The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

News for December 2012

02.12.2012 France remembers about Ales Bialiatski

François Hollande, the President of the French Republic, awarded the President of the International Federation for Human Rights Souhayr Belhassen with the distinction of Knight of the Legion of Honour. He dedicated this award to all FIDH activists, especially those who are kept in prison, including the vice-president, Ales Bialiatski.

02.12.2012 Medic Ihar Pastnou is dismissed from work for criticizing the head of the Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee

Ihar Pastnou has been criticizing Aliaksandr Kosinets for the waste of the budget means for a long time already. It's not the first time Mr. Pastnou is fired: two years ago he was fired from the position of a school doctor. As a result, he had to find a harder job with a smaller wage.

02.12.2012 Bahdanava, Krasouskaya and Kavaliova call on the Belarusian authorities to return the body of Uladzislau Kavaliou (video)

On 30 November, the first anniversary of the delivery of the death verdict to Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau, Iryna Bahdanava, Valeryia Krasouskaya and Liubou Kavaliova urged the world community to unite and demand the return of Uladzislau Kavaliou's body to his family.

01.12.2012 Rahachou: oppositionist prohibited to leave Belarus

Dzianis Dashkevich received a ruling of the Homel Regional Court, according to which he was prohibited to leave Belarus until the complete payment of a fine of 2 million rubles.

01.12.2012 Svetlahorsk activists struggle for the right to adequate health care

Eight well-known Salihorskers addressed the head of the Salihorsk District Executive Committee in connection with the problems with the health care at the local polyclinic.

01.12.2012 Svetlahorsk: draftee dismissed from work because of refusal to come to the military enlistment office

On 12 November a 19-year-old worker of the Svetlahorsk bureau of drilling operations Pavel Pakidzka was suddenly dismissed from work.

01.12.2012 Ihar Sluchak asks the Constitutional Court to initiate Electoral Code amendment

A former candidate for the parliament Ihar Sluchak applied to the Constitutional Court. During the latest parliamentary election he ran at the Homel-Savetskaya election constituency #34. A thorough monitoring was held by the campaign “For Fair Elections” almost at all precincts of this constituency. According to the observers, the turnout was falsified: the real percent was 35, not 60, as reported by the election commissions.