News for October 2007

17.10.2007 Dziady – Ancestors’ Day

Applications for permission for holding an action have been submitted

17.10.2007 Belarusian Ministry of Justice Explains to FIDH Refusal to Register Viasna

FIDH received a reply from the Ministry of Justice of Belarus on the inquiry about the Ministry’s refusal to register Viasna.

17.10.2007 Belarus Takes 151th Place for Freedom of Mass Media

Yesterday international human right organization Reporters without Borders published its annual rating of mass media freedom.

17.10.2007 Solidarity Action near St. Joseph Church

On October 16th an action of solidarity with the political prisoners and the repressed took place.

16.10.2007 From Jail to Police Station

Police interrogates activist right after release

16.10.2007 Brest: Human Rights Activist Tries to Sue Police

Today Maskouski court of Brest dismissed the case of lawyer Raman Kisliak against Maskouski district police department of Brest.

16.10.2007 Belarusians will not be able to complain to Alexander Lukashenka

On October 15th the President of Belarus signed edict # 498 “About additional measures of the work with appeals of citizens and legal entities”.

16.10.2007 Yaraslau Hryshchenia Released

Young Front member, supporter of the For Freedom movement Yaraslau Hryshchenia was released today from jail.

15.10.2007 Narodnaya Volia Appeals against Judgement on Aleh Praliaskouski’s Action

Narodnaya Volia paper and its journalist Maryna Koktysh have appealed against Leninski District Court’s judgement on Aleh Pralaskouski’s action to Minsk City Court. The paper and the journalist demand that the district court’s judgement be cancelled and the case dismissed in what concerns both the monetary compensation and publishing a disclaimer.

15.10.2007 Slovakian Diplomat: We Witnesses Intimidation of People

“Belarusian people want to live in Europe not only geographically; they want to share European values, and the European march demonstrates that”, -- Slovakian charge d’affaires to Belarus Lubomir Rehak commented for BelaPAN the events in Minsk.

15.10.2007 European March Summed Up

Monday morning the organizers of the European March summed up the results of the yesterday’s action. Head of the organizing committee Viktar Ivashkevich pointed out, the action had shown both the achievements and the shortcomings of the opposition.

15.10.2007 European March: No Detentions

The march and rally ended without detentions of activists

14.10.2007 European March: Chronicle

The chronicle of event during the European March

12.10.2007 List of Activists Detained on the Eve of European March

Regularly updated

12.10.2007 Supreme Court Upholds Non-registration of ?Young Social Democrats – Young Hramada’

In its verdict the court stated that the Ministry of Justice lawfully refused to register the youth organization because of defects in its charter. In particular, the court upheld the ministry’s opinion that fostering of nomination of the organization’s representatives to the municipal organs contradicted to the legislation.

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