News for September 2011
08.09.2011 Orsha police refuse to guard picket in support of Ales Bialiatski
Human rights defender Vasil Berasneu and Vasil Leuchankau wanted to hold the picket on 16 September, but didn't manage to conclude an agreement with the police. According to the answer they received from the Orsha Town Police Department, all policemen would be busy that day and therefore would be unable to guard the action.
07.09.2011 Fantastic know-how of Baranavichy authorities
As it follows from the answer received on 6 September 2011 by Baranavichy-based human rights defender Siarhei Housha from Dz. Kastsiukevich, Deputy Chair of the the Baranavichy City Executive Committee, the authorities prohibited holding a picket in support of Ales Bialiatski again.
07.09.2011 ISC/CD Statement on the Detention of Belarusian Human Rights Activist Ales Bialitski
The nongovernmental International Steering Committee of the Community of Democracies (ISC/CD) joins with numerous other governmental and non-governmental organizations in condemning the unjust arrest and detention of prominent Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski by the regime of President Alexander Lukashenka.
07.09.2011 Political candidate Mikalai Statkevich got injured in Shklou colony
Former presidential candidate Statkevich, sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment within the framework of the "case of 19 December," got his hand seriously injured while serving a sentence in Shklou colony. The convicted politician has been recently working at a lumber mill; now he's been sent to the infirmary.
07.09.2011 Thomas Hammarberg: “the Belarusian authorities seek to stop Viasna’s assistance to victims of human rights violations”
Thomas Hammarberg, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, published an article concerning the arrest of Ales Bialiatski. in the European newspaper New Europe.
07.09.2011 Ivan Shyla to spend 22 days in jail
The Horki District Court sentenced Ivan Shyla, a Salihorsk-based activist of the Young Front, to 20 days of arrest, for participation in the picket near the penal colony where the Young Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich is serving his two-year term, being subject to cruel and degrading treatment by the colony administration.
07.09.2011 Ales Bialiatski's guarantors receive standard come-offs
Tatsiana Seviarynets, mother of political prisoner Pavel Seviarynets, received a refusal to her personal guarantee for Ales Bialiatski. Similar answers were received by tens of other citizens who signed personal guarantees for him as well.
07.09.2011 Human rights defender summonsed to the police for “correcting the violation report”
Human rights defender Anatol Paplauny was detained by Homel police after the end of the 3 July silent protest action. He was guarded to the Tsentralny District Police department of Homel, where police captain Zura drew up a report under Article 17.1, “disorderly conduct", on the detainee.
07.09.2011 Vaukavysk: civil activist tried for invitations to People's Assembly
Vaukavysk-based civil activist Vital Huliak received a writ to the Vaukavysk District Court. He will be tried on Friday for “picketing with the aim to call to the People's Assembly appointed on 8 October 2011”.
06.09.2011 International Society Memorial demands freedom for Ales’ Bialiatski!
One month ago, Ales Bialiatski, the human rights activist, the leader of the Human Rights Center Viasna, our friend and colleague, was arrested in the Republic of Belarus.
06.09.2011 Actions in support of Ales Bialiatski
On 5 September actions of solidarity with the arrested head of the Human Rights Center Viasna Ales Bialiatski took place near the Embassies of Belarus in Stockholm, Moscow, Kyiv, Vilnius, Yerevan and other cities.
06.09.2011 Homel: four people detained for collecting signatures
At about 7 p.m. in Yubileinaya Street in Homel the police detained four civil activists who were collecting signatures for holding the People's Assembly in Homel on 8 October in order to discuss the political and economical situation and set forth proposals and demands to the authorities.
06.09.2011 Search at Ales Kalita's apartment
On 5 September the apartment rented by a member of the Belarusian Popular Front Party was searched by the police. This information was voiced by Aliaksei Yanukevich, BPF Chair. Earlier Ales Kalita had been interrogated within the framework of the criminal case instigated against him and two other BPF members, Maksim Hubarevich and Siarhei Semianiuk, for beating a guard.
06.09.2011 Vitsebsk: postcard flash-mob in support of Ales Bialiatski
Vitsebsk civil and political activists, human rights and journalists answered the call of the Human Rights Center Viasna to send letters of support to Ales Bialiatski. During several days they wrote about thirty letters on postcards and sent them to the remand prison #1 in Valadarski Street in Minsk.
05.09.2011 Administrator of Vkontakte group made statement about torture
Recently Siarhei Pauliukevich has issued a video address to Internet users in which he told about torture and recruitment by KGB agents.
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