Aleh Volchak sentenced to 4 days of arrest
Human rights activist Aleh Volchak was detained outdoors on 27 January in Minsk and guarded to the Maskouski District Police Department of Minsk.
News on the topic: provocation
Brest: regional court turns down Viktar Chaikouski's appeal
Viktar Chaikouski, electioneering agent of presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich during the election of 2010, appealed against the verdict of the Leninski District Court of Brest, which ruled that the case against him was to be dropped because of the end of the term of penalty execution.
Procuracy conceals systemic ill-treatment of political prisoner Autukhovich
The Brest Region Procuracy refused to instigate a criminal case over ill-treatment of Mikalai Autukhovich. Investigators say “it was impossible” to reveal the facts of systematic ill-treatment of Autukhovich or encouraging him to commit suicide by the penal colony authorities.
Court prescribes forced medical treatment for Aliaksandr Kruty
The trial of the father of Inesa Krutaya, a victim of the 11 April blast in the Minsk metro, was closed. There were only a prosecutor, a judge, a secretary, Aliaksandr's lawyer and the victim – doctor Valiantsina Chupik. It was her who insisted on the closed regime.
Aliaksandr Krutoi is kept in Zhodzina prison
Aliaksandr Krutoi represented the interests of his daughter, Inesa Krutaya, a victim of the terrorist act of 11 April, at the trial of the alleged terrorists. He was quite active there, and made a number of motions, including the postponement of the trial and the abolishment of the death penalty in Belarus.
Vitsebsk: armed assault on Taras Surhan
On 4 November the head of the Vitebsk branch of "Young Belarus" Taras Surhan was beaten and slashed with a knife. The incident took place as Taras returned home from work. The unidentified young men suddenly approached Taras, asked him for a cigarette and began to beat him. They also slashed him with a knife and then ran away.
Homel: police hound Kastus Zhukouski
Homel police still persecute the civil activist. According to Zhukouski, a police car with five policemen in uniform kept duty near his house on 2 November. “A friend came to me at about 12 a.m. – the car was standing near my house. At 2 p.m. the car was still there, and even in the evening, after 6 p.m. Don’t they have any other things to do? Probably, they want to isolate me on the eve of the People’s Assembly appointed on 12 November,” commented Mr. Zhukouski.
KGB refuses to return personal belongings to Anatol Liabedzka
The administration of the KGB prison, where Mr. Liabedzka was kept, refused to return him his notebooks, money and the cross he wore on his neck. The official reason is that Liabedzka cannot show his passport (which was allegedly attached to his case).
