News for 22 Jan 2015
22.01.2015 Court in Mahiliou supports ban on access of reporters to sessions of Regional Council
The Mahiliou Leninski District Court dismissed on January 21 a complaint by Uladzimir Laptsevich, journalist of the BelaPAN news agency, against Chairman of the Mahiliou Regional Council of Deputies Anatol Isachenka and chief specialist of the Regional Council Yauhen Nalhachau.
22.01.2015 Participants of picket to support Charlie Hebdo to be tried in Minsk
Picketers were standing near the embassy of France holding placards “Je suis Charlie”. Head of the United Civil Party (UCP) Anatol Liabedzka, who took part in the picket, wrote it on Facebook.
22.01.2015 Yury Rubtsou goes on indefinite hunger strike
The political prisoner demands a job with the country's average salary of $600.
22.01.2015 Mahiliou Human Rights Center faces dissolution again
The only registered regional human rights organization is once again on the verge of closing.
22.01.2015 Human rights activists protest during President Aliyev’s visit to Berlin
On January 21, representatives of the Berlin-based European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and local activists of Reporters without Borders held a protest outside the office of the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, who met with the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
22.01.2015 Journalists to stand trial in Svetlahorsk
On January 23, the Svetlahorsk District Court will consider the administrative charges brought against Homel journalists Larysa Schyrakova and Kanstantsin Zhukouski. They are accused of “violating the order of holding mass events” (Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code).
22.01.2015 Mahiliou Regional Court turns down appeal by independent newspaper in Krychau
On December 21, the judicial board on civil cases of the Mahiliou Regional Court rejected an appeal of Uladzimir Kudrautsau, the publisher of newspaper Volny Horad, against a decision of the Krychau District Court taken on December 8 at the suit of the chief of department of ideology, culture and youth affairs of the Krychau district executive committee Maryna Maksimava for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation.
22.01.2015 Human rights organizations demand an immediate cessation of the criminal prosecution of political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok and his release from jail
FIDH, HRC "Viasna" and BHC express deep concern with the serious threats to the life and health of Mikalai Dziadok and emphasize that the entire responsibility for his safety and protection lies with the administration of the prison No. 4 in Mahiliou and the management of the Department of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
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