News on the topic: freedom of expression
08.02.2013 Baranavichy authorities ban rally because the applicant has been punished by court for an administrative offense
On 7 February the Baranavichy entrepreneur and civil activist Mikalai Charnavus received a letter signed by the deputy head of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee Dz. Kastsiukevich in which it was stated that the executive committee did not authorize the rally the applicant intended to held on 12 February. As it is stated in the letter, "the persons who have been punished for violating the order of holding or organizing mass events cannot act as organizers of mass events during one year after the imposition of the administrative penalty".
08.02.2013 Head of the Mahiliou Region UCP branch appeals picket ban
On 7 February Uladzimir Shantsau filed an appropriate appeal with the Mahiliou Region Court.
28.01.2013 Dzieciuki concert banned in Minsk
A possible reason for the ban is an interview with charter97.org website.
28.01.2013 Mahiliou court upholds picket ban
The Court of Mahiliou Leninski District dismissed today a lawsuit brought by Uladzimir Shantsau, local leader of the United Civil Party, to challenge a ban on holding a picket imposed by the city executive committee.
24.01.2013 Homel human rights defenders appeal ban on picket in support of Bialiatski to Supreme Court
Homel human rights defenders Anatol Paplauny, Leanid Sudalenka and former chairman of the city executive committee Sviatlana Holdade filed a joint complaint to Chairman of the Supreme Court Valiantsin Sukala, urging the high official to overturn the decision by local executive authorities to ban a picket expected to be held on August 4, 2012 as part of a campaign in support of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, www.gomelspring.org reports.
22.01.2013 Baranavichy: Department of culture denies premises for meeting with historian Anatol Taras
The department of culture of Baranavichy city executive committee has refused to provide the premises of the city library for a meeting with historian Anatol Taras.
17.01.2013 Navapolatsk authorities use all means to ban pickets
The pro-democratic activists of the town of Navapolatsk have for three times now applied for staging a picket of solidarity with political prisoners, as well as against the impoverishment of the Belarusian population under current economic policies. Their bids were rejected three times, including due to lack of contract for police maintenance of the events...
21.12.2012 Brest authorities ban pickets for small border traffic with Poland
Brest city executive committee has banned a number of pickets expected to demand quicker implementation of local border traffic with the neighboring Poland.
18.12.2012 Brest authorities ban 9 UCP pickets
Brest activists of the United Civil Party submitted 9 applications to the city executive committee asking for permission to stage 9 pickets across the city on 19 December. However, all of them were dismissed, says local UCP leader Uladzimir Vuyek.
17.12.2012 December 19 pickets banned in Babruisk and Baranavichy
Viktar Buzinayeu, leader of UCP’s Babruisk office, received a reply from deputy chairman of the city executive committee Aliaksandr Markachou saying that the activist will not be allowed to hold a picket on 19 December to mark the 2010 crack-down on peaceful protesters following the disputed presidential election.
15.12.2012 Salihorsk authorities ban 19 December picket as well
The Salihorsk District Executive Committee did not authorize a picket, dated to the second anniversary of dispersal of the peaceful post-election rally on 19 December 2012.
12.12.2012 19 December picket banned in Navapolatsk
An activist of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party Siarhei Malashonak applied for authorization of a picket on the second anniversary of crack-down on the peaceful post-election demonstration in Minsk.
10.12.2012 Belarusian MFA bans entry to Belarusian emigrants
The unofficial ban spreads on all who demonstrate a critical attitude towards Aliaksandr Lukashenka. Yauhen Vapa and Alena Hlahouskaya from Poland have been denied Belarusian issues recently. These days the same happened to the head of the Belarusian Culture Society in Vilnius Khvedar Niunka.
10.12.2012 Human Rights Day pickets banned in Baranavichy, Navapolatsk and Vitsebsk
On 7 December a civil activist Viktar Syrytsa received one more letter signed by the deputy head of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee Dz. Kastsiukevich concerning the prohibition of a picket on the Human Rights Day.
10.12.2012 Picket of the Belarusian Christian Democracy banned in Navapolatsk
An activist of the organization committee for creation of the party Belarusian Christian Democracy received a response from the city executive committee with a refusal to allow the picket.
