News on the topic: freedom of peaceful assembly
29.10.2007 Belarusians Recall Victims of Communist Repressions and Demand Release of Political Prisoners
A memorial march and rally dedicated to Dziady – the day of commemoration ancestors - took place today in Minsk. From 1.500 to 2.000 people participated in the action.
19.10.2007 Zhlobin Court Agrees with Local Municipality
Zhlobin court upheld the decision of the local city executive committee which banned a picket in support of Alexander Kazulin.
17.10.2007 Dziady – Ancestors’ Day
Applications for permission for holding an action have been submitted
17.10.2007 Solidarity Action near St. Joseph Church
On October 16th an action of solidarity with the political prisoners and the repressed took place.
15.10.2007 Slovakian Diplomat: We Witnesses Intimidation of People
“Belarusian people want to live in Europe not only geographically; they want to share European values, and the European march demonstrates that”, -- Slovakian charge d’affaires to Belarus Lubomir Rehak commented for BelaPAN the events in Minsk.
15.10.2007 European March Summed Up
Monday morning the organizers of the European March summed up the results of the yesterday’s action. Head of the organizing committee Viktar Ivashkevich pointed out, the action had shown both the achievements and the shortcomings of the opposition.
14.10.2007 European March: Chronicle
The chronicle of event during the European March
11.10.2007 Vitsebsk: Entrepreneurs again Ask to Permit Meeting of Protest
The entrepreneurs of Vitsebsk again ask the authorities to authorize their meeting in the place that had been specified for such actions, 30-hoddzia VLKSM Park, 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. on 29 October. About 500 individual entrepreneurs and their employees intend to take part in the action.
11.10.2007 Detention of ?For Freedom’s’ Activist Parsiukevich: New Details
The activist of For Freedom movement Siarhei Parsiukevich was detained in Vitsebsk. At the moment of detention he scotch-taped his mouth mutely, so that the police could not accuse him of ?swearing in public’.
10.10.2007 European March Organizer Yauhen Afnahel Arrested Right after Negotiations with Minsk Authorities
On 8 October Minsk Tsentralny district court sentenced the European March applicant, activist of the civil campaign For Freedom Yauhen Afnahel to 10 days of arrest. Afnahel was under observation since he left Minsk City Executive Committee where he participated in the negotiations with the city authorities on holding the European March. The oppositionist was meanly caught by the police on fabricated charges. The trial of the applicant of the European March was closed, without a lawyer.
10.10.2007 Police Detain Democratic Activist Aliaksandr Atroshchankau
A democratic activist Aliaksandar Atroschankau was arrested late at night on 9 October in Minsk. The police burst into his apartment on the first store through a window and searched it. Office equipment, including a computer and information materials on the European March, EU flags and the Belarusian national emblem Pahonia made of plaster were withdrawn.
08.10.2007 Svetlahorsk: Police Look for Mineral Fertilizers in Bookcases
In the evening of 5 October in Svetlahorsk the police searched the apartment of a local democratic activist Telman Masliukou. They said that they were looking for canisters with mineral fertilizers.
08.10.2007 Smaliavichy: Police Detain Activists of ?For Freedom!’ Movement
On 5 October in Smaliavichy the police detained nine young activists of For Freedom! movement. 12 activists handed out Svaboda newspaper and some more stood with a white-red-white flag in the town center.
05.10.2007 Vitsebsk: Court Refuses to Rehabilitate Ales Dzeravianka at University
Pershamaiski district court of Vitsebsk refused to rehabilitate a student Ales Dzeravianka at the paid form of study of the artistic-graphic faculty of Vitsebsk State University Ales Dzeravianka.
04.10.2007 About 30 000 Entrepreneurs on Strike
On 2 October an action of protest took place all over Belarus. It was supported by entrepreneurs of Slutsk, Svetlahorsk, Baranavichy, Rechytsa, Slonim, Pinsk, Babruisk, Vitsebsk, Pruzhany, Uzda and Barysau. The people came to their working places, but did not work. A distinct feature of the action was support from the side of entrepreneurs of large exhibition centers of Minsk.
