News for February 2013

Shklou: court reluctant to make policeman compensate court expenditures

08.02.2013 Shklou: court reluctant to make policeman compensate court expenditures

On 6 February the Mahiliou Region Court turned down the appeal of the Shklou citizens Ina Khanrytsialiova and Serafima Yakauleva who had won at the Shklou District Court in an argument with the police officer Tadarenka. The woman asked the regional court to exact from him the money they had spent on advocatory services.

Babruiskers are concerned with the state of the local architectural monuments

07.02.2013 Babruiskers are concerned with the state of the local architectural monuments

An initiative group of like-minded people concerned with the state of architectural monuments has formed in Babruisk.

Photo fact: artist demands to stop political repressions in Belarus

07.02.2013 Photo fact: artist demands to stop political repressions in Belarus

An exhibition of the Belarusian artist Uladzimir Sakalouski is taking place in the Polish city of Torun. One of his paintings is dedicated to the political repressions in Belarus.

Blooming socialism: milkmaids have to steel to no nourish their children

07.02.2013 Blooming socialism: milkmaids have to steel to no nourish their children

These days an ambulatory court session of the Bykhau District Court, presided by Dzmitry Hudyn, took place in the building of the Yamnitsy Village Soviet. The court considered the case of four milkmaids of the "Valadarski" collective farm who tried to steal 10 liters in the village of Yamnaye.

Belarusian authorities haven't implemented any decisions of Human Rights Committee

06.02.2013 Belarusian authorities haven't implemented any decisions of Human Rights Committee

This was stated by the head of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Hary Pahaniaila who commented on the recent report on human rights violations in the world, presented by the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

Police reluctant to investigate swindle against pensioner

06.02.2013 Police reluctant to investigate swindle against pensioner

The Homel human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka rendered legal aid to a lonely pensioner who became a victim of bank swindlers. He helped the man in composing an application to the police and to the bank.

06.02.2013 Narauliany district: civil activists get fined for entering radiation zone

The police fined the Mazyr citizens who came to a village to help the WWII veteran who lives in an abandoned village on the radioactively polluted territory in the Naroulia district (in the north-eastern Belarus).

Tamara Siarhei summonsed to police instead of audience at Presidential Administration

06.02.2013 Tamara Siarhei summonsed to police instead of audience at Presidential Administration

"On 4 February I was summonsed to the main police department of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

Ales Bialiatski awarded with the National prize for human rights advocacy in the nomination "For Personal Courage"

06.02.2013 Ales Bialiatski awarded with the National prize for human rights advocacy in the nomination "For Personal Courage"

On 1 February in Warsaw the award ceremony of charter97.org website took place. The event was attended by Polish and Belarusian human rights defenders, politicians, public activists and journalists.Ales Bialiatski awarded with the National prize for human rights advocacy in the nomination "For Personal Courage".

Biaroza activist is required to pay for trial over himself

05.02.2013 Biaroza activist is required to pay for trial over himself

The socio-political activist from the city of Biarozauka Vitold Ashurak received a strange note from the Lida District Court. When he phoned there he was told that he needed to pay 150,000 rubles for the court expenses of the Svislach District Court on a trial over him.

Homel: Kastus Zhukouski asks to let him paint on monument to Lenin

05.02.2013 Homel: Kastus Zhukouski asks to let him paint on monument to Lenin

The Homel public activist Kastus Zhukouski has applied with an open letter to the head of the department of architecture and city building of the Homel City Executive Committee, asking for permission to paint the monument to Lenin on Lenin Square.

Nationwide dictation in Baranavichy

05.02.2013 Nationwide dictation in Baranavichy

On 3 February Baranavichy public activists and other citizens took part in the IV Nationwide Belarusian dictation, dedicated to the 175th birthday of Kastus Kalinouski, the leader of the national liberation uprising against the Russian Empire, brutally suppressed in 1864.

175th anniversary of Kastus Kalinouski's birthday celebrated in Baranavichy

05.02.2013 175th anniversary of Kastus Kalinouski's birthday celebrated in Baranavichy

The festive event was held on 3 February by the Baranavichy council of the Belarusian Language Society and the Polish House. The candidates of historical sciences Nina Styzhynskaya and Andrei Kishtymau told about the personality of Kanstantsin Kalinouski and the peculiarities of the uprising of 1863 in Belarus.

05.02.2013 Political prisoner Prakapenka: cold workshop, bronchitis and "Populyarnaya Mehanika"

In the evening of 4 February the 22-year-old political prisoner Artsiom Prakapenka phoned home.

Brest dwellers want to know what budget means are spent on

05.02.2013 Brest dwellers want to know what budget means are spent on

On 1 February a group of Babruisk citizens filed an appeal to the Brest City Executive Committee and the Brest City Soviet with the request to present the ruling on adoption of the state budget of Brest for 2013.

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