19.06.2013 Shchuchyn: representatives of Union of Poles sentenced to fines (photos)
Shchuchyn District Court heard today the administrative cases against the leader of the Union of Poles in Belarus Mieczyslaw Jaskiewicz and member of the organization Wieranika Siebascianowicz. Both were charged with organizing an unauthorized mass event.
19.06.2013 Prosecutor general defends death penalty
Opponents of the death penalty have resumed their “wailing” after the imposition of new death sentences, Prosecutor General Alyaksandr Kanyuk told the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
19.06.2013 Ministry of Internal Affairs promises to address flaws in work with citizens
Brest activist of the movement “For Freedom” Inha Abramava received a reply to her appeal to the Minister of Internal Affairs Ihar Shunevich, in which she drew attention to the shortcomings of the employees of the government agency.
19.06.2013 MFA refuses to recognize decision by UN Human Rights Committee
Human rights defenders Siarhei Housha, Viktar Syrytsa and Viktar Meziak received yesterday a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed by deputy Minister Valiantsin Rybakou, as a reply to their statement demanding information on the implementation of a decision taken by the UN Human Rights Committee on their complaint.
19.06.2013 Charges changed for Haidukou?
KGB chief Vakulchyk said Andrei Haidukou may be tried not for violating article 356 of the Criminal Code (treason).
18.06.2013 State TV reveals name of latest death convict
The state-owned TV channel “Belarus-1” showed a story, telling the circumstances of the murder of a student in Homel. It was committed by a 25-year-old Aliaksandr Harunou.
18.06.2013 Valiantsin Stefanovich petitions head of state TV company over discrimination of death convict
On June 1, the state-run TV channel “Belarus-1” in showed in a program “Secrets of Investigation” a story which told about the murder in Mahiliou prison. In this story, which told the audience about the circumstances of the murder committed by Ryhor Yuzepchuk and his accomplice, who killed their cellmate, in the context of the negative characteristics of the person that repeatedly stated his nationality.
18.06.2013 KGB and Interior Ministry launch probe into “physical violence” by Krychau police
According to the Krychau-based Volny Horad independent newspaper, the Interior Security Department of the Ministry of the Interior, as well as the KGB’s regional office, have launched an investigation into physical violence reportedly used by policemen at Krychau district police department.
18.06.2013 Amnesty International: Rygor Yuzepchuk could be executed within months
Amnesty International has recently learnt that Mahiliou regional court sentenced Rygor Yuzepchuk to death for the murder of a cellmate in prison number 4 in Mahiliou, his alleged accomplice was sentenced to 16 years. According to media reports the three prisoners had staked their lives on a game of dominos and the losing prisoner was strangled with a scarf on 5 July 2012.
18.06.2013 Andrei Haidukou's mother to witness in court
Vicebsk activist Tatsyana Sevyarynets has informed this to Euroradio.
18.06.2013 Salihorsk Prosecutor’s Office says threats of entry in foreign travel black list are legal
Salihorsk District Prosecutor’s Office took the side of the government in a dispute between local human rights activist Leanid Markhotka and the town’s public utility center.
18.06.2013 Slonim authorities ban picket of support to dismissed doctor
Slonim residents Ivan Bedka and Viktar Marchyk addressed on May 30 Slonim district executive committee with an application for permission to stage a picket on June 27 in support of a local trauma surgeon, Ivan Sheha. They recently received a written response from the committee signed by the deputy chairman, Viktar Kot.
17.06.2013 Police seize 10,000 copies of newspaper Nash Dom
Some 10,000 copies of the Nash Dom (“Our House”) newspaper, a thousand branded envelopes and other printed matter of the civil campaign “Our House” were seized yesterday by employees of Minsk Savetski district police department in one of the capital’s private garages, www.svabodaby.net reports.
17.06.2013 Salidarnasts launches Week of Political Prisoner campaign
The Committee for the Protection of the Repressed Salidarnasts launched today an information campaign of solidarity with political prisoners in Belarus under the name Week of Political Prisoner.
17.06.2013 Krychau district court rules against independent newspaper
The District Court of Krychau ruled today in the claim for “the protection of business reputation” by the Cherykau-based state-owned enterprise PMK (Mobile Mechanical Division) No. 280 against local independent newspaper Volny Horad (“Free Town”). The claim dealt with an article about salary payment delays at the enterprise. As a result, the court found the information regarding the enterprise as false, and ordered the newspaper to publish a retraction.
