News for March 2008
20.03.2008 BPF Rechytsa office leader pressurized by KGB
On March 19 Ihar Mikhaleuski’s mother was visited by a KGB officer said that her son would be fined or even put into prison if he did not stop his activity. He also said that Ihar had organized a meeting with Aliaksandar Milinkevich and added that it would be better for her son not to go to Minsk on March 25.
19.03.2008 Activist punished for pro-Tibet action in Minsk
Pavel Kurianovich, activist of the civil campaign European Belarus, was sentenced to 15 days of prison for participating in an action of solidarity with the people of Tibet.
19.03.2008 Dzmitry Kaspiarovich sentenced
Dzmitry Kaspiarovich received 12 days of prison for using foul language in spite of the fact that after he had been detained by road police he was accused of hooliganism.
19.03.2008 Independent newspapers issues arrested
According to Zmitser Ianenka, vice-chief editor of Tovarishch newspaper, the car with latest issues of two independent newspapers Narodnaia volia and Tovarishch was stopped by Belarusian road police on entering the country. The driver was told to go to local police department.
19.03.2008 Sculptor Loika faces dismissal
According to a warning from the administration of school number 185, teacher Henik Loika is likely to be fired. He is accused of ‘drawing children into politics’. In reality, the teacher told his students some facts from the history of Liberty Day (March 25).
19.03.2008 Kastus Zhukouski punished for greeting cards
Maryna Damnenka, judge of Homel Tsentralny Borough Court, sentenced Kastus Zhukouski, member of Belarusian Christian Democrats’ Party, to 14 days of prison and a fine of 700,000 BYR. He was charged with violating the order of organizing and conducting mass actions and resisting arrest. Maryia Tulzhankova, art college student, was fined 300,000 BYR.
19.03.2008 472 Belarusian officials may face Polish travel ban
The Polish non-governmental organisation Freedom and Democracy Foundation released a report on results of research of political repressions in Belarus.
17.03.2008 Constitution Day: Action in Homel
An action dedicated to Constitution Day was held in Homel on March 15.
17.03.2008 Detentions in Mahiliou and Babruisk
A BPF activist Siarhei Niahatsin was detained on March 14 in Mahiliou for ‘being drunk and using foul language’.
17.03.2008 Zmitser Kaspiarovich detained in Minsk
On March 15, Zmitser Kaspiarovich, member of the Belarusian committee for the protection of prisoners’ rights Over the Barrier, was detained by Minsk police. According to Kaspiarovich’s friend Tsimafei Dranchuk, the activist’s car was stopped by road police.
17.03.2008 Kastus Zhukouski and Maryia Tulzhankova are in prison
Two Homel opposition activists detained during a rock concert on March 14 are in prison. According to BelaPAN, Zhukouski and Tulzhankova are accused of hooliganism and are likely to be kept in prison till the trial, which is due on March 17.
17.03.2008 Khashchavatski’s Ploshcha to be shown on TV on March 20
The satellite TV channel Arcoiris TV is going to show Iury Khashchavatski’s political documentary Ploshcha on March 20.
17.03.2008 Action in support of Tibet held in Minsk
The action of solidarity with Tibetan people took place in Minsk at 4.30pm today. Activists of the campaign “Jeans – for Freedom” organised it near the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China.
14.03.2008 Leader of Homel Entrepreneurs Is Expelled from Market
On 13 March a court marshal told Mikhail Vasilyeu, chairman of the council of entrepreneurs of the Prudkouski market, to vacate his place at the market by 24 March. Otherwise the entrepreneur will be expelled from the market with the use of force.
14.03.2008 Vitsebsk: Barys Khamaida Detained
On 14 March in the center of Vitsebsk the police detained the opposition activist Barys Khamaida, who was selling newspapers at his usual place. However, as the detainee said to human rights activists, the police were looking for white-red-white flags, not for newspapers.
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