Mazyr court restricts freedom of peaceful assembly
On 19 October, Mazyr human rights defender Uladzimir Tseliapun lodged a complaint with local court against a ban on a picket in support of Belarusian prisoners of conscience scheduled for 8 October.
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Homel court turns down appeal by social network user
On 16 September, Homel Regional Court dismissed an appeal lodged by Mazyr driver Mikhas Karatkevich against a fine of BYR 105,000 he was sentenced to for alleged posting appeals for participating in a “silent protest” on his page at Vkontakte social network service, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
Mazyr authorities ban Jewish memorial meeting
Mazyr town executive committee has banned a meeting of remembrance to local Jews who killed themselves during the Nazi occupation in 1941, the BelPAN news agency reports, quoting Yakov Gutman, president of the New York-based International Association of Belarusian Jews.
Mazyr authorities ban pickets
Mazyr town executive committee has banned three pickets in support of Belarusian prisoners of conscience scheduled for 22, 23 and 27 August, saying that the only authorized picket venue in the town – Spartak Stadium – will be occupied by a children’s sports event on the dates indicated in the application.
Mazyr authorities ban picket in support of Mikita Likhavid
Ales Kavalchuk and Ryhor Kryvitski, civil activists from Mazyr, applied to the Mazyr District Executive Committee to obtain permission for holding a picket in support of political prisoner Mikita Likhavid who is subject to constant pressurization in jail.
