News for 30 Jan 2015

Former candidate keeps appealing detention

30.01.2015 Former candidate keeps appealing detention

Valery Karankevich, a former candidate for the Mahiliou Regional Council of Deputies in the Khotsimsk-based constituency No. 54 and a candidate for the district council of Khotsimsk in constituency No. 13, sent on January 29 a request for a personal appointment to the First Deputy Prosecutor General Belarus.

30.01.2015 End-of-Year Websites Blocking Will Stay a Mystery

BAJ received replies from the Ministry of Home Affairs and from the Operative Analytical Center regarding troubles with access to several websites at the end of December.

30.01.2015 Liabedzka summoned for poster "Je suis Charlie"

Anatol Liabedzka, the United Civil Party leader, has received a request for summons in the morning on January 30.

30.01.2015 Supreme Court dismissed Lohvinau’s complaint

The book publisher and book shop owner filed a complaint against the ruling of the Information Ministry for its denial to register him as a distributor of printed goods.

Democratic forces agree to observe presidential election

30.01.2015 Democratic forces agree to observe presidential election

A number of opposition organizations have signed an agreement to launch a joint campaign of observation during the presidential campaign due in the fall 2015. The coalition includes the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), the organizing committee of the party Belarusian Christian Democracy, the Tell the Truth campaign, the BPF Party and the Movement “For Freedom”.

Andrei Paluda: Crime must not be deterred through the death penalty, but through ban on cheap alcohol

30.01.2015 Andrei Paluda: Crime must not be deterred through the death penalty, but through ban on cheap alcohol

Talking to reporters during a press conference on 28 January, President Aliaksandr Lukashenka spoke emotionally about the death penalty. In particular, he mentioned several recent crimes that received a wide media and public coverage: “I am increasingly attracted by the fact that a person must be put against a wall for murder."

Harassment of anarchist continues

30.01.2015 Harassment of anarchist continues

Human rights defenders received information about a series of warning issued to activists of the anarchist movement. The activists were warned against violation of Art. 10 of the Law “On Counteracting Extremism”.

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