19.10.2012 Opposition activists get financial documents from Poland by regular mail
According to the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Poland's MFA mailed Belarusian opposition activists the documents which concerned taxes for the previously received incomes (there were small sums, the so-called "per diems" received by Belarusians). The documents were sent via express mail with the logo of the Ministry on the envelopes.
19.10.2012 Artist and Mentor Fired as His Art Project Called “Politically-Laden”
Mikhail Hulin, a mentor of Faculty of Architecture in Belarusian National Technical University, was fired from the job after he was detained for implementation of his project on Minsk streets.
18.10.2012 Baranavichy human rights defender appeals actions by police officials
Baranavichy human rights defender Siarhei Housha has submitted a complaint to the Minister of the Interior, appealing illegal actions by the officials of Baranavichy city police department and Brest police chiefs.
18.10.2012 Brest Regional Court turns down complaint against local officials
On 18 October, the Judicial Panel for Civil Cases of Brest Regional Court dismissed a complaint by Dzianis Turchaniak, local coordinator of the For Freedom opposition movement, who had urged the Court to redirect his complaint against the administration of Brest Leninski District for consideration by an inferior court.
18.10.2012 Why did arrestee die in Minsk pre-trial prison’s hospital?
As part of the monitoring of the penitentiary system carried out by the Human Rights Center "Viasna", human rights defenders keep receiving letters in which prison inmates provide specific evidence of human rights violations against people in custody and serving sentences, including allegations of torture, and other evidence of inhumane treatment to prisoners.
18.10.2012 ARCHE editor Valer Bulhakau fined
Hrodna Regional Court fined today Valer Bulhakau, editor-in-chief of the ARCHE literary magazine, 500,000 rubles for illegal selling of the edition, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
18.10.2012 Euroradio reporter out of parliament building over security concerns
The new members of the House of Representatives will gather for the first time today, with Alexander Lukashenka set to attend the first session of parliament.
18.10.2012 Slutsk activists campaign for barrier-free pedestrian crossings
The volunteers of the civil campaign “Nash Dom” (“Our House”) have collected more than three hundred signatures of the residents of Slutsk (Minsk region) to urge the executive committee and the council of deputies to bring the height of curbs in compliance with building codes.
17.10.2012 Mahiliou prosecutor’s office sees no crime in actions by election commission chair
Mahiliou prosecutors found no corpus delicti in the actions of the chairman of the district election commission No. 87 Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin. The decision was received by the head of the Mahiliou regional office of the Belarusian Popular Front "Adradzhenne" Zmitser Salauyou.
17.10.2012 Mahiliou trade union activist faces labor discrimination
Aliaksei Paulouski, activist of the independent trade union of the radio electronic industry, has been denied employment at a local homebuilding company. According to the activist, this is another example of labor discrimination.
17.10.2012 Rahachou activist seeks prosecution of state-run weekly on libel charges
Civil activist Dzianis Dashkevich is urging the police department of the town of Rahachou (Homel region) to open a criminal case against the chief editor of local state-owned newspaper called “The Svabodnaye Slova” (“Free Word”) for a number of offensive publications and libel.
17.10.2012 Ales Bialiatski awarded Paris’ Honorary Freedom
Ales Bialiatski, the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, has been bestowed Honorary Freedom (Citoyen d’honneur) of the City of Paris, after his nomination was supported by the Council of the city’s 11th arrondissement and the Mayor’s Office.
17.10.2012 Bulhakau summoned to economic court
Valer Bulhajau, the editor-in chief of Arche magazine, is to appear in the regional economic court in Hrodna on October 18.
17.10.2012 Brave heart (Video)
New mini-film about the political prisoner journalist Iryna Khalip.
16.10.2012 Orsha investigators keep harassing civil activist
Mikalai Petrushenka, activist of the Nash Dom civil campaign, is due to appear tomorrow for questioning at the Investigative Committee’s Orsha office.
