News for 13 Jul 2012
13.07.2012 Who represents “citizens” at constituency election commissions of Minsk?
The biographies of the members of the election commissions who were nominated to them “by groups of citizens” witness that most of them belong to pro-regime civil organizations, executive committees or other state institutions. During the previous election they were nominated to the commissions as representatives of organizations, whereas this time they represent “citizens”.
13.07.2012 Pickets for freedom of all Belarusian political prisoners (updated)
Members of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, together with representatives of other civil organizations and parties file applications for pickets in support of the imprisoned head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski and other political prisoners all over Belarus.
13.07.2012 Khotsimsk: prospective candidate states about pressurization of his electoral team
Valery Karankevich, a coordinator of the “Speak the Truth” civil campaign and a prospective candidate for the House of Representatives, says members of his electoral team face pressurization from the side of the law machinery and the local authorities.
13.07.2012 Minsk: protesters against construction of police houses in Uruchcha-2 trying to become parliamentary candidates
Two most active representative of the group of defenders of the green zone in the Minsk suburb “Uruccha-2”, the head of the “European Perspective” Viktar Yanurevich and Leanid Mazhalski (detained by the police during the people's protest) decided to run at the parliamentary election.
13.07.2012 Members of Maladechna commissions know secrets of many elections
Two constituency election commissions work in the Maladechna district during the present election campaign: Maladechna city constituency election commission #72 and Maladechna village constituency election commission.
13.07.2012 Authorities ban local referendum about Chinese technologies park
Smaliavichy residents weren't allowed to decided whether they needed the Chinese industrial park, created with the assistance of Belarusian officials.
13.07.2012 Oppositionist detained for children's coloring books
Yanina Liasneuskaya, an activist of Our Home civil campaign, was detained in Vitebsk as 11 a.m. on 13 July by Orsha police, Our Home campaign website reports.
13.07.2012 Political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich put into penal cell
Former presidential candidate has been kept in a disciplinary cell since 6 July, serving punishment for an offense.
13.07.2012 KGB searches home of photographer of “Swedish teddy bears”
Security services officers are figuring out from where a journalist has photos of teddy bears. Editor of the website bnp.by Anton Surapin managed to say KGB officers came to him to carry out a search. They want to find out from where the photographer has photos of “Swedish teddy bears”.
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