19.05.2014 Homel activist appeals picket ban to UN Human Rights Committee
Yury Varonezhtsau, a known public and political figure in Homel, submitted today a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee to appeal against a ban on a street procession in support of political prisoner Ales Bialiatski.
19.05.2014 Food Not Bombs activist sentenced to 15 days of arrest
The court of Minsk’s Partyzanski district considered today the administrative case of Aliaksandr Kurets, an activist of the Food Not Bombs campaign.
19.05.2014 Journalist stands trial in Brest
Yauhen Skrabets was detained on May 17 near the house where he lives. He told about this in a text message, saying that he was held in the Leninski district police department of Brest.
19.05.2014 Klimavichy resident fined over criticism of administrative commission
The administrative commission of the Klimavichy District Executive Committee punished Alena Marchanka, a resident of the village of Damamerychy, by a fine of 2,250,000 rubles. The decision was taken at a meeting held on May 13.
19.05.2014 Dzianis Karnou: There are opposition activists, tramps and prostitutes in Akrestsin Street detention center
In the evening of May 16, Dzianis Karnou, an activist of the Young Front’s Salihorsk branch, was released from the Center of Isolation of Offenders located in Akrestsin Street in Minsk, after serving 20 days of arrest. After his release, he described the circumstances of his detention, the trial and conditions in prison.
19.05.2014 EU condemns arbitrary detentions of more than 30 civil society and political activists in Belarus
We are concerned about the harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention of several dozens of representatives of civil society and opposition organisations in the run up to the World Ice Hockey Championship in Belarus. We condemn the use of administrative detention by the Belarusian authorities as an instrument aimed at creating pressure, fear and uncertainty among the young generation of people in Belarus.
16.05.2014 Independent psychiatric expertise of Ihar Pastnou found no reasons for his compulsory treatment
According to independent experts from an NGO “Russia’s Independent Psychiatric Expertise”, diagnosis of Belarusian colleagues “paranoid dissociation with stable querulous tendencies” raises doubts.
15.05.2014 Journalists of a number of media not accredited to the Ice Hockey World Championship
Journalists of a number of media have not been accredited to the Ice Hockey World Championship which takes place in Minsk.
15.05.2014 URGENT ACTION OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL!
Belarus executes second prisoner this year. At least two men remain on death row at imminent risk of execution. Amnesty International appeals to write to Belarusian authorities to call them to abolish death penalty.
15.05.2014 Aleh Kerul sentenced to 25 days of arrest
Consideration of the administrative case of activist Aleh Kerul continued in Pershamaiski district court of Minsk. The sentence is 25 days of arrest.
14.05.2014 Ales Bialiatski wins the Ales Adamovich literary award
On 13 May, laureates of Ales Adamovich and Francishak Bagushevich literary awards were honoured in Minsk. Political prisoner Ales Bialiatski won the Ales Adamovich Award for the book “Enlightened by Belarus”. Zmicer Matveichyk won the Bagushevich Award with the book “Uprising of 1863-1864: an Essay of the Hostilities.”
14.05.2014 FIDH: While Belarus hosts Ice Hockey World Championship human rights violations continue (video)
At the time of Ice Hockey World Championship – 2014 that will last in Belarus until 25 May, the International Federation for Human Rights is calling for more active dissemination of information about the situation with human rights in the country. "Share this video. Don’t keep silent!” – human rights defenders call.
14.05.2014 Aleh Kirol detained in Minsk, trial pending
Aleh Kirol detained in Minsk, trial pending
13.05.2014 Swiss human rights defenders support civil society of Belarus
Amnesty International’s Swiss branch calls Belarusian authorities for “fair play in the field of human rights” within an advocacy campaign coinciding with the World Ice Hockey Championship in Minsk
13.05.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in April 2014
In April, the human rights situation remained consistently poor. The most acute problem – the existence of political prisoners – remained unresolved. April was marked by serious restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly, resulting in preventive arrests and arbitrary detentions.
