News for June 2014
05.06.2014 Consideration of Henadz Loika’s complaint postponed by Minsk city court for indefinite period
Consideration of cassation appeals against the decision of the court of the Central district of Minsk on a complaint concerning the actions of "Belinvestbank" and the KGB made by Henadz Loika has been postponed by the judges on civil cases of the Minsk city Court for an indefinite period.
05.06.2014 Brest: students urge the authorities to take steps to join the Bologna process
Relevant appeal to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus has already collected more than five hundred signatures. The collection of signatures was initiated by the Agency for Regional Development "Dzedzich" NGO with the assistance from students, volunteers and those young people who care.
05.06.2014 Supervision of Zmicer Dashkevich extended for three months
Supervision of Zmicer Dashkevich extended for three months
04.06.2014 Valiantsina Alinevich: in May, Ihar was treated with special attention in prison
Valiantsina Alinevich: in May, Ihar was treated with special attention in prison
04.06.2014 83-year old activist will be put on trial for humanitarian aid
A Scidziel activist Veranika Sebascjanovich faces a fine of up to Br 4.5 million. The head of the Home Army Union in Belarus Veranika Sebascjanovich will go on trial on 10 June for allegedly smuggling humanitarian aid for the members of the organization, reports the newspaper Głos znad Niemna of the Union of Poles not recognized by the Belarusian authorities.
04.06.2014 Salihorsk: authorities organize monthly days of unpaid work for construction of Orthodox church
Monthly contributions for the construction of an Orthodox church in Salihorsk that are compulsory but made to appear as voluntary are being collected from the residents of the city for several years already, and will last at least until 1 January 2017.
04.06.2014 358 female sex workers detained during World Ice Hockey Championship 2014
358 female sex workers detained during World Ice Hockey Championship 2014
04.06.2014 Belarus violates rights of trade unions grossly, said in Geneva
Our country has been included to the special paragraph of the International Labour Organization once again. That was the result of the ILO Conference Committee on the Application of Standards.
03.06.2014 Online monitoring of violations of the rights of students in universities
Violations of the rights of students are fairly common phenomenon in Belarusian universities. Youth human rights group "Student Council" launches online monitoring, where each student who confronted the violation of students’ rights can post information about it and mark the violation on the map.
03.06.2014 Fine of 750,000 roubles for the poster “Death to Kremlin’s Invaders!”
Minsk resident Volha Zhurauliova was fined for the amount of five base values (750,000 Belarusian roubles). On Friday 31 May, she went on a picket at Kastrychnitskaya Square with a slogan “Death to Kremlin’s Invaders!”
03.06.2014 Mikalai Statkevich: “prone to assaults and escape”
“I had forgotten to tell you – I am still considered “prone to assaults and escapes”. Therefore, each month a pedagogic talk shall be held with me”, 2010 presidential candidate and political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich wrote in a letter to his wife.
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