02.12.2012 France remembers about Ales Bialiatski
François Hollande, the President of the French Republic, awarded the President of the International Federation for Human Rights Souhayr Belhassen with the distinction of Knight of the Legion of Honour. He dedicated this award to all FIDH activists, especially those who are kept in prison, including the vice-president, Ales Bialiatski.
02.12.2012 Medic Ihar Pastnou is dismissed from work for criticizing the head of the Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee
Ihar Pastnou has been criticizing Aliaksandr Kosinets for the waste of the budget means for a long time already. It's not the first time Mr. Pastnou is fired: two years ago he was fired from the position of a school doctor. As a result, he had to find a harder job with a smaller wage.
02.12.2012 Bahdanava, Krasouskaya and Kavaliova call on the Belarusian authorities to return the body of Uladzislau Kavaliou (video)
On 30 November, the first anniversary of the delivery of the death verdict to Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau, Iryna Bahdanava, Valeryia Krasouskaya and Liubou Kavaliova urged the world community to unite and demand the return of Uladzislau Kavaliou's body to his family.
01.12.2012 Rahachou: oppositionist prohibited to leave Belarus
Dzianis Dashkevich received a ruling of the Homel Regional Court, according to which he was prohibited to leave Belarus until the complete payment of a fine of 2 million rubles.
01.12.2012 Svetlahorsk activists struggle for the right to adequate health care
Eight well-known Salihorskers addressed the head of the Salihorsk District Executive Committee in connection with the problems with the health care at the local polyclinic.
01.12.2012 Svetlahorsk: draftee dismissed from work because of refusal to come to the military enlistment office
On 12 November a 19-year-old worker of the Svetlahorsk bureau of drilling operations Pavel Pakidzka was suddenly dismissed from work.
01.12.2012 Ihar Sluchak asks the Constitutional Court to initiate Electoral Code amendment
A former candidate for the parliament Ihar Sluchak applied to the Constitutional Court. During the latest parliamentary election he ran at the Homel-Savetskaya election constituency #34. A thorough monitoring was held by the campaign “For Fair Elections” almost at all precincts of this constituency. According to the observers, the turnout was falsified: the real percent was 35, not 60, as reported by the election commissions.
30.11.2012 Website about political prisoners and their persecutors presented in Minsk
On 29 November another human rights initiative, the informational resource about the political prisoners of Belarus starting from 1989 – palitviazni.info – was presented in Belarus.
30.11.2012 Antifascist detained short before the “Slavonic March” in Mahiliou
A civil activist was detained in the center of Mahiliou why posting DIY antifa leaflets (in the photo) opposing neo-Nazism and Russian imperialism.
30.11.2012 Action in support of the freedoms of expression and assembly held in Pinsk
The local activists of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Party held an action in support of the freedoms of expression and assembly near the central market of Pinsk on 29 November.
30.11.2012 Baranavichy: provocation against the trade-union activist Aliaksandr Vaitseshyk
On 28 November the activist filed a written appeal to Dzmitry Huminski, the head of the construction technical company where he worked as an accountant. He wrote about having come to work on 28 November and found his desk drawers empty and documents disappeared. As it was figured out later, someone had unauthorized access to his computer. Aliaksandr Vaitseshyk asks the director to look into the situation and take proper measures.
30.11.2012 Former political prisoner Uladzimir Yaromenak questioned over attack on the Lithuanian Embassy
Uladzimir Yaromenak was forcefully taken to the Partyzanski District Police Department to give explanations regarding the incident.
30.11.2012 Hillary Clinton calls on the Belarusian authorities to release political prisoners
The United States Secretary of State criticized the authorities in Ukraine and Belarus and welcomed the elections in Georgia. Her speech at the Brookings Institution on Thursday was devoted to relations between the US and Europe, RIA “Novosti” reports.
30.11.2012 Police terrorize beaten watchman
Vasil Sarochyk, who recently said about beating in the Leninski District Police Department, has faced pressure from police.
30.11.2012 Political prisoner Statkevich doesn't receive books
The political prisoner wrote it in a letter to his wife. He writes he knows that his friends made numerous attempts to send books to him. Unfortunately, he cannot receive them. He asks to send them to his wife so that she could keep them as a sign of solidarity, statkevich.org infroms. Mikalai Statekvich wrote about physical health and an opportunity to see the sun.
