News for January 2012
18.01.2012 Salihorsk authorities ban pickets
Salihorsk pro-democratic activists will not be able to stage a picket in support of political prisoners and a meeting to discuss the results of the 4th All-Belarusian Assembly, after their applications were rejected by local executive authorities.
18.01.2012 European Belarus activist detained in Minsk
On 17 January, Minsk police detained activist of the European Belarus opposition movement Danil Hancharou and his friend Iryna Arekhouskaya.
18.01.2012 Statement of Moscow bureau for human rights in connection with situation in Belarus
During all the recent years Belarus is invariably among the countries of the world where human rights are broken to the greatest extent: breaches of human rights in economic sphere and first of all in social-political sphere are the main object of criticism of international organizations.
17.01.2012 Activists launch online campaign demanding abolition of Article 193.1
On 17 January, Belarusian civil society activists launched an online signature-raising campaign for the abolition of Article 193.1 of the Criminal Code, which provides for up to two years in prison for illegal NGO membership, www.belaruspartisan.org reports.
17.01.2012 Supreme Court upholds verdict to Homel campaigner
The Supreme Court of Belarus has upheld a verdict handed down to Homel civil activist Ihar Sluchak for alleged disorderly conduct back on 26 August.
17.01.2012 Mikalai Statkevich is in punishment cell
A lawyer of Statkevich and his wife have arrived in Mahilyou today to meet with the political prisoner.
17.01.2012 Mikalai Autukhovich to serve rest of term in prison
Political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich has stood closed trial at a penal colony in Ivatsevichy. As a result, he will be transferred to a stricter prison for alleged repeated violations of regime restrictions while serving his 5.2-year term.
17.01.2012 Rights defender to demand criminal proceedings against KGB officers who broke his computer
Human rights defender Aleh Volchak told BelaPAN on Monday that he would ask the Investigation Committee of Belarus to institute criminal proceedings against the KGB officers who had broken his computer.
17.01.2012 Minsk regional court upholds verdict to pro-dem activist
Judge Mr. Runou of Minsk Regional Court has upheld the BYR 525,000 fine handed down to Barysau pro-democratic activist Mikalai Iliushonak on 12 December 2011, dismissing the activist’s complaint against the verdict by Barysau District Court.
16.01.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka appeals verdict at UN Human Rights Committee
Vitsebsk opposition activist Siarhei Kavalenka, who is currently facing criminal charges for alleged violation of parole restrictions, submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee shortly before his arrest on 19 December 2011, www.vitebskspring.org reports.
16.01.2012 Jailed Belarusian Activist's Friends Kept From Seeing Him On His Birthday
VITSEBSK, Belarus -- The friends and colleagues of a political activist jailed in eastern Belarus have been prevented from visiting him on his birthday, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
16.01.2012 Corrections department does not care about UN recommendations
The Corrections Department of the Interior Affairs Ministry of Belarus finds it «unnecessary» to follow the UN recommendations.
16.01.2012 Investigation into 1999 disappearance of Yury Zakharanka prolonged once again
The years-long investigation into the 1999 disappearance of former Interior Minister Yury Zakharanka has been prolonged until March 24, human rights defender Aleh Volchak told BelaPAN on Monday.
16.01.2012 MEPs consider Ales Bialiatski’s case
The delegation of the International Federation for Human Rights took part in the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee meeting to discuss the situation in Belarus held in Brussels on 12 January.
16.01.2012 Vitsebsk road police seize independent newspapers
On 14 January, Vitsebsk road police seized 10,000 copies of the Vitsebsky Kurier independent newspaper featuring an article “Six facts on Ales Bialiatski’s case that BT and Sovetskaya Belorussia fail to cover”.
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