News on the topic: search
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.
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.
21.01.2015 Prosecutor General’s Office replies to journalist’s complaint
Mahiliou freelance journalist Ales Burakou has received an answer to his complaint, which he sent to the Prosecutor General’s Office. The reply is signed by First Deputy Prosecutor of the Mahiliou region Aleh Pimashkou.
21.01.2015 Activist in Salihorsk appeals runaround in police raid abuse
Uladzimir Lemesh, activist of the European Belarus opposition movement in the town of Salihorsk, has filed an appeal in the Minsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office to challenge an earlier decision of the District Prosecutor’s Office on a search carried out in his apartment back in September 2014.
16.01.2015 Border guards search car of human rights defender in Hrodna
On January 16, human rights activist Viktar Sazonau was stopped by border guards as he was crossing the Bruzgi border crossing in Hrodna region. Viktar Sazonau was returning from Poland, when his car carrying two more with civil society activists was stopped and sent for an examination.
03.01.2015 Vasil Paliakou: Thorough searches on the border are politically motivated discrimination
January 2, deputy chairman of the United Civil Party Vasil Paliakoufiled an appeal to the Chairman of the State Customs Committee, asking to hold an inspection, give a legal assessment of the actions of officers of the Ashmiany customs and report about the reasons why he had been subjected to personal inspection by them.
30.12.2014 UCP Deputy Chairman searched at border
On December 28, Vasil Paliakou, deputy chairman of the United Civil Party of Belarus, was taken off the train going to Minsk as he was crossing the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. During a thorough examination, he was forced to take off his clothes and even shoes.
13.10.2014 Hrodna: administrative case suspended, laptop not returned though
Hrodna resident Volha Krapotsina has received a response from the police bureau of the Hrodna Regional Executive Committee. There it is stated that the printed production, seized from the activist on September 19, was sent for examination, and the administrative case against her was suspended.
01.10.2014 Anzhalika Borys: this was political order
The leadership of the oppositional Union of Poles in Belarus states about politically motivated harassment.
30.09.2014 Some computers are given back to Alexander Burakou and he got acquainted with the protocol of violation
According to the protocol, the journalist charged with violation of the Part 2 of the Art. 22.9 of the Administrative Code - illegal production and distribution of products
17.09.2014 Four computers were confiscated from the journalist Alies Burakou
Seven police officers led by Major Uladzimir Puhacheu broke into the apartment of the independent journalist Ales Burakou (senior) today, 16 September.
16.06.2014 Young Front activist searched at border
Ivan Shyla, an activist of the Young Front youth opposition movement, was detained for a search when crossing the Belarusian-Polish border on the night of June 12. As a result, the customs inspection lasted for two and a half hours.
26.05.2014 Police seize computer equipment from blogger in Babruisk
As a result of a search, which took place in the apartment of Babruisk blogger Aleh Zhalnou on Friday, the police confiscated computer equipment, for the second time over the last seven months. This time, says the blogger, the police took a hard drive, a flash drive, a laptop, a digital video recorder and several discs.
23.05.2014 Babruisk police search apartment of critical blogger
The apartment of Babruisk blogger Aleh Zhalnou has been searched by the police. According to preliminary information, the police were looking for a video footage regarding his detention in the police department building over “attempted remote detonation”.
27.03.2014 Vitsebsk police search apartment of opposition activist
Vitsebsk opposition activist Barys Khamaida is now serving arrest for allegedly resisting the police. The reasons for the search are yet unknown, Radio Free Europe’s Belarus service reports.
