News on the topic: search
10.01.2011 Searches at apartments of civil activists in Brest
At 8.50 a.m. on 10 January two unidentified people who called themselves KGB officers tried to get into the apartment of the Brest activist Andrei Sharenda. However, he refused to let them in without the local police inspector.
06.01.2011 KGB continues large-scale search campaign all over Belarus
Belarus is swung with a wave of searches, detentions and interrogations held by KGB within the framework of the criminal case that has been instigated upon Article 293 of the Criminal Code (mass riot) in connection with the 19 December protest rally in the center of Minsk.
05.01.2011 Activist of Speak Truth hasn't returned from interrogation
At night KGB officers searched the apartment that was renteded by an activist of the Speak Truth civil campaign Pavel Vinahradau and his girlfriend. The search was held by an investigator of the Pershamaiski District Police Department of Minsk Aliaksandr Fitser.
05.01.2011 Searches in apartments of democratic activists continue
One of the leaders of the movement of entrepreneurs, Ales Makayeu, has informed BelaPAN that KGB members searched his flat yesterday. Minsk and Minsk Province KGB members confiscated his system unit. Makayeu will have to visit KGB for an interrogation on 5 January.
05.01.2011 KGB searched office of Belarusian Helsinki Committee and apartment of its chairperson
The office of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee was searched by KGB officers. A laptop and the organization server were confiscated as a result. After it, the KGB officers went to the apartment of the BHC Chairperson, Aleh Hulak. They also told they would summon him for an interrogation.
04.01.2011 Search at the apartment of BelSat journalist Ales Barazenka
The apartment of Aliaksandr Barazenka, a journalist for the Polish satellite TV channel BelSat was searched as well. Mr. Barazenka managed to inform the BelSat representative Mikhail Yanchuk about it. According to Mr. Yanchuk, the search at Barazenka’s started at 6 a.m. and lasted for about two hours.
04.01.2011 Search at the apartment of Aliaksandr Piatkevich
A democratic activist Aliaksandr Piatkevich informed human rights defenders about the search that had been conducted by KGB officers in his apartment. A computer and information carriers were confiscated from him as a result.
03.01.2011 Pavel Yukhnevich had to meet New Year in delinquents' isolation center
After the search in the apartment of the photo journalist Yuliya Darashkevich, her husband, an activist of the European Belarus Pavel Yukhnevich was taken to KGB, allegedly for an interrogation. There a report for participation in the protest action that had taken place in the center of Minsk on 19 December was drawn up and the activist was taken to the Maskouski District Court of Minsk.
30.12.2010 KGB raids human rights activist Alena Tankachova's apartment
Belarus' state security service (KGB) on Wednesday searched the apartment of human rights activist Alena Tankachova in Minsk.
29.12.2010 KGB raids office shared by Belarusian PEN Center and private weekly Nasha Niva
KGB officers raided the office of the Belarusian PEN Center and the private weekly Nasha Niva in downtown Minsk on Tuesday evening.
28.12.2010 Flat of UCP leader Anatol Lyabedzka is searched
The flat of the leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka is being searched now. Lyabedzka’s son Artsyom is in his father’s flat now. He managed to make a phone call to the UCP office and informed about the search.
27.12.2010 Harassment of activists still underway
Veranika Lazouskaya, activist of the European Belarus movement, has been summoned to the KGB. Similar summons were received by UCP member Aliaksandr Stsepanenka and activist of “Tell the Truth” campaign Volha Burnevich.
25.12.2010 Police and KGB raid apartments and offices. Tatsiana Reviaka’s flat NOT raided
Despite Christmas, Belarusian law-enforcement agencies keep raiding opposition offices and apartments of civil and political activists, adding to the increasing atmosphere of fear in the society. We would like to inform that earlier reports on searches in the private apartment of Viasna’s activist Tatsiana Reviaka proved to be false.
25.12.2010 Police and KGB raid appartments of HR activists
At 12.40 this afternoon, Belarusian law-enforcement agencies broke into the private appartment of Tatsiana Reviaka, activist of the Human Rights Center "Viasna". The appartment is currently being searched. Earlier this morning, the KGB searched the private appartments of human rights defenders Aliaksei Kaputski and Aleh Vouchak.
24.12.2010 KGB officers search home of Nyaklyayew's campaign aide Alyaksandr Fyaduta
KGB officers late on Thursday searched the apartment of political expert Alyaksandr Fyaduta, a campaign aide of former presidential candidate Uladzimir Nyaklyayew.
