News for 6 Jul 2012
06.07.2012 Homel region: opposition nominates its representatives to circuit election commissions
Representatives of the United Civil Party, the Belarusian Popular Front and the “Fair World” were nominated to circuit election commission sin the Brest region.
06.07.2012 Brest region: oppositionists nominated to constituency commissions
Representatives of democratic oppositions were nominated to the Ivatsevichy, Pruzhany and Dnepra-Buzhskaya circuit election commissions.
06.07.2012 Alena Semenchukova, sentenced to 10 days of arrest, declares hunger-strike
On 5 July Judge of the Chyhunachny District Court of Vitsebsk Ina Hrabouskaya sentenced Alena to ten days of arrest under Article 23.34, “violation of the order of organizing and holding mass events”.
06.07.2012 22 representatives of democratic forces nominated to constituency election commissions of Vitsebsk region
9 of them are members of the Belarusian Popular Front Party, 11 – of the “Fair World” and two more are Mikalai Statkevich’s adherents who were nominated by collection of electors’ signatures. As many as three people were nominated to some of the election commissions, whereas no oppositionists were nominated to some others.
06.07.2012 Three violation reports drawn up on Uruccha protester
Leanid Mazhalski, an protector of the public garden in the suburb of Uruccha, was detained in the morning of 5 July, during the dispersal of a protest of local dwellers against the construction of a multi-stored house for riot policemen on the garden’s place.
06.07.2012 Minsk: United Civil Party nominates ten members to election constituencies
UCP members were nominated to half of the 20 constituency election commissions of Minsk. According to the deputy head of the Minsk city UCP organization Dzmitry Kavalhin, an accent on professionalism was made during the choice of nominees – most of them have already worked in election commissions of different levels several times, or even headed them. Among them there are even professional lawyers, such as the deputy head of the UCP Antanina Kavaliova.
06.07.2012 Minsk City Court leaves journalist Pavel Sviardlou in jail
Minsk City Court has considered the appeal lodged by Euroradio journalist Pavel Sviardlou today, on 6 July. Only the lawyer attended the hearing.
06.07.2012 KGB gains more rights to expand travel ban list
On 4 July Aliaksandr Lukashenjka signed decree #295 “On simplification of the terms of exit from the Republic of Belarus”.
06.07.2012 Prosecutor demands a year of penal labor for book distributor
The sentence will be pronounced in October District Court on 10 July. Book distributor Ales Yaudakha accused of doing business illegally has informed Euroradio about it.
06.07.2012 State-owned press of Brest region promotes pro-governmental candidates
One can determine the prospective pro-regime candidates to the House of Representatives by looking through June issues of state-owned newspapers of the Brest region.
06.07.2012 Commentary of “Viasna” website as a reason for prohibition of bicycle rally in Salihorsk
On 4 July Judge of the Salihorsk District Court Valiantsina Lapina turned down the appeal of a “Young Front” activist Andrei Tychyna against the prohibition of a bicycle rally, issued by the Salihorsk City Executive Committee.
06.07.2012 Liubou Kavaliova receives no answer concerning secrecy surrounding bodies of death convicts
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou who was executed on charges of terrorism, addressed various authorities, including Aliaksandr Lukashenka, with the request to be given the rationale for keeping in secret the place of the convicts' burial and the impossibility to issue their bodies to relatives.
06.07.2012 Belarusian Christian Democracy: a crackdown on boycott supporters has started
The Belarusian Christian Democracy party (BCD) released a statement expressing indignation over the court decision delivered on 5 July against Vitebsk-based activist Alena Semenchukova. Alena received 10 days in custody for “showing defiance to policemen”: 34 leaflets calling for boycotting the “election” were found in activist's bag, the BCD press service reports.
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