Vitsebsk police detain pregnant journalist
Vitsebsk police keep harassing the staff of local independent newspaper Vitsebski Kurier, as the weekly’s reporter Yulia Kanapliova was detained by road police on 20 May.
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Detention of protester against construction works in Uruccha suburb
Dzianis Kabrusiou, an activist of "European Perspectives" campaign, was taking photos of soldiers of special task forces, who were digging out trees on a place of the future construction site. He was detained at 9 in the morning, European Radio for Belarus reports.
International human rights organization “Front Line” protests against unlawful punishment of human rights defender Valery Shchukin
On 30 March 2012, human rights defender Mr Valery Shchukin was condemned to an administrative fine in relation to a protest held on the previous day against the trial of political activists which was about to take place behind closed doors in Orsha.
Two more independent journalists warned by prosecuting officials
Alina Radachynskaya and Volha Chaichyts, members of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, have received official warnings from Minsk City Prosecutor’s Office for illegal contribution to the Poland-based Belsat TV channel, BAJ’s press-service reports.
