02.11.2012 Vitsebsk medic faces provocations possibly connected to critique of state of Belarusian medicine
The Vitsebsk medic Ihar Pastnou repeatedly raised the daily issued of the Vitsebsk medicine in the press and in the Internet. However, recently he had to apply to the police as somebody is posting provocative materials on the web under his name.
02.11.2012 “NO” to death penalty” campaign supported in Simferopol
Simferopol schoolchildren supported the campaign against the use of the death penalty in Belarus. Within the framework of the mobile exhibition “Everyone has the right to know their rights” held in Simferopol at the end of October they signed postcards addressed to Aliaksand Lukashenka with the demand to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty with the subsequent abolition of this kind of punishment.
02.11.2012 Tax inspection threatens Homel human rights defender with an administrative case
The Savetski District Tax Inspection of Homel sent a letter to the human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka, according to which he is summoned to the inspection for signing a protocol and participation in administrative proceedings. The matter is that earlier the tax inspection had demanded that he presented an income and assets declarations, which he refused to do.
02.11.2012 Another “Dai Darohu” concert is banned
The band from Brest cannot manage to give second concert in a row. The reason for that is sudden cancellation few days before the performance. It became known on Wednesday that the “Sphere” club in Brest refused to hold the concert. And yesterday the musicians reported that their performance at the festival Rock Wave in Hrodna was also canceled, generation.by reports.
02.11.2012 Detention conditions of civil activist Zmitser Dashkevich get worse
Paris-Minsk, 1 November 2012 - FIDH and its member organisation in Belarus, Human Rights Center “Viasna”, condemn Tuesday’s Mozyr District Court decision imposing punitive incarceration on Zmitser Dashkevich, leader of the civil and political organization Young Front, for the entire duration of his sentence.
01.11.2012 “Young Front” activist Zmitser Kremenetski taken to hospital
Zmitser Kremenetski was detained preventively at the railway station on return from the wedding of the “Young Front” member Mikola Dzemidzenka and sentenced to 5 days for alleged “disorderly conduct” (Article 17.1 of the Code of Administrative Violations).
01.11.2012 Vitold Ashurka sentenced to 3 days of jail
After Judge Aliaksandr Shylin announced the verdict, Vitold Ashurka was taken back to the police station, having served 2 days and 4 hours of arrest already.
01.11.2012 Concert of “Dai Darohu” punk band banned in Brest
A concert of the cult punk band from Brest, which was to be held in Sphere club on 3 November, has been canceled. “The club administration told us they were not able to allow the concert. I think they were scared,” band frontman Yury Stylski comments on the situation, Generation.by reports. The group plans to play its next concert at Rock-Khvalia festival in Hrodna on 6 November, but musicians say the concert is at risk.
31.10.2012 Do Not Kill All Human in Person — Zmicier Dashkievich’s Open Letter to Prosecutor General’s Office
The main law of our country — the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus in its Article No. 25 says that no one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or undignified treatment or punishment, which violate personal liberty, inviolability and dignity.
31.10.2012 Brest activists launch online project to help visually impaired
The initiators of the project does not exclude the possibility that it may have a rights-based character, to support people with disabilities who face discrimination in their everyday lives.
31.10.2012 Porters of Polatsk winery seeking reinstatement in court
On November 1 Polatsk District Court is expected to continue hearing the suit brought by former employees of Polatsk winery Dzmitry Siankou and Viktar Rasliakou, who were fired for alleged "systematic violations of labor discipline."
31.10.2012 Zhlobin: trial of Fair World member still underway
A court in Zhlobin has once again adjourned the trial in the case of Yauhen Basareuski, member of the "Fair World" Left-wing party, charged under Article 424 of the Criminal Code ("abuse of power or of a position of authority"). Judge Ina Sharshniova of Zhlobin District Court put off the hearing till November 14, without giving any reason.
31.10.2012 Orsha police delay consideration of election violations
As we reported earlier, the coordinators of the campaign "For Fair Elections-2012" in Orsha registered a number of violations of the Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus in electoral districts Nos. 26 and 27. The violations were reported to Orsha Investigative Committee by sending a notice of infringement of Article 54 of the Electoral Code, dealing with voting at the voter’s residence.
31.10.2012 Babruisk activists campaign to rename streets in honor of repressed writers
Mrs. Volha Pimanava, civil activist from the city of Babruisk, Mahiliou region, has launched a campaign to collect petitions in effort to rename the city’s streets in honor of two natives of Babruisk – writers Barys Mikulich and Siarhei Hrakhouski – who became victims of the Stalin-era political repression.
31.10.2012 Mahiliou court upholds dismissal of opposition activist
Judge Valiantsina Lapatsina of Mahiliou Leninski District Court dismissed yesterday a lawsuit brought by Mikalai Zalozny, local activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), who demanded reinstatement in his job as a mechanic in one of the city’s hostels.
