News on the topic: Kazulin
11.10.2008 Salihorsk: police beat human rights activist
On 9 October in Salihorsk the human rights activist Yana Palyakova was beaten up by unknown people. She was beaten again at the police department. She said in an interview to RFE/RL she had been attacked at 5 in the evening.
16.08.2008 Kazulin is free
Today Aliaksandar Kazulin has been released from Vitsba-3 prison. He was serving the 5.5-year prison term, allegedly for hooliganism, after challenging Aliaksandar Lukashenka during the presidential election. Kazulin was granted pardon by special edict, signed by Lukashenka on Friday.
02.07.2008 Minsk: authorities ban pickets of solidarity with political prisoner Kazulin
The Minsk local authorities forbade holding of pickets of solidarity with political prisoner Alexander Kazulin, former presidential candidate.
13.06.2008 Mikhail Marynich: I am not going to take part in the parliamentary election
Mikhail Marynich, former political prisoner and ex-minister answered the questions of the Narodnaya Volia newspaper.
09.06.2008 Prison guards steal money from political prisoner Siarhei Parsiukevich?
Siarhei Parsiukevich has found himself without money and food after he was transferred to the Shklou penal colony. According to his wife, Vitsebsk entrepreneurs have recently attended the prison to pass him a food parcel, but the administration of the colony refused to accept it, RFE/RL reports.
05.05.2008 Vitsebsk: politically motivated warnings to minors
The commission on the cases of minors of Pershamaiski district executive committee of Vitsebsk has issued warnings to the 17-year-old pupils of school #38, Krystsina and Viktoryia Chyzh, after the sisters were detained on 16 April, at an action of solidarity with political prisoners.
03.04.2008 Kazulin Stays in Jail
25 March the administration of the Vitsba-3 prison refused to grant parole to the former presidential candidate, leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada Alexander Kazulin. The prisoner’s daughter Yuliya Kazulina was informed about it by the department of punishment implementation.
20.03.2008 Aliaksandr Kazulin denied commutation
Political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin was rejected the commutation the second time, Interfax learnt from Vitba-3 penal colony, where he is serving the term of punishment.
12.03.2008 Faces for Amnesty – Freedom for Prisoners of Conscience In Belarus!
The German branch of the international human rights organization Amnesty International decided to hold an action for release of the political prisoner Aliaksandr Kazulin. Here’s the text of the press-release concerning the action.
12.03.2008 Brest Authorities Allow Picket for Release of Aliaksandr Kazulin
Brest city executive committee satisfied the application for authorization of a picket in support of release of the former candidate to president, chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada Aliaksandr Kazulin from jail.
10.03.2008 'Euronews' Conceal Reasons for US Sanctions against Belarus
The Russian service of the pan-European TV channel Euronews informed about the reaction of the Belarusian population to the sanctions imposed by the US.
10.03.2008 Skrabets Brothers Declare Hunger-strike for Release of Political Prisoners
A former deputy of the Chamber of Representatives Siarhei Skrabets and his younger brother Aliaksandr have announced an indefinite hunger strike today. They demand Aliakasndr Lukashenka to release political prisoners Aliaksandr Kazulin, Andrei Kim and Siarhei Parsiukevich.
03.03.2008 Aliaksei Marozau Detained for Solidarity with Aliaksandr Kazulin
On 2 March, at 7 p.m. the police detained an activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (headed by the political prisoner Aliaksandr Kazulin) while hanging out a banner with the demand to release Kazulin near the politician’s house in Starazhouskaya Street in Minsk. The police detained Pavel Marozau with the words: ‘Stand still, bitch, or we will shoot!’. He was guarded to the remand prison in Akrestsin Street and spent the night there. His parents were not informed. Today the activist has been taken to Tsentralny district court of Minsk.
26.02.2008 Minsk city executive committee made no decision on Iryna Kazulina’s burial
Minsk city executive committee said to the relatives of political prisoner’s wife Iryna Kazulina, the decision on allowing burial “is not within their competence.” The Kazulins family is sending a request to the Council of Ministers.
26.02.2008 Service in memory of Iryna Kazulina to start on February 26, 8.00 p.m.
Iryna Kazulina’s burial service will stake place on February 27. The visitation will take place at the St. Simon and St. Helene Catholic Church (the Red Church)from February 26th, 8 p.m. till February 27th, noon.
