02.08.2012 Court turns down appeal of human rights defender Aleh Hulak

The head of the human rights organization "Belarusian Helsinki Committee" Aleh Hulak insisted that the court recognized as illegal the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice as a result of which he was prohibited to leave the country. Representatives of the ministries didn’t recognize the complaint and asked the court not to grant it.

02.08.2012 International Day of Solidarity with Civil Society of Belarus to be marked in many countries on 4 August

The International Day of Solidarity with the Civil Society of Belarus will be marked for the first time on 4 August 2012. It was announced by a wide coalition of NGOs from different country which are members of the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus. A year ago, on 4 August 2011, the leading Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, was arrested and subsequently sentenced to 4.5 years of imprisonment.

01.08.2012 Zhodzina: human rights defenders remind the authorities about the Constitution and apply to court

On 30 July human rights defender Aliaksei Lapitski registered at the Zhodzna City Executive Committee a new application with questions to the administration which again banned a picket he intended to hold on 4 August to support the imprisoned human rights defender Ales Bialiatski.

01.08.2012 “Citizens of Belarus are deprived of the right to have rights”

This is the conclusion drawn by Mazyr human rights defender Uladzimir Malei from a series of trials concerning the prohibition of pickets in support of the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski and other political prisoners.

26.07.2012 Human rights activists urge Supreme Court and Prosecutor General's Office to discuss situation with illegal preventive detentions of civil society activists

Representatives of a number of leading human rights organizations of Belarus – Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Human Rights Center "Viasna", Committee for the Protection of the Repressed "Solidarity", the Centre for Legal Transformation and the Center for Human Rights – have sent a joint appeal to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus Aliaksandr Kaniuk and Chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus Valiantsin Sukala requesting a meeting to discuss the situation with illegal preventive detentions of civil society activists and representatives of youth opposition groups, in order to put an end to this illegal practice and bring the perpetrators to justice.

23.07.2012 Civil activists launch campaign to declare August 4 International Day of Solidarity with Belarusian civil society and human rights movement

A number of civil activists and human rights defenders of Russia and several other countries have launched an online campaign to mark August 4, the day when Viasna leader and FIDH vice-president Ales Bialiatski was arrested in 2011, International Day of Solidarity with the civil society and human rights movement of Belarus.

20.07.2012 Minsk court turns down HR defenders’ complaints against foreign travel ban

Minsk Tsentralny District Court has dismissed the complaints lodged by human rights defenders Valiantsin Stefanovich and Andrei Bandarenka against foreign travel restrictions imposed on them for alleged draft evasion.

20.07.2012 Consideration of Aleh Hulak’s travel ban appeal delayed again

The consideration of a complaint lodged by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee leader Aleh Hulak against foreign travel restrictions has been postponed till 31 July, after the human rights defender presented a number of supplementary papers dealing with the case.

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18.07.2012 Supreme Court turns down Stefanovich’s travel ban appeal

The Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed a complaint lodged by human rights defender Valiantsin Stefanovich against Judge Alena Siamak of Minsk Tsentralny District Court, who has evaded considering his appeal against foreign travel restrictions for nearly four months.

16.07.2012 Ministry of Internal Affairs ignores trial over “travel banned” Hulak

Trial over a complaint of human rights activist Aleh Hulak was postponed until July 20.

On July 16, the court of the Tsentralny district of Minsk began to hear a complaint over imposing a travel ban on head of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) Aleh Hulak.

12.07.2012 Minsk City Court considers Bialiatski's appeal against a new fine

On12 April the Minsk City Court considers the appeal of the imprisoned head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski against the verdict of the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk according to which he was sentenced to pay 140 million rubles of fine for an untimely payment of taxes.

10.07.2012 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Information point at each other in case of Roma discrimination

Members of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Maryia Bahdanovich and Ales Yauseyenka have received an answer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs towards their application concerning discriminative statements in the press about Roma nationals.

09.07.2012 Kirghiz human rights defenders remind Belarusian diplomats about Ales Bialiatski’s case

Talekan Ismailova, the head of the human rights center “Citizens against Corruption” told about the impressions of Kirghiz human rights defenders who tried to attend the official diplomatic on the occasion of the celebration of the official Independence Day by Belarus. The human rights defenders demanded an unconditional and immediate release of the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and deputy-head of the International Federation for Human Rights Ales Bialiatski.

09.07.2012 Cases of foreign travel restricted Hulak and Liabedzka to be considered on 16 and 17 July

The appeal of the head of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Aleh Hulak against the actions of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of which he has been unlawfully put on a list of persons subject to temporary foreign travel restrictions, will be considered at 11 a.m. on 16 July at the Tsentralny District Court of Minsk.