News for August 2013

Installment of monument to Kalinouski is not provided by state concept

06.08.2013 Installment of monument to Kalinouski is not provided by state concept

The initiator of the campaign for its establishment, Aleh Korban, received a response from the deputy chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee, the head of the pro-government Communist Party Ihar Karpenka.

Slonim: felling of the trees is explained by their being dangerous

06.08.2013 Slonim: felling of the trees is explained by their being dangerous

Slonim resident Ivan Sheha received a response from the Hrodna Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, signed by the head of the committee I. Shmakau to a collective complaint of the Slonim residents in connection with the destruction of a forest in Voikau Street in the Albiartsin suburb.

No public discussion will be held in Babruisk

06.08.2013 No public discussion will be held in Babruisk

The residents of the houses in Chapayev Street applied to various state institutions in order to prove their right to the playground, a half of which,including several trees.

06.08.2013 “Young Front” activist Uladzimir Yaromenak to be tried on 19 August

"Yesterday afternoon I got a call from the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk and was asked to come there to pick up a resolution on the appointment of the trial. Together with the decision I was handed a summons with the date and time of the hearing, and was warned that in case of my failure to appear in court the measure of restraint will be changed for me," said the activist.

Zhlobin: prosecutor's office issues a protest against justification of member of “Fair World”

05.08.2013 Zhlobin: prosecutor's office issues a protest against justification of member of “Fair World”

The Zhlobin District Prosecutor's Office filed a protest to the Homel Regional Court against the decision of the Zhlobin District Court to acquit the member of the Belarusian Leftist Party “Fair World” Yauhen Basareuski of all charges..

Court upholds eviction from historical house in central Brest

05.08.2013 Court upholds eviction from historical house in central Brest

Leninski District Court of Brest dismissed the complaint of residents of the house in Ostrovsky Street, 10 who challenged the decision of Brest City Executive Committee, according to which the it was declared that the house was in the state of emergency.

Banner “freedom to political prisoners” hanged out on the building of the Belarusian Embassy

05.08.2013 Banner “freedom to political prisoners” hanged out on the building of the Belarusian Embassy

An action dedicated to the second anniversary of the arrest of Ales Bialiatski took place in the capital of Lithuania.

05.08.2013 Action of solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners held in Warsaw

A conference on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Civil Society of Belarus was held in Warsaw. The event was attended by the European MP Marek Migalski, the chief editor of the website charter97.org Natallia Radzina, the former political prisoner Zmitser Bandarenka and the head of the educational program named after Kastus Kalinouski, Yan Malicki.

Violation reports against Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka sent for correction

05.08.2013 Violation reports against Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka sent for correction

Yesterday, 4 August, marked the second anniversary of the arrest of Ales Bialiatski. Solidarity actions were held all over Belarus. Round tables, pickets and public discussions on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Civil Society and Human Rights Movement of Belarus, were held abroad – in Kyiv, Vilnius, Moscow and other cities.

Kyiv: action of solidarity with political prisoners assaulted by people in masks

05.08.2013 Kyiv: action of solidarity with political prisoners assaulted by people in masks

In Maryinskyj park in Kyiv, where the International Day of Solidarity with the Civil Society in Belarus was marked on 4 August, unknown people in masks tore down photos of Belarusian actions of protests and slogans with the demand to release political prisoners.

05.08.2013 Bialiatski is supported in Bishkek

An action of solidarity with the Belarusian human rights defender was held in the capital of Kyrghizstan.

Photo fact: Belarusian Human Rights House takes part in Solidarity Day

05.08.2013 Photo fact: Belarusian Human Rights House takes part in Solidarity Day

On 4 August, the International Day of Solidarity with the Civil Society of Belarus, the former Ambassador of Sweden to Belarus Stefan Ericsson, who worked at this position in 2008-2012, signed postcards for Belarusian prisoners.

Actions in support of Ales Bialiatski and all Belarusian political prisoners held in different parts  of Belarus (photos)

05.08.2013 Actions in support of Ales Bialiatski and all Belarusian political prisoners held in different parts of Belarus (photos)

Support of actions of various forms and scale were held in a number of large cities of Belarus.

05.08.2013 “Ales Bialiatski's Case” presented in Moscow

A round table and a photo exhibition were held on the Day of Solidarity with Belarusian civil society in Moscow. The participants of these events also signed postcards in support of the human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, who was arrested two years ago.

Homel human rights defender holds action of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski (photos)

04.08.2013 Homel human rights defender holds action of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski (photos)

On 4 August Homel human rights activist Anatol Paplauny held an action of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski. He distributed several hundred of postcards with information about the well-known human rights activist, political prisoner who had been arrested by the Belarusian authorities on 4 August 2011.

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