04.04.2013 Vasil Parfiankou fined for violation of the regime of preventive supervision
Vasil Parfiankou has been charged with a violation of the regime of preventive supervision for the first time since the release from the detention facility on 9 February. On 4 April Yury Harbatouski, Judge of Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk, fined him 800,000 rubles.
04.04.2013 Yauhen Vaskovich: "I will bear my cross until the end"
We learned some details about the prison conditions of a member of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, political prisoner Yauhen Vaskovich. He wrote about it in his letter to his grandmother Tamara, received by her on 29 March.
03.04.2013 Only one accused left in "espionage case"
Navapolatsk member of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party Illia Bahdanau said he was again transferred to the status of a witness in the criminal case on "high treason". His ally, 23-year-old operator of the "Naftan" enterprise Andrei Haidukou, remains the only suspect in unlawful contacts with foreign security services.
03.04.2013 Trial of Valery Vusik still not over
On 2 April Aksana Zahorskaya, Judge of Bialynichy District Court, continued the consideration of an administrative case against Valery Vusik.
03.04.2013 Open letter by Professor Shved: my dismissal is politically motivated
Here we present to your attention the full version of the open letter by professor Viachaslau Shved.
03.04.2013 Ihar Kuzminich: soon we may hear about many cases of pressurization of lecturers
Ihar Kuzminich, who used to work as a lecturer on theory of jurisprudence at Hrodna State University, says he had to quit his job because of … the tales in his blog.
03.04.2013 Slonim: Ivan Bedka and Ivan Sheha refuse to write explanatory notes for police
On 3 April at 11 a.m. members of the Slonim association of democratic forces Ivan Bedka and Ivan Sheha paid a visit to Slonim District Police Department, to which they were summonsed by official notices. Ivan Sheha was presented a notice at work, Ivan Bedka – at home.
03.04.2013 General Prosecutor's Office gives formal reply to appeal of independent journalist
Brest journalist Alina Litvinchuk received an answer to her complaint from Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus, Aliaksandr Kaniuk. She appealed an official warning about the inadmissibility of the work of journalists without accreditation, issued to her at the end of 2012.
02.04.2013 Liubou Kavaliova received no answer as to which state organ is responsible for the execution of death verdicts
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou, charged with the terrorist act in Minsk metro, wants to know the details of the last minutes of the son's life, and considers the verdict as unfair. That's why she is trying to find which state agency executed the death verdict, issued to her son by the Supreme Court of Belarus.
02.04.2013 Klimavichy activist demands that KGB compensate transport expenses
On 1 April Aliaksandr Balobin, Klimavichy activist of civil campaign "Tell the Truth" filed a pretension to the head of Krychau inter-district KGB department Illia Krautsou. He demands that KGB compensate to him the expenditures for the travel from Krychau to the village of Paulavichy in Klimavichy district.
02.04.2013 Slonim: Ivan Bedka summonsed to police after launching air balloons
The head of Slonim branch of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, Ivan Bedka, was summonsed to Slonim District Police Department at 11 a.m on 2 April by an official notice.
02.04.2013 Detained Ukrainians made a video report about their trip to Belarus
The members of the Ukrainian organization "National Alliance", detained after the Freedom Day action in Minsk, uploaded to the Internet a video report about their journey to Belarus and return home after the detention.
02.04.2013 Human Rights Center “Viasna” starts working in new office
On 1 April, the opening day of the new office of the HRC “Viasna”, the human rights defenders presented new analytical editions, shared their plans for the future and defined the priorities for their current activities.
01.04.2013 Vitsebsk activists demand to be presented yearly schedule of events in 30-hoddzia VLKSM Park
Khrystafor Zhaliapau and Aliaksei Haurutsikau ask Vitsebsk City Executive Committee to familiarize them with the yearly schedule of the usage of this park. They also filed two new applications for mass events to Pershamaiski District Executive Committee of Vitsebsk.
01.04.2013 Justice Ministry seeks to liquidate "Good Will"
As stated by the head of the international civil association "Good Will", Leanid Skarabahaty, the trial on the liquidation of the NGOs resumed on 1 April.
