06.02.2014 “I will show the documents only at court and only to the judge”
This was the answer given by the head of the department of ideology, culture and youth affairs of the Brest City Executive Committee Aksana Dutchyk to election observer Uladzimir Vialichkin who attended the meeting of the Maskouski District Executive Committee of Brest on formation of precinct election commissions.
06.02.2014 Websites of national executive bodies fail to meet the legal requirements
Monitoring "Government bodies of the Republic of Belarus: 15 years online" was performed lawyers of the Legal Transformation Center (Lawtrend). They studied 45 sites of government agencies and organizations.
06.02.2014 Salihorsk District Court upholds the ban on a Human Rights Day picket
On February 4 the Salihorsk District Court considered the appeal of the socio-political activist Uladzimir Shyla against the nban on his picket, issued by the Salihorsk District Executive Committee.
06.02.2014 Rechytsa: adverse discrimination of activists of “Fair World” during formation of PECs
February 4 a joint meeting of the Rechytsa District Executive Committee and the Rechytsa District Council was conducted to form precinct election commissions. The meeting was attended by election observer Valery Putsitski.
06.02.2014 Chair of Hrodna REC no longer heads the commission, but remains an MP
On February 5 Khotsimsk civil society activist Valery Karankevich received an answer from the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus to his repeated appeal to Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Uladzimir Andreichanka.
06.02.2014 Camera crew briefly detained in Miory
On February 6, in the evening, journalists Siarzhuk Kruchkou, Nasta Reznikava and cameraman Aliaksandr Patseyeu were detained for several hours in the regional town Miory (Vitsebsk region).
06.02.2014 Analytic report “Belarus: Time for Media Reform”
On February 6, an analytic report on media situation in Belarus was presented at the office of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
06.02.2014 Ihar Pastnou: by banning pickets the authorities push people to active protests
The psychiatrist failed to challenge the ban on a picket in memory of victims of police brutality.
05.02.2014 Zhodzina: observer not allowed to attend meeting on creation of PECs
Chairman of Zhodzina City Executive Committee M. Amel'yanchuk answered the formal inquiry of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee about the time and place of the meeting on formation of precinct election commissions with the statement that independent observer Aliaksei Lapitski has no right to attend this event.
05.02.2014 Brest police pressurize participants of electoral pickets
As stated by Chairman of the Brest regional branch of the United Civil Party, Uladzimir Vuyek, the day after the electoral picket of the UCP candidate Dyiana Kastsiukovich, held on January 30, he received a subpoena to the police station.
05.02.2014 Salihorsk: establishment of PECs lacks transparency
Leanid Markhotka, long-term observer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, states that the electoral process in the Salihorsk district lacks transparency. This is the conclusion he came to after attending the meeting of the Salihorsk District Executive Committee on formation of precinct election commissions, which was held in the morning on February 4 and lasted just 20 minutes.
05.02.2014 Hrodna: only admission of the observer is discussed during the formation of the PECs
On February 4 the district executive committees of Hrodna formed precinct election commissions.
05.02.2014 Babruisk police “questioned” and “examined” blogger Aleh Zhalnou for more than 11 hours
Babruisk blogger Aleh Zhalnou was detained in the morning of February 4 and released only after spending 11.5 hours at the police department.
04.02.2014 Baranavichy: human rights defender appeals to Constitutional Court
Human rights activist Siarhei Housha wrote a letter to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus. He reports that the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations (hereinafter HRC Committee) adopted two positive decision on his appeals.
04.02.2014 Vital Rymasheuski is summoned to police
Co-chair of the organizing committee of the party "Belarusian Christian Democracy" Vital Rymashevski has received a subpoena to the Savetski District Police Department of Minsk for February 7.
