News on the topic: provocation
12.09.2014 Azerbaijan: Acts of violence in prison against Ms. Leyla Yunus
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Azerbaijan.
11.09.2014 Viktar Statkevich and Maryna Adamovich ask police to find author of anonymous threat letter
The father of Mikalai Statkevich, Viktar Statkevich, and the five of the former, Maryna Adamovich, appealed to the police in connection with an anonymous threat letter, thrown into the postbox of Viktar Statkevich on September 8.
11.09.2014 Mahiliou: unidentified people punctured tires of Ihar Barysau's car
All in all, 16 punctures were counted at the service station.
10.09.2014 Police refuse to return Yury Rubtsou “item of clothing with political inscriptions”
Acting Chief of the Savetski District Police Department of Minsk, police colonel P. Siamizhen reported to Homel resident Yury Rybtsou that the "item of clothing that has an inscription of a political nature and had been seized by police”, was returned to him along with other things right after his release from the detention center in Minsk.
10.09.2014 Baranavichy: Statkevich-senior received an anonymous threat letter
September 8 Viktar Statkevich, father of the political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich, received an anonymous letter with threats to his son Mikalai and the son's wife, Maryna Statkevich.
05.09.2014 Policeman uses violence towards journalist while drawing up violation report
On March 3 Maryna Malchanava, independent journalist from Babruisk, came to the police department to get an administrative report for violating mass media legislation.
13.08.2014 “Evening of Grief” in Moscow ends with detentions
August 12 Moscow police detained participants of the "Evening of Remembrance and Grief" near the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow." As reported by the website grani.ru, 30 people were arrested, mostly those who came to the embassy with Ukrainian flags, yellow and blue ribbons and balloons.
07.08.2014 Leader of Free Trade Union organization appeals to Prosecutor's Office concerning forgery of documents
Viktar Stukau believes that some official has forged a date in the complaints book, where there is an entry on his behalf. Meanwhile, the administration of JSC "Polotsk-Shklovalakno" states that he is purposely looking for clues to escalate the conflict between the management and the trade union. The history surrounding the book of complaints reminds of a detective.
14.07.2014 Baranavichy: Mikalai Charnavus is not returned his disability certificate for more than ten days already
Civil society activist Mikalai Charnavus has been trying to get the police return him the disability certificate of the II-nd group, seized by police major Aliaksei Hetsman July 2, in the process of drawing up a violation report under Part 3 of Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences.
14.07.2014 Blogger Aleh Zhalnou's son faces 4 years in jail
In Babruisk, hearing were held in the criminal case against Aliaksei Zhalnou, son of the well-known Babruisk blogger Aleh Zhalnou, who record and puts on the web audio and video recordings of illegal actions of police and traffic police. As a result, he spends almost all spare itme in courts and at interrogations.
14.07.2014 Ales Bialiatski's visit to Warsaw ends with “mining”
On the last day of his visit to the Polish capital the head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski participated in an international conference, during which he talked about the situation of human rights in Belarus. Suddenly, during his speech there was received a telephone call about mining the room in which the event was held.
08.04.2014 Khotsimsk: civil society activist asks police to find slanderers
April 7, Valery Karankevich, a civil society activist from the urban settlement of Khotsimsk, applied to the Khotsimsk District Police Department.
07.04.2014 Mahiliou police drop administrative case concerning the beating of a candidate for deputy
The case was dismissed due to the absence of administrative offense. Such a response was received from the police by a former candidate for Mahiliou city and regional councils Aliaksei Paulouski.
02.04.2014 Mahiliou journalist asks the police to find the crackers of the website «Free Format»
Journalist Ales Burakou has filed an appropriate appeal to the Mahiliou police. He asks to identify the persons who hacked passwords and deleted the content of the site and bring them to legal account.
13.03.2014 Kalinkavichy: new proceedings started against UCP activist Dzianis Rabianok
March 12, activist of the United Civil Party Dzianis Rabianok learned that new court proceedings had been started against him on a civil lawsuit of his neighbor, who demands that the activist pay him 10 million rubles as compensation for moral damages and lawyer's services. According to the writ handed to Mr. Rabianok, the hearings start on March 21.
