09.10.2014 Hrodna journalists address Prosecutor General
Hrodna independent journalists have filed an open letter to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus Aliaksandr Kaniuk. Members "of the Belarusian Association of Journalists" pay attention to the systematic harassment of freelance journalists by the police and the courts.
09.10.2014 Official has been serving a prison term for two years already, but is still “responsible for mass events” in Vitsebsk
Vitsebsk activists are trying to convince the executive committee of the necessity to amend the decision on mass events. The officials respond that it is flawless and meets all legal requirements. However, the official who is mentioned in it is serving a sentence for a bribe.
09.10.2014 Invitation to the public lecture of Tamara Chikunova
Today, October 9, a lecture of the human rights activist Tamara Chikunova, the founder and head of the Uzbek organization "Mothers against the Death Penalty and Torture", will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the gallery of "Goliaths" (Valhahradskaya Street, 4a, metro station “Maskouskaya”).
09.10.2014 International human rights defenders: Belarusian dictator openly supports the death penalty: the only hope is for the civil society (videos)
Chairperson of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty Florence Bellivier and FIDH President Karime Lahidji video addresses on the occasion of the Week against the Death Penalty in Belarus.
09.10.2014 "Capital punishment": intentional murder in the name of law can't be justified (photo, video)
October 7, the presentation of the joint photo project “Capital Punishment” by the photo journalist Siarhei Balai and the campaign "Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty in Belarus" took place in Minsk.
08.10.2014 Independent journalist from Mahiliou fined 6 million rubles
Aliaksandr Burakou was punished for “cooperating with the foreign media”.
08.10.2014 Baranavichy activist applied for a picket to mark anniversary of Belarusian “Kristallnacht”
October 6, civil society activist appealed to the head of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee in order to obtain permission for holding a one-person picket in the memory of victims of Stalin's repressions.
08.10.2014 Babruisk: three more trade union activists dismissed from Tractor Details and Aggregates Plant
The administration of the Belarusina Tractor Details and Aggregates Plant continues getting rid of members of the Free Trade Union of Belarus. This time, Aleh Shauchenka, Aliaksandr Benasik and Mikalai Zhybul have been informed that the labour contracts with them would not be extended. Recently it has also happened to Aliaksandr Varankin and Aliaksandr Hramyka.
07.10.2014 Siarhei Balai: I put the question to which people need to answer on their own
Before the opening of the photo exhibition "Capital Punishment" depicting mothers of the executed death row convicts, its author, photographer Siarhei Balai, gave an interview to the Human Rights Centre "Viasna".
07.10.2014 Ministry of Education answered to “Oh, Bologna!” only after three months
As it follows from the answer, the decision concerning the accession of Belarus to the Bologna process and made has been made and will not be discussed any more. However, the essence of the decision remains unknown: the ministry advised the activists to address members of the Chamber of Representatives to find about it.
07.10.2014 Salihorskers send solidarity postcards to political prisoners (photos)
In Salihorsk, civil society activists have again sent postcards with words of support to Belarusian political prisoners.
07.10.2014 Journalist Andrei Mialeshka gets second fine for work without accreditation
October 7, the Hrodna District Court fined Andrei Mialeshka about 500$ for violating art. 22.9, part 2 of the Administrative Code (illegal production and distribution of mass media products).
07.10.2014 Police disrupt gathering dedicated to Illia Dabratvor's release
Illia Dabratvor was released after 20 days of administrative arrest.
07.10.2014 Drunk man shot dead by police in Orsha
He is the second person who was shot dead by the police in the last week.
07.10.2014 Mother of victim of miscarriage of justice: “Thanks God I didn't give in to the sense of revenge”
Having lost her only son, who was executed innocent, she became the mother of all death row prisoners in Uzbekistan. Having achieved the abolition of the death penalty in the country, she is fighting for its abolition primarily in Belarus. Tamara Chikunova is a guest of honor of the Belarusian Week Against the Death Penalty and one of the heroines of the photo project "Capital Punishment", which tells the story of a mother of death row convict.
