31.10.2012 Polish historian no allowed to Belarus
A historian and a chairman of the Belarusian association Khatka in Gdansk Dr Elena Glagovska was denied a Belarusian visa.
31.10.2012 Independent newspapers not included in Belposhta subscription catalogue
The website of Belposhta, the Belarusian postal service operator, published a subscription catalogue for the first six months of 2013. The catalogue still doesn't have a number of independent newspapers – the biggest regional newspapers Intex-press and Borisovskie Novosti or Novoe Vremya,” baj.by reports.
30.10.2012 Svislach court convicts activists
The Court of the town of Svislach, Hrodna region, sentenced Ms. Stanislava Husakova to three days of administrative arrest on charges of staging an illegal protest on 27 October, Day of Remembrance of the Heroes of the 1863 anti-Russian Uprising.
30.10.2012 Dashkevich sent to supermax prison for rest of his sentence
The court of Mozyr held the trial in the penal colony to hear political prisoner's case.
30.10.2012 Raman Vasilyeu given 5 days in custody
The court of Miory sentenced Young Front activist Raman Vasilyeu to five days in custody under article 17.1 (disorderly conduct).
30.10.2012 Victims of political repression remembered in Babruisk
Some 50 residents of the city of Babruisk came yesterday to local office of the United Civil Party to remember the victims of Soviet political repression. The event was preceded by the laying of flowers to the monument dedicated to the victims of the Stalin-era Great Purge.
30.10.2012 Mahiliou: inspection failed to prove overstated voter turnout
Mahiliou Kastrychnitski district police department has denied prosecution of election officials as requested by local observer Natallia Samakhvalava, who argued that the election commission No. 22 (constituency No. 86) considerably overstated voter turnout in the constituency.
30.10.2012 Ongoing harassment of Rahachou activist Dzianis Dashkevich
The tax inspection of the town of Rahachou, Homel region, is still harassing local opposition activist Dzianis Dashkevich, former candidate for Parliament in September 2012 elections. The tax authorities demand 600,000 rubles of taxes from the activist.
29.10.2012 Young Front activists stand trial in Miory
Two activists of the Young Front opposition movement detained on Saturday were expected to stand trials in the town of Miory. However, only one of them (Zmitser Kremianetski) was convicted, while the other activist, Raman Vasliyeu, was taken to hospital with high blood pressure.
29.10.2012 Medical and clothing parcels allowed for Dziadok
Now the political prisoner will be able to receive medicine and warm clothes for winter.
29.10.2012 Political prisoner Vaskovich gets another warning
Yauheny Vaskovich, who spent seven days in a punishment cell in early October, received another warning from the disciplinary commission of the penal colony in Mahilou. He wasn't however sent to a punishment cell, BelaPAN news agency reports.
29.10.2012 Letters to Mikalai Statkevich blocked
According to Leanid Haravy, activist of the For Freedom opposition movement, his letter to political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich did not reach the penal colony. The activist received a postcard saying that the “letter did not pass censorship”, instead.
29.10.2012 Documentary on death penalty presented in Mahiliou and Homel
The human rights documentary “Departed on Sentence” was presented by activists of the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” on 26 October in Mahiliou.
29.10.2012 Human rights defenders assist in protecting right to safe working conditions
Mrs. Alena Naibarodzina, resident of the town of Drahichyn, Brest region, has applied for the assistance of local human rights defenders in protecting her rights in an incident that resulted in her disability.
29.10.2012 European Parliament Criticizes Minsk Over Elections
STRASBOURG, France -- The European Parliament has strongly criticized the recent parliamentary elections in Belarus, noting they failed to meet many basic democratic standards.
