07.01.2013 Number of activists of independent trade union at "Granite" still decreased by persecution
According to the head of the independent trade union organization at the Mikashevich-based plant "Granite", Ales Stakhayevich, at the beginning of 2012 the organization included about 300 workers, whereas now there are only about ten activists.
07.01.2013 Human rights defenders think the accused of "high treason", Andrei Haidukou, may be tortured
Such suspicion arises from the repeated non-admission of the counsel to the pre-trial prison of the KGB, where the Navapolatsk democratic activist Andrei Haidukou is currently kept. Human rights defenders submitted an appropriate complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on this occasion.
06.01.2013 Congratulate Mikalai Autukhovich: the political prisoner celebrates his 50-year jubilee on 7 January
Mikalai Autukhovich is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, successful entrepreneur and democratic activist from Vaukavysk, imprisoned for his anti-corruption activities.
04.01.2013 Premiere of documentary about Ales Bialiatski at "BelSat" TV channel
You can see the "Viasna" documentary at 6.10 p.m. on 6 January, at the satellite TV channel "BelSat".
04.01.2013 Homel: Mikalai Siakerka applied to court to get excluded from the "black list"
On 3 January the head of the Homel regional branch of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World" Uladzimir Siakerka filed a complaint to the Tsentralny District Court of Homel.
04.01.2013 "ARCHE" makes a new attempt to get registered
On 3 January a representative of the editorial board of the "ARCHE" magazine, historian Ales Pashkevich took to the Ministry of Information the documents. It is already the second attempt for the last two months to regain the license for the edition.
04.01.2013 Head of the Hrodna BPF branch accused of violating the Constitution
The head of the Hrodna regional branch of the Belarusian Popular Front Vadzim Saranchukou has been fined 1 million rubles for taking part in commemoration of participants of the anti-Russian uprising of 1863-1864.
04.01.2013 "Spy case": counsel not allowed to visit Andrei Haidukou
Andrei Haidukou, who is accused of spying, wasn't allowed to see his lawyer in the KGB jail on 3 January.
03.01.2013 Babruisk: complaint of "Tell the Truth!" activist to be considered by Leninski District Prosecutor's Office
A coordinator of the "Tell the Truth!" civil initiative Alena Miadzvedzeva was forwarded to the Leninski District Prosecutor's Office.
03.01.2013 Brest: prosecutor to be punished for failure to come to trial?
On 3 January the judge of the Brest District Court Mikalai Sianko did not grant the solicitation of the counsel Pavel Alesik about changing the restraint to the civil activist Vital Koush (in the photo) to a written undertaking not to leave. At the same time, the judge was unable to start the court proceedings concerning Koush's case due to the absence of the prosecutor.
03.01.2013 Political prisoner Ihar Alinevich phoned home several hours before the New Year
The activist of the anarchist movement Ihar Alinevich managed to phone home and congratulate his relatives on the New Year literally several hours before the advent of 2013.
03.01.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich does not count on parole
On the New Year's Eve the political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich sent a letter to his friend, human rights defender Aleh Vouchak, who had also served in Afghanistan during the Soviet rule.
03.01.2013 Political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou not allowed to phone home even once
Starting from August 2012, when Vasil Parfiankou was put in the Baranavichy detention facility, he has not never been allowed to phone home.
02.01.2013 Hrodna human rights defenders are summonsed to court
The Hrodna human rights defender Uladzimir Khilmanovich received a summons to the Leninski District Court of Hrodna. On 5 January he will be tried there for alleged participation in an unauthorized picket.
02.01.2013 Maya Abromchyk: "I will use all legal methods to get the justice"
The complaint of the student Maya Abromchyk who had suffered from the violent actions of the riot police during the dispersal of the peaceful protest action on Nezalezhsnats Square in Minsk in the aftermath of the presidential election of 19 December 2010, was registered by the UN Human Rights Committee.
