19.11.2012 ILO may call to sanctions against Lukashenka
The International Labour Organization (ILO) may respond to the crackdown on Belarusian trade unions.
19.11.2012 Mahiliou authorities ban street rally
The official reason for the denial of the mass gathering expected to be held on 11 November was the fact that the organizer failed to undertake the obligations required in the law.
19.11.2012 Valiantsin Stefanovich: "Viasna" will continue its work in all circumstances
It was reported on Saturday that the confiscation of the office of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" was scheduled for November 26. Human rights defenders stress that the news was not a surprise for the activists of the organization and they would continue their work in all circumstances.
16.11.2012 Brahin authorities peddle weekly unpaid clean-ups
Aliaksandr Yatchanka, chairman of the executive committee of Brahin district (Homel region) signed a decree to force local residents to take part in weekly neighborhood clean-ups for the improvement of the district’s settlements.
16.11.2012 Political prisoner Vaskovich cannot receive books in prison
Yuheny Vaskovich wrote it in a letter to his grandmother.
16.11.2012 Zmitser Dashkevich placed in solitary confinement
A political prisoner had a meeting with his lawyer in a prison in Hrodna.
16.11.2012 Who was arrested over explosion near Vitsebsk KGB?
The Investigative Committee said on November 15 that all the detainees were released and there were no more suspects in the case initiated after an explosion outside the KGB Vitsebsk office. But the question is till open, says local human rights defender Pavel Levinau.
15.11.2012 Valiantsin Stefanovich: KGB has violent imagination
The human rights activist does not believe that the youth activist Andrei Gaidukou worked for foreign intelligence.
15.11.2012 No suspects in case of bomb explosion near KGB office in Vitsyebsk
No one is currently suspected of detonating a homemade explosive device near the regional office of the Committee for State Security (KGB) in Vitsyebsk on November 11, Pavel Traulka, spokesman for the Investigative Committee, told BelaPAN.
15.11.2012 Pavel Sevyarynets: Belarus has new political prisoner
The co-chairman of the organising committee to create Belarusian Christian Democracy party demands to release Andrei Haidukou.
15.11.2012 Human rights defender urges Supreme Court to punish Baranavichy judges
Human rights defender Siarhei Housha filed today a statement to the office of the Chairman of the Supreme Court, with a demand to prosecute two judges of Baranavichy City and District Court.
15.11.2012 “Departed on Sentence” documentary presented in Göteborg
A documentary on the issue of the death penalty entitled “Departed on Sentence” has been presented in the Swedish city of Göteborg. The screening was arranged as part of the “Human Rights Days-2012”, a major event attended by some 2,000 people from across Scandinavia.
15.11.2012 Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in Belarus in October 2012
The situation of human rights in Belarus remained stably bad in October. 12 political prisoners continued being kept behind bars: Ihar Alinevich, Mikalai Autukhovich, Ales Bialiatski, Dzmitry Dashkevich, Mikalai Dziadok, Aliaksandr Frantskevich, Eduard Lobau, Vasil Parfiankou, Artsiom Prakapenka, Pavel Seviarynets, Mikalai Statkevich and Yauhen Vaskovich. The decision to toughen the prison regime was taken towards Dzmitry Dashkevich, as a result of which he was transferred from colony to a cell-type prison for the rest of the term.
15.11.2012 Maira Mora: Release of political prisoners is main demand
The head of the EU Delegation to Belarus reminded on what conditions the relations between official Minsk and the EU can be improved.
14.11.2012 Homel court fines Fair World’s regional leader
The Court of Homel Chyhunachny District considered today the administrative charges brought against chairman of Homel regional branch of the United Left Party "Fair World" Uladzimir Siakerka. As a result, Judge Anatol Sotnikau ruled to fine the opposition politician 2 million rubles.
