16.07.2012 Alinevich thrown into punishment cell for two weeks

Anarchist Ihar Alinevich “is inclined to violent behaviour and is likely to escape”, the administration of the penal colony in Navapolatsk thinks.

Ihar said it to his mother Valyantina Alinevich in a phone conversation on July 14. It was his third telephone call in the last 12 months.

16.07.2012 Teachers are forcibly included to the pro-governmental parties

So, Minsk teachers are prepared to be nominated for the observers of the upcoming “parliament elections”.

16.07.2012 Bernikovich fails to register nomination group due to absense of copybooks

Navapolatsk district parliamentary election commission was not ready for work.

16.07.2012 Loreen wished freedom to Belarusians

The winner of "Eurovision" has met with the wife of Ales Bialiatski.

16.07.2012 Mother sends fresh appeal to KGB chief over Kavalyow`s jail notes

The mother of Uladzislaw Kavalyow, one of the two young men executed in the subway bombing case this past spring, has sent a fresh appeal to the chief of the Committee for State Security (KGB) over the notes that her son made during and after his trial, reported the Belarus service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Saturday.

16.07.2012 Opposition activist Molchan to stand trial on Monday

Andrey Molchan, an activist of an opposition group called European Belarus, will stand trial in Minsk’s Pershamayski District Court on Monday on a charge of “petty hooliganism,” his associate Maksim Vinyarski told BelaPAN.

16.07.2012 Photographer Anton Surapin detained for three days

They will check whether he is connected with the teddy bears incident.

14.07.2012 Monitoring Report on the Formation of the District Election Commissions

In the overwhelming majority of cases, decision-making about membership of district election commissions was made by voting for complete lists, without open discussion of the nominated candidates.

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.