News for September 2011
20.09.2011 Hrodna court upholds verdict to journalist Pachobut
On 20 September, Hrodna Regional Court dismissed an appeal lodged by local journalist Andrei Pachobut against an earlier verdict by Hrodna Leninski District Court, the BelaPAN news agency reports.
20.09.2011 Opposition activist in Homyel told by police to stay at home during "silent protest" on Wednesday
A young opposition activist in Homyel has been ordered by police to be at home on the evening of September 21, when a “silent protest” is scheduled to take place in the city.
20.09.2011 Investigator bans Bialiatski’s meeting with wife
Mrs. Tatsiana Kasynkina, investigator of the financial investigation department of the state control committee, has dismissed a request entered by Ales Bialiatski’s wife, who applied for a meeting with the imprisoned Viasna’s leader.
20.09.2011 BCD activist Vaskovich threatened with another criminal case
Yauhen Vaskovich, member of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, is facing one more criminal prosecution for alleged disobeying the penal colony’s inner regulations, the BCD press-service reports, quoting the wife of another convict in so called “anarchists’ case” Mikalai Dziadok, Valerya Khotsina.
19.09.2011 Detention in Minsk
Mrs. Nina Bahinskaya has been detained during a memorial picket marking the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the historic Belarusian state emblems (the Pahonia coat of arms and the white-red-white flag) staged in Minsk’s Nezalezhnastsi Square this evening.
19.09.2011 Homel activists sentenced to 3 and 15 days of arrest for distributing leaflets
On 19 September, Judge Anatol Sotnikau of Homel Chyhunachny District Court sentenced local activists Dzmitry Shauchenka and Dzmitry Karashkou to 15 and 3 days of administrative, respectively, for alleged violation of mass events regulations, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
19.09.2011 Raid on former prisoner Kirkevich’s home
Former political prisoner Alyaksandr Kirkevich waits for summoning to the administrative commission of the Leninski district of Hrodna.
19.09.2011 Yaromenak sentenced to 12 days of arrest, Palazhanka – 11 days
Judge Natallia Vaitsekhovich of Minsk Tsentralny District Court sentenced Uladzimer Yaromenak to 12 days of administrative arrest and Nasta Palazhanka to 11 days of arrest for alleged violating Art. 23.34 of the Administrative Code (violation of procedures for organization and conduct of mass events).
19.09.2011 Journalist Pachobut to appeal verdict
An appeal against a verdict to “Gazeta Wyborcza” reporter Andrei Pachobut is to be heard by Hrodna Regional Court on 20 September, European Radio for Belarus reports.
19.09.2011 Homel human rights defender keeps appealing arrest
Homel human rights defender Anatol Paplauny is still urging the Belarusian prosecuting authorities to prosecute Judge Alena Tsalkova of Homel Tsentralny District Court, who sentenced the activists to an arrest of 15 days for alleged “disorderly conduct” this summer.
19.09.2011 Young Front activists detained in Minsk
Activists of the Young Front youth opposition movement Nasta Palazhanka and Uladzimer Yaromenak have been detained by Minsk police this morning, the Young Front’s press-service reports.
19.09.2011 Warsaw activists campaign ahead of Bialiatski’s birthday
On 17 September, a number of Polish NGOs launched a campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
19.09.2011 Mourning and condolences
On 18 September, a severe illness cut short the life of Mrs. Halina Siamdzianava, 65, a prominent figure of the Belarusian opposition movement, former member of the Supreme Soviet of the 12th convocation.
19.09.2011 Mahiliou activists campaign for abolishment of death penalty
Activists of Mahiliou youth organizations conducted an informational action “Human rights defenders against death penalty in Belarus” on September 18.
19.09.2011 Minsk activist detained for pasting "Stop Enduring!" leaflets
Activist of "Young Democrats" Volha Padzeryna was detained on Sunday morning near the military unit and delivered to the Lenin district police department.
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