News for June 2015
08.06.2015 Homieĺ journalists get fined
Freelance journalists Natallia Kryvashei and Kanstantsin Zhukouski, were fined Br3.6 million by Buda-Kashaliova District court.
05.06.2015 13 arguments showing that conditions in penal colonies are not "almost like in the army"
Lawyer of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Pavel Sapelka compares the challenges faced in prisons in Belarus with the Soviet and European practice and draws 13 arguments showing that present-day Belarusian penal colonies aren't “almost like the army”.
05.06.2015 State does not want to admit its guilt in illegal imprisonment of Mikhail Hladki
For several years already Mikhail Hladki has been seeking recognition of his right to compensation for materials and moral damages and prosecution of those who had participated in the proceedings in his case.
05.06.2015 Kryčaŭ District Court drops administrative case against Uladzimir Kudrautsau
June 4, the consideration of the administrative case against the publisher of the newspaper "Voĺny Horad" Uladzimir Kudrautsau, who was charged with libeling the employee of the main bureau for combating organized crime of the Kryčaŭ District Police Department Aliaksandr Dziameshka, finished at the Kryčaŭ District Court.
05.06.2015 FIDH: European governments must take action to release the political prisoners in Azerbaijan
One week before the opening ceremony of the first European Games in the history of the continent, FIDH calls on the European leaders to make the participation of their countries in the opening ceremony of the Games contingent upon the release of political prisoners and activists placed in pre-trial detention on trumped-up charges.
05.06.2015 Committee against Torture to continue its activities in Chechnya
This is the statement made by representatives of the organization at its Facebook account.
05.06.2015 Human Rights Humanitarian Mission launched in Kharkiv
June 4, Human Rights Humanitarian Mission started its work in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
05.06.2015 Škloŭ police watch opposition activists
Before Aliaksandr Lukashenka's visit to Škloŭ the local police persecute the opposition.
05.06.2015 BCD activist to stand trial for anti-alcohol posters
Activist from Slonim Ivan Bedka will be tried for a poster reading “Let's protect our children from alcoholism”.
04.06.2015 Investigation into the death of Ihar Ptischkin in jail sent for new trial
Zhana Ptsichkina has received an answer from the Office of Prosecutor General concerning the closure of the criminal case on the fact of death of her son Ihar Ptsichkin in remand prison No. 1 in Minsk.
04.06.2015 Freelance journalist gets fined 60 basic units
Freelance journalist Alina Litvinchuk has been sentenced to a fine of 60 basic units by the Leninski District Court of Brest.
04.06.2015 Homieĺ: human rights activist asks to recognize him a victim in criminal case
June 13, there expires the two-month term since the instigation of the criminal case concerning the fact of sending pornographic materials to the Belarusian state agencies from the hacked e-mail account of the human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka, sudalenko.mail.ru.
04.06.2015 IFJ Calls for Belarus Media Reform as New Law Takes Effect
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called upon the Belarus government to bring in radical reforms to media and to abandon the strategy set out in a divisive new law that came into force on 8 February.
04.06.2015 Repeated trial on case of publisher of “Voĺny Horad” starts at Kryčaŭ District Court
June 3, the repeated trial on the administrative case against Uladzimir Kudrautsau, charged with defaming policeman Aliakdsandr Dziameshka, started at the Kryčaŭ District Court.
04.06.2015 Statement of Freedom House concerning assault on HR organizations in Grozny, Chechnya
“The second attack in six months on Grozny office of the Committee Against Torture and destruction of property shows the Russian government to be either complicit in violence against human rights groups, or unable to ensure their protection,” said Susan Corke, director of Eurasia programs.
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