The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

News for 2 Oct 2014

02.10.2014 Supreme Court upholds registration denial to “Covenant”

The Supreme Court upheld the legality and validity of the position of the Ministry of Justice, which refused to register the national human rights NGO "Movement for the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights" ("Covenant").

02.10.2014 Bahrain: recently released political prisoner Nabeel Rajab arrested again

As reported by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), Director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and FIDH Deputy Secretary General has been arrrested and faces up to three years of imprisonment for tweets allegedly insulting the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

02.10.2014 Donbass refugees started getting less aid during “ceasefire”

With the approach of winter the volunteers who assist displaced persons from Donbass are getting more concerns. People were leaving their native towns in the summer, so many of them don't have clothes and footwear for the cold season. This was reported to RFE/RL by a representative of the initiative “Vostok-SOS” Konstyantyn Reutsky.

02.10.2014 Ivan Shyla serving 2 day arrest for 2011 “silent protests”

On the morning of October 2, Salihorsk “Young Front” activist Ivan Shyla paid a visit to the Salihorsk District Police Department, to which he was summoned for a “talk”. After the “talk” he was taken to the detention center. This is reported by the local human rights defender Leanid Markhotka, who visited the police department as Shyla's representative.

02.10.2014 Trial of Andrei Mialeshka to continue October 7

October 2, HrodnaDistrict Court started the trial of the administrative case against a freelance journalist Andrei Mialeshka. He is accused of illegally producing and distributing information production, which is penalized by Article 22.9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

02.10.2014 Investigator Skavarodkin admits that Piatro Kuchura was tortured

Piatro Kuchura, who was tortured in Mahiliou penal colony No. 15, obtained copies of two resolutions on the appointment of a forensic medical examination to establish the consequences of poisoning him with chlorine.