14.11.2013 Biaroza human rights activists fighting for right to stage pickets
Biaroza human rights defenders sent a letter to Chairman of the Brest Regional Executive Committee Kanstantsin Sumar with a request to oblige local authorities to change its decision on the procedures for holding street events in the district.
14.11.2013 Yarmoshyna tells about presidential election and ban on boycotts
The presidential campaign in Belarus will start in August 2015.
14.11.2013 Activist fined $500 for Dziady action in Homiel
Vasil Palakou was found guilty of “violating the procedure of holding a mass event”.
14.11.2013 Review-chronicle of human rights violations in Belarus in October 2013
October was characterized by consolidation and preservation of negative trends in the field of human rights, which have evolved over the last few months. A positive event, the release of political prisoner Pavel Seviarynets from an open penitentiary, did not change the overall situation and cannot be regarded as a sign of positive momentum, since his release wasn't a consequence of any steps taken by the authorities or a change in the attitude to the problem of political prisoners, but took place after the expiration of the sentence.
14.11.2013 Viasna supports guidelines aimed to define “political prisoner”
A guideline aimed to define the notion of “political prisoner” was presented at the Third Human Rights Forum held in Vilnius in late October.
14.11.2013 UN Human Rights Committee recognized violation of the right to life in Andrei Zhuk's case
Having considered the individual appeal of the death convict Andrei Zhuk, executed in 2010, the UN Human Rights Committee found that his right to life was violated by the Belarusian state.
14.11.2013 Hrodna resident Vadzim Tsiarletski sentenced to three days of arrest
On 13 November the Kastrychnitski District Cour of Minsk considered the administrative case of Vadzim Tsiarletski, detained at the central railway station of Minsk on 12 November.
14.11.2013 Review of the case of the death convict Hrunou appointed on 26 November
On 26 November the Homel Regional Court will hold a new hearing on the criminal case of Aliaksandr Hrunou.
14.11.2013 Police are given judicial functions
Administrative cases brought for appearing in a state of intoxication in public places and in the workplace, as well as for disorderly conduct will no longer be considered in Belarusian courts.
13.11.2013 Valiantsin Stefanovich asks Ministry of Communications and Informational Technologies
On 13 November the Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valiantsin Stefanovich lodged a complaint with the Ministry of Communications and Informational Technologies. He is seeking the disclosure of the authority by whose decision the organization's website was banned from the use in the state agencies and institutions.
13.11.2013 Minsk Regional Prosecutor's Office turns down Viktar Malochka's appeal against the actions of the Salihorsk district newspaper “Shakhtsior”
The Minsk Regional Prosecutor's Office didn't grant the appeal of the local civil society activist Viktar Malochka against the editorial office of the newspaper “Shakhtsior”, founded by the Salihorsk District Executive Committee. Now the activist is going to apply to the Office of the Prosecutor General.
13.11.2013 UN Human Rights Committee recognizes violation of the rights of Homel oppositionist
The Human Rights Committee of the UN acknowledged that the Belarusian authorities had violated the right of the Chairman of the Homel regional organization of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World" Uladzimir Siakerka to hold a peaceful assembly by banning the December 2007 rally to be held in Homel in disagreement with the abolition of benefits to the entire population of the country.
13.11.2013 Examination of the prohibited book by Ales Bialiatski abolished by the State Customs Committee until... a new examination
The member of the Board of the HRC "Viasna" Tatsiana Reviaka received a response to her complaint from the State Customs Committee. She appealed against the violations of the customs officials of the Ashmiany Customs Office during the appointment of an expert examination of the book by Ales Bialiatski “Enlightened by the Belarusian issue” and the violations on the part of the “expert commission” which concluded that the book "could damage the image of the Republic of Belarus".
12.11.2013 Head of Homel Regional Court directs the case of Dzianis Rabianok for a new trial
It took the activist of the United Civil Party from Kalinkavichy Dzianis Rabianok seven months to succeed in protecting his rights. Back in April he was attacked by Recall that in April this year by an aggressive neighbour who sprayed pepper spray in his face.
12.11.2013 International experts analyze the Belarusian legislation in the sphere of NGOs
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) prepared an analysis of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus on the non-profit organizations. This is by far the most thorough and comprehensive review of the Belarusian non-profit law and the legal environment of non-governmental organizations.
