09.10.2012 Brest: election commission turns down ex-candidate's complaint
The head of the Brest regional organization of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) Ihar Maslouski received an answer from the election commission of the Brest-Central election constituency #2.
09.10.2012 Babruisk: trade union activist not admitted to tractor plant again
As said by the leader of the Free Trade Union of Belarus at the Tractor Details Plant Mikhail Kavalkou, his entrance permit has been blocked since 8 October again. Bear in mind that earlier he had faced such a problem in spring and solved as a result of court proceedings.
09.10.2012 Mahiliou: volunteers detained for stickers against death penalty
Several volunteers were detained for distributing stickers on 8 October, on the eve of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, 10 October.
09.10.2012 Ivatsevichy: observer gets fired after election
A locksmith from the communal public services enterprise in Ivatsevichy Stanislau Khaladovich, who was an observer of the elections, received a notification that his working contract won’t be prolonged on 7 November.
09.10.2012 Two-year preventive supervision established over Siarhei Kavalenka
The former political prisoner was called to police on 8 October. There Kavalenka was informed and he is put on a preventive list before the conviction expires.
09.10.2012 Who is the terrorist now?
The House of Representatives adopted in the second reading the amendments to the legislation on the issues of “fight against terrorism” and “counteraction to extremism”.
08.10.2012 Another scientist is being fired in Hrodna
The name of a new possible victim of a “cleansing” in the HrodnaUniversity named after Yanka Kupala is already known. It is a Belarusian-speaking professor Ihar Kuzminich, who was a deputy head of the law faculty before September 2012.
08.10.2012 Minsk police: violence was used towards picketers, not towards photographer Hryts
The photo correspondent for Associated Press Siarhei Hryts was denied in bringing a criminal case on the fact of the beating.
08.10.2012 Siarhei Malashonak gets fined for “Freedom to political prisoners!”
On 8 October the administrative case against an activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy was considered at the Navapolatsk City Court. Siarhei Malashonak was found guilty of violating Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure of holding mass events) and fined 300,000 rubles (about $35).
08.10.2012 Border guards continue haunting human rights defenders: Nasta Loika got detained and searched
The human rights defender Nasta Loika was detained for several hours at the border crossing point “Kamenny Loh” while returning home from Vilnius.
05.10.2012 “Hooligan” Housha says it’s impossible to win a politically motivated trial
The human rights defenders Siarhei Housha, fined one million rubles for the alleged use of obscene language towards members of an election commission while observing the Parliamentary election, filed an appeal to the Brest Region Court.
05.10.2012 Hrodna Region Court turns down appeal against non-registration of BPF organization
The Hrodna Region Court didn’t grant the appeal of the Belarusian Popular Front Party against the non-registration of its regional organization by the justice board of the Hrodna Region Executive Committee. The judge Zoya Nikolskya found nothing illegal in actions of the registering agency.
05.10.2012 Political prisoner Vaskovich punished with 7 days in penal cell
“The prison administration said that he was put in a penal cell for 7 days and will be released in three days. The reasons are not known to me,” said his counsel.
05.10.2012 Baranavichy: neither prosecutor, nor election commission give substantial answers to observer
On 4 October the election observer Viktar Meziak received an answer from the deputy head of the election commission of the Baranavichy-Easter constituency #6 Larysa Antonava in which it stated that no violations of the electoral legislation were found at the polling station #19.
05.10.2012 Unbelievable “qualifications” of Salihorsk commission
The election commission of Salihorsk village election constituency #69 explained the reason for the disappearance of 12% (!) of electors from the electors' list at the polling station #76.
