News on the topic: picks of the week
23.08.2019 Picks of the week
College principal threatens student for intention to hold picket; Police is no social group, conclude experts in Paliyenka's case; Belongings of witnesses in trade unions case are seized for over two years; Siarhei Piatrukhin's property sequestered under police defamation case
16.08.2019 Picks of the week
Activist calls for greater reform in accessibility standards at polling stations; Viasna activists write to UN Special Rapporteur to report new case of police-related violence; rights defenders complain about inhumane conditions in prison in Mahilioŭ
09.08.2019 Picks of the week
Observers welcome minor improvements ahead of parliamentary elections; political prisoner Mikhail Zhamchuzhny reports fragile health in prison; death row prisoner Viktar Paulau sees family for first time since trial
02.08.2019 Picks of the week
Opposition leaders lose trial over protest policing charge; Viasna writes to UN Special Rapporteur on terrorism on alarming trend in Belarus; CEC head again suggests election day option
26.07.2019 Picks of the week
New charges confirmed for former political prisoner Dzmitry Paliyenka; three human rights groups banned from major festival; teenager diagnosed with epilepsy after violent arrest
19.07.2019 Picks of the week
Former political prisoner Dzmitry Paliyenka facing additional charge; Belarusian civil society downplays revocation of illegal NGO membership; official in Mahilioŭ goes unpunished for banning a protest against herself
12.07.2019 Picks of the week
Exhibition on death penalty in Belarus opens in London; only Belarusian political prisoner does not qualify for early release; religious group charged for policing pilgrimage forced to call off event
21.06.2019 Picks of the week
More calls from international community to stop executions in Belarus; Belarus ranked low in labor rights rating; Lukashenka rethinks entry ban for Pussy Riot members.
14.06.2019 Picks of the week
Brest blogger fined for "intrusive" behavior towards policeman; Artist fined for performance in defense of Belarusian language; Nazi propaganda criminalized, extremist symbols outlawed in adopted draft law; Peaceful assembly organizers sue police for bad public maintenance service; Another death sentence executed in Belarus
07.06.2019 Picks of the week
New fines for Brest environmental activists; Mikhail Zhamchuzhny's petitions are not considered; Performance against dominance of Russian language results in arrest; Minsk hosts an international conference on combating extremism; LGBTQ initiative faces charges for illegal use of the homophobic newspaper logo
31.05.2019 Picks of the week
Prosecutor General’s Office launches probe into police raids in Roma houses; courts continue to punish illegal protesters; activists stage monstration in Mahilioŭ, first allowed protest in 7 years
24.05.2019 Picks of the week
Belarusian author facing fine over short story published in 2010; ex-prisoner of conscience Dzmitry Paliyenka fined in absentia while in pre-trial detention; human rights activists seek justice in Roma raids in Mahilioŭ
11.05.2019 Picks of the week
Ingush blogger Ismail Nalgiev expelled from Belarus; ex-political prisoner Dzmitry Paliyenka sent back to pre-trial prison after mental examination; REP leader to enjoy "milder" sentence conditions
19.04.2019 Picks of the week
Critical blogger cleared of criminal charges; believers to stand trial for saying prayers outside President's office; HRDs question grounds for prosecution of ex-prisoner of conscience
12.04.2019 Picks of the week
Human rights defenders not allowed to observe the trial of critical blogger in Brest; Unification Church member threatened with deportation on dubious grounds; independent trade union under pressure in Salihorsk; man in Hrodna facing prison for sharing Rammstein video
