsk District Council to bring to the next sitting the draft ruling "On Freedom of Peaceful Assembly”.
08.07.2015 There has been no information about Ihar Alinevich for a month already
As reported by the mother of the political prisoner, Valiantsina Alinevich, there hasn't been any information about him for a month already. This fact is of great concern, as the latest news about him back in May were that was placed in the penal cell for a short term.
08.07.2015 Detention facility in Smaliavichy: Disgusting food, bucket instead of toilet, dirty mattress
An activist of European Belarus civil campaign describes confinement conditions in a temporary detention facility in Smaliavichy.
07.07.2015 Book distributor gets detained and fined for “Azov” T-shirt
As reported to the Human Rights Center “Viasna” by a member of the staff of “Backaŭščyna” Nina Shydlouskaya, in the morning on July 7 the police detained Miraslau Lazouski.
07.07.2015 Biaroza activists challenge court verdict regarding picket ban
Biaroza human rights activists have filed an appeal to the Brest Regional Court against a verdict of the Biaroza District Court, which had upheld the prohibition of a picket on March 25 by the local authorities.
07.07.2015 "Station Kharkiv" launches "Targeted Assistance"
The essence of the program "Targeted Assistance" is to help persons in solving very difficult specific problems.
07.07.2015 TV cameraman Dzmitry Zavadski went missing 15 years ago
Belarusian cameraman, journalist of the Russian TV channel ORT (Russian Public Television, now – the First Channel) disappeared exactly 15 years ago, July 7, 2000. At that time he was 27 years old.
06.07.2015 Election monitoring starts in Hrodna
The independent campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” started its activities in the Hrodna region with the proclamation of the presidential elections.
