23.09.2013 UN releases Special Rapporteur’s report on Belarus
The General Assembly of the United Nations released the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus.
23.09.2013 Vasil Parfiankou sent for forced treatment
Former political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou has been placed in medical and labor dispensary No. 1 in the town of Svetlahorsk, after serving five days of arrest in Minsk.
23.09.2013 Brest activist sentenced to four years in prison
Brest District Court re-examined the case of civil society activist Vital Koush and found him guilty of plotting the illegal crossing of the Belarusian-Polish border by the citizens of India.
23.09.2013 Homel police detain members of pro-dem coalition
Eight delegates of the founding congress of a collation called “For Honest and Fair Elections for the Sake of a Better Life” were detained by road police on Saturday on their way to Minsk.
20.09.2013 Pavel Sapelka: “Self-inflicted injuries and hunger strike is the only "peaceful" way to protest in prison"
Mikalai Autukhovich cut his stomach while serving his term in prison in Hrodna, the website of the Platform Innovation human rights NGO said in the morning of September 19. Ej.by contacted Pavel Sapelka, the lawyer who defended Autukhovich during the investigation and the trial.
20.09.2013 Karim Lahidji: The principle of non-interference is a fig leaf covering inaction
The president of the International Federation for Human Rights is convinced that the situations of Iran and Belarus are similar.
20.09.2013 Baranavichy Ukrainian minority NGO sues officials over office
Civil society activist Mikalai Charnavus lodged yesterday a complaint with the Court of Baranavichy district and the city of Baranavichy to challenge the actions by head of the executive committee’s economy department Mrs. Raisa Ulasovich.
19.09.2013 Journalist Andrzej Poczobut to stand trial soon
The journalist’s respite will be over on September 20. He is accused of “slandering the President”.
19.09.2013 Babruisk court turns down claim by trade union activists
Babruisk District Court completed today the consideration of a lawsuit brought by members of the Free Trade Union’s office at the local plant of tractor parts and units (TDiA) against representatives of the administration of the enterprise. It was the third hearing of a claim lodged to demand payments of quarterly bonuses.
19.09.2013 Human rights activists: Makalaj Autukhovich transferred back to cell
A political prisoner Mikalaj Autukhovich, who cut his stomach open with a blade in the prison number 1 (Hrodna), feels allright. A human rights activist Andrej Bandarenka, the head of a private cultural and educational institution Platform Innovation, told BelaPAN about that.
19.09.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich cuts abdomen to protest harassment
Mikalai Autukhovich inflicted a serious bodily injury on himself, the Platform human rights NGO reports, quoting a confidential source in the Hrodna-based prison No. 1. According to the source, Autukhovich cut his abdomen with a razor blade in protest against the ongoing harassment from the prison authorities.
19.09.2013 Ideologists ban rock concert in Svetlahorsk
A concert of rock bands scheduled for September 21 was cancelled in Svetlahorsk.
19.09.2013 Biaroza court confirms picket ban
The court of Biaroza district considered yesterday a joint complaint by human rights defenders Siarhei Rusetski and Tamara Shchapiotkina, as well as civil society activist Tatsiana Tarasevich. They asked the court to reverse a ban imposed by the district executive committee on a demonstration of solidarity with political prisoners scheduled for August 4, as well as to recognize a violation of terms of replying (instead of July 30, as required by law, the reply was sent to the applicants on August 2).
19.09.2013 Belaaziorsk activist appeals warning in court
An activist of the "Tell the Truth" campaign from the town of Belaaziorsk, Aliaksandr Kuzmin, is appealing a warning issued to him for acting on behalf of the unregistered organization by Biaroza District Prosecutor's Office and supported by Brest Regional Prosecutor’s Office. Leninski District Court of Brest opened yesterday the first session to consider the activist’s complaint, in which he asks to recognize the warning illegal.
18.09.2013 Uladzimir Labkovich’s trial adjourned
The Court of Minsk’s Savetski district considered today the administrative charges brought against human rights defender Uladzimir Labkovich for alleged illegal picketing on August 5. However, the Judge ruled to adjourn the trial to September 30, after the key witness for the prosecution, policeman Smaliak, failed to appear in the courtroom.
