News for November 2008
04.11.2008 Mass dactiloscopy in Masty
All workers of state enterprises in Masty have to give their finger- and palm prints. Police officers refer to an order of the head of the police department to take fingerprints from all males aged 30-55.
04.11.2008 Court turns down suit of Brest oppositionists
Leninski district court of Brest considered the complaints of Brest opposition activists Zhana Abramava and Vital Symonik. Abramava and Symonik appealed against the ban of their picket by Brest city executive committee. They intended to hold the action on 7 May near the Belarus cinema in Savetskaya Street and dedicate it to the anniversary of disappearance of the ex-minister of interior Yury Zakharanka. Bear in mind that a number of high state officials are suspected in relation to this crime. The official ground for the executive committee’s refusal was that the only authorized place for mass actions in Brest was the Locomotive stadium.
04.11.2008 Baranavichy: ‘Young Front’ activists are beaten on return from Dziady action
Activists of the Young Front Yury Bahdanovich and Siamion Bylinski were brutally beaten up after they returned to Baranavichy from the protest rally Dziady in Minsk.
03.11.2008 Expelled pupil Ivan Shyla is not rehabilitated at school
The judge Volha Prakapovich turned down the suit of Ivan’s father Uladzimir Shyla for finding the expulsion of his son from Salihorsk secondary school #4 illegal.
03.11.2008 Uladzimir Kazeka is fined for keeping newspapers
The administrative commission of Drahichyn district executive committee fined Uladzimir Kazeka, head of Drahichyn branch of the Belarusian Popular Front, 700 000 rubles (about $3328) for keeping copies of the newspaper Tut i Zaraz in his house. About 2 000 newspapers had been found there during a search on 31 October.
03.11.2008 Polatsk: police question ‘Young Front’ activists
On Friday, 31 October, an activist of the Young Front Zmitser Sakalou was taken away from his job for an interrogation. Investigator Krakhotka asked him about the details of the activities of the Young Front and their cooperation with other youth democratic organizations.
03.11.2008 Lida: ‘Young Front’ activist is threatened with distrain of property
Recently an under-age activist of Lida branch of the Young Front Raman Tunkel has been visited by officers of the court. They threatened to his parents to distrain property.
03.11.2008 Police detain 65 people coming to ‘Dziady’ action from Mahiliou
65 people who tried to get to Minsk for Dziady rally, were detained in Mahiliou by the police.
03.11.2008 Drahichyn: police hinder ‘Dziady’ - action of commemoration
The planned works on cleaning and paying tribute to the grave sites of participants of national uprising of 1863 was called off in Drahichyn (Brest region).
03.11.2008 Police releases under-aged vandals
The two young men who had overturned and broke five crosses in the wooden area of Kurapaty, have been sent to their parents.
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