News for May 2014
19.05.2014 Dzianis Karnou: There are opposition activists, tramps and prostitutes in Akrestsin Street detention center
In the evening of May 16, Dzianis Karnou, an activist of the Young Front’s Salihorsk branch, was released from the Center of Isolation of Offenders located in Akrestsin Street in Minsk, after serving 20 days of arrest. After his release, he described the circumstances of his detention, the trial and conditions in prison.
19.05.2014 EU condemns arbitrary detentions of more than 30 civil society and political activists in Belarus
We are concerned about the harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention of several dozens of representatives of civil society and opposition organisations in the run up to the World Ice Hockey Championship in Belarus. We condemn the use of administrative detention by the Belarusian authorities as an instrument aimed at creating pressure, fear and uncertainty among the young generation of people in Belarus.
16.05.2014 Independent psychiatric expertise of Ihar Pastnou found no reasons for his compulsory treatment
According to independent experts from an NGO “Russia’s Independent Psychiatric Expertise”, diagnosis of Belarusian colleagues “paranoid dissociation with stable querulous tendencies” raises doubts.
15.05.2014 Journalists of a number of media not accredited to the Ice Hockey World Championship
Journalists of a number of media have not been accredited to the Ice Hockey World Championship which takes place in Minsk.
15.05.2014 URGENT ACTION OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL!
Belarus executes second prisoner this year. At least two men remain on death row at imminent risk of execution. Amnesty International appeals to write to Belarusian authorities to call them to abolish death penalty.
15.05.2014 Aleh Kerul sentenced to 25 days of arrest
Consideration of the administrative case of activist Aleh Kerul continued in Pershamaiski district court of Minsk. The sentence is 25 days of arrest.
14.05.2014 Ales Bialiatski wins the Ales Adamovich literary award
On 13 May, laureates of Ales Adamovich and Francishak Bagushevich literary awards were honoured in Minsk. Political prisoner Ales Bialiatski won the Ales Adamovich Award for the book “Enlightened by Belarus”. Zmicer Matveichyk won the Bagushevich Award with the book “Uprising of 1863-1864: an Essay of the Hostilities.”
14.05.2014 FIDH: While Belarus hosts Ice Hockey World Championship human rights violations continue (video)
At the time of Ice Hockey World Championship – 2014 that will last in Belarus until 25 May, the International Federation for Human Rights is calling for more active dissemination of information about the situation with human rights in the country. "Share this video. Don’t keep silent!” – human rights defenders call.
14.05.2014 Aleh Kirol detained in Minsk, trial pending
Aleh Kirol detained in Minsk, trial pending
13.05.2014 Swiss human rights defenders support civil society of Belarus
Amnesty International’s Swiss branch calls Belarusian authorities for “fair play in the field of human rights” within an advocacy campaign coinciding with the World Ice Hockey Championship in Minsk
13.05.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in April 2014
In April, the human rights situation remained consistently poor. The most acute problem – the existence of political prisoners – remained unresolved. April was marked by serious restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly, resulting in preventive arrests and arbitrary detentions.
12.05.2014 Another execution in Belarus: court verdict against Ryhor Yuzepchuk carried out
Mahilyou regional court informed that Ryhor Yuzepchuk has been executed. 45-year-old man was sentenced to death for killing his cellmate. The cellmate allegedly gambled away his life in domino game.
12.05.2014 Two Norwegian politicians who went to the Ice Hockey Championship put off the train and sent home
Two Norwegian politicians who went to the Ice Hockey Championship put off the train and sent home
12.05.2014 Uladzimir Kumets sentenced to 20 days of administrative arrest
The administrative case of Uladzimir Kumets is being heard at the Leninski district court in Minsk Uladzimir was detained on 10 May, around 3 p.m. When the activist went out of his home and got into the car, a couple of unknown men in plain clothes blocked him with their car.
12.05.2014 International human rights defenders: Ice Hockey World Championships 2014 in Minsk overshadowed by detentions
Human rights organisations appeal to International Ice Hockey Federation and Belarusian President Lukashenka
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