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"We need to check how well Viasna works." A former observer of the 2020 elections spoke about his detention by the KGB

22.12.2023 "We need to check how well Viasna works." A former observer of the 2020 elections spoke about his detention by the KGB

Last week, employees of the State Security Committee (KGB) conducted numerous searches and inspections of former independent observers of the 2020 presidential elections.

Leanid Sudalenka's house was searched, and a criminal case was opened against the former political prisoner

19.12.2023 Leanid Sudalenka's house was searched, and a criminal case was opened against the former political prisoner

A new criminal case has been opened against Leanid Sudalenka under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (other assistance to extremist activities).

A wave of searches of 2020 election observers taking place across the country

12.12.2023 A wave of searches of 2020 election observers taking place across the country

The acts of intimidation are carried out by the State Security Committee.

The case of the Coordinating Council is a new attack on the civil society of Belarus

05.12.2023 The case of the Coordinating Council is a new attack on the civil society of Belarus

Inform human rights defenders about detentions and searches in the Coordinating Council case.

Wave of searches in open penitentiaries

19.02.2022 Wave of searches in open penitentiaries

KGB officers arrested, searched, and interrogated convicts and former convicts serving their sentences in open penitentiaries

Political persecution in Belarus on December, 2-3

03.12.2021 Political persecution in Belarus on December, 2-3

With the referendum coming up, repressions against Belarusians are strengthening: people are being detained, searched and intimidated in other ways.

Police search homes of Viasna activists across the country

01.12.2021 Police search homes of Viasna activists across the country

According to the human rights defenders, searches have been conducted in the homes of at least 10 people.

Belsat TV office raided by police

09.04.2019 Belsat TV office raided by police

Police officers have searched the Minsk-based office of the TV channel Belsat, Belarusian Association of Journalists said.

20.08.2015 Apartment of Biarozauka activist searched

Two police officers in plain-clothes seized a computer and a printer from Yury Dziashuk, resident of Biarozauka, Lida district.

Border guards seize laptop from human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka

25.05.2015 Border guards seize laptop from human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka

Belarusian border guards searched human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka as he was returning from Lithuania last evening. As a result, they took several data storage devices and a laptop.

Police search apartment of former political prisoner Aliaksandr Malchanau after return from Ukraine

29.04.2015 Police search apartment of former political prisoner Aliaksandr Malchanau after return from Ukraine

Former political prisoner Aliaksandr Malchanau, who returned from Ukraine two weeks ago, wrote today on his Facebook account: “They came to seek drugs, all approved by the prosecutor. They did not find anything. They took a hard disk (now I’m without an Internet connection) and two Ukrainian SIM cards. In general, a trifle, but unpleasant, now I am without money, the Internet, and waiting for the return of the HDD, which has been confiscated dozens of times.”

Kastus Zhukouski's car twice examined on the border

06.04.2015 Kastus Zhukouski's car twice examined on the border

The customs officers detained the car of the civil society activist Kanstantsin Zhukouski for several hours.

Ales Bialiatski: Authorities are trying to beat journalists and human rights activists out of the electoral process

16.03.2015 Ales Bialiatski: Authorities are trying to beat journalists and human rights activists out of the electoral process

The head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" commented on the recent facts of the persecution of journalists and human rights defenders in Mahiliou at his public Facebook page.

Court in Minsk rejects suit against illegal border searches

16.02.2015 Court in Minsk rejects suit against illegal border searches

Judge Irena Brolishs of the Leninski District Court of Minsk has dismissed a lawsuit by deputy chairman of the United Civil Party (UCP) Vasil Paliakou, who asked to open a criminal case against the State Border Committee, whose employees several times detained and searched the politician at the. The United Civil Party deputy chairman has appealed the denial to the Civil Division of the Minsk City Court.

Customs and border officials evade responsibility for search

23.01.2015 Customs and border officials evade responsibility for search

Andrei Dumski, head of the border control department of the State Border Committee, refused to disclose the reasons for an incident that happened back in December, when Vasil Paliakou, deputy chairman of the United Civil Party, who was ordered to undress and take off his shoes during a search at the border crossing. In response to a similar letter, Deputy Chairman of the Customs Committee Siarhei Barysiuk advised the politician to seek answers to his questions in court.

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