02.10.2012 Hrodna Region Court turns down Ales Pushkin's appeal
On 2 October the Hrodna Region Court considered the appeal of artist Ales Pushkin against the verdict of the Smarhon District Court by which he had been sentenced to ten days of arrest.
02.10.2012 Civil activist Mikalai Ulasevich charged with insubordination to police
On 2 October two police officers came to Mikalai Ulasevich apartment and drew up a report for alleged insubordination to police (Article 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) which had allegedly taken place on 21 September.
02.10.2012 Salihorsk prosecutor's office turns down complaint of ex-candidate
At the beginning of the previous week Viktar Malochka, a former candidate for the Parliament at Salihorsk city election constituency #68, filed a complaint to the Salihorsk District Prosecutor's Office and the Salihorsk City Election Commission, demanding to re-calculate the ballots at precinct #15 and compare this number with the list of electors. A similar complaint was also filed by his electioneering agent Aliaksandr Malochka.
02.10.2012 Barysau: election commission unable to check whether there were any violations
Human rights defender Aleh Matskevich received an answer to his complaint Barysau election constituency #62 almost a week after the end of the election.
02.10.2012 Pickets against employment contracts banned across Belarus
The city executive committee of Mahiliou forbade holding a picket in front of the city administration building on 7 October, the World Day for Decent Work.
02.10.2012 Anatol Liabedzka accuses KGB of theft
The leader of the United Civil Party (UCP) has not still received back his money, diaries and information carriers seized during the latest presidential campaign.
01.10.2012 Human rights defender Zmitser Salauyou searched on the border
Zmitser Salauyou was searched at the border crossing point “Piashchatka” while returning home from Poland. His car and personal belongings were examined by border guards, customs officers and two men in plain clothes.
01.10.2012 Central Election Commission thinks there were no obstacles to agitation in Brest
Ihar Maslouski who ran for the Parliament at Brest-Central election constituency #2, received an answer to his complaint concerning determination of places for agitation pickets and meetings by the Brest authorities.
01.10.2012 Civil activists searched on the border
On 30 September the Belarusian customs officers searched the civil activists Siarzhuk Semianiuk and Iryna Smiayan-Semianiuk at the border crossing point “Novaya Huta”.
01.10.2012 Information about putting Bialiatski in penal cell proved to be untrue
The information that Ales Bialiatski was put in a penal cell, disseminated by the informational and educational institution “Platform”, was not confirmed. The Human Rights Center “Viasna” learned about it after Bialiatski’s counsel had a meeting with him at Babruisk penal colony #2.
28.09.2012 Mother of executed death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou files review appeal to Supreme Court
Liubou Kavaliova demands the reversal of the death sentence according to which Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau were executed on charges in committing a terrorist act in the Minsk metro on 11 April 2012.
28.09.2012 Minsk: election commission confirms approves election results without considering observers’ complaints
According to observer Natallia Mankouskaya, the election commission of Hrushauskaya constituency #98 in Minsk approved the results of the local election without considering two complaints it had received from observers.
28.09.2012 Ales Bialiatski: “We are saving the honor of Belarus!” (video)
The video tells about the activities of the imprisoned head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski and his prosecution by the Belarusian authorities. On 25 September the human rights defender met his 50th birthday behind bars. This day in Warsaw his wife, Natallia Pinchuk, was passed Human Rights Defenders Award for her husband on behalf of the Secretary of the US Department of State Hillary Clinton.
28.09.2012 Prosecutor’s office of Orsha forwards appeals against election frauds to election commissions
As stated by the Orsha coordinator of the “For Free Elections” campaign Mikalai Dziamidau, he filed four appeals against irregularities in the work of election commissions.
27.09.2012 Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders condemns ongoing harassment of "Viasna" Board member Tatsiana Reviaka
On September 18, 2012, Ms. Revyaka received a notification from the Tax Inspection of Minsk Pershamaiski District stating that she was “obliged to submit a declaration of income and property not later than October 3, 2012 for the period of 2004-2010, in pursuance of Article 12 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus 'On Declaration of Income and Property by Individuals'”. The Observatory strongly condemns this new act of harassment against Ms. Revyaka (see background information), which is part of a more general campaign of harassment against members of Viasna, since it seems to merely aim at impeding their legitimate human rights activities.
