17.05.2013 Independent journalists receive repeated summons to Bialynichy police department
Yauhen Hlushkou, independent journalist from Mahiliou, is summoned to Bialynichy district police department. Another journalist, Alina Skrabunova, was not found at home and is yet to be summoned.
17.05.2013 Ales Bialiatski has no hope for early release
The imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski has no hope for an early release, spending all his free time in prison on creative work, Radio Racyja reports.
17.05.2013 Former political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou fined 3 mln
Judge Yury Harbatouski of Minsk Pershamaiski District Court heard today the charges brought against former political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou and fined him 3 mln rubles.
17.05.2013 Editor of state-owned newspaper in Mazyr warned over humiliation of Roma
Deputy Chairman of the executive committee of Mazyr district issued a warning to the editor-in-chief of the local government-run newspaper “Zhytssio Palessia” over repeated publications humiliating the Roma community.
17.05.2013 Observatory requests to implement decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the case of Ales Bialiatski
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders addresses the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs with a request to implement Decision of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the case of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski.
16.05.2013 BCD Hrodna member appeals fine
Siarhei Verameyenka, member of the Belarusian Christian Democracy’s Hrodna office, is appealing a fine to Hrodna Regional Court. On May 7 Judge Natallia Kozel of Leninsky District Court of Hrodna sentenced Siarhei Verameyenka to a fine of 2 mln rubles for alleged violation of Article 22.9 (par. 2) - illegal manufacture of printed products.
16.05.2013 Vitsebsk Regional Court confirms fine to activist Piotr Ivanov
Vitsebsk Regional Court has heard an appeal lodged by Piotr Ivanov to contest the ruling by Judge Valiantsina Kismiaroshkina of Pershamaiski District Court who fined the activist for allegedly providing false testimony against traffic police and disobeying police officers. As a result, the regional court decided that the decision of the district court was legal.
16.05.2013 Slonim school masters face forced subscription to state-owned press
On May 13 all the heads of schools and kindergartens of Slonim district visited the head of the education department of the executive committee of Slonim Tereza Yushkevich (pictured) to show certificates of subscription to the state-owned “Nastaunitskaya Hazeta” (“Teacher's Newspaper”), “Slonimski Vesnik” (run by the district administration), “Hrodzenskaya Prauda”, “Sovetskaya Belorussia” and “Znamia Yunosti.”
15.05.2013 BAJ represents Belarus in the European Federation of Journalists
On 13 May 2013 the Belarusian Association of Journalists became an official member of the European Federation of Journalists.
15.05.2013 BAJ demands Review Proceedings in the Cases of Arrested Journalists
On May 13 the public association BAJ filed official letters to the Investigative Committee, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Home Affairs, and the Prosecutor General, demanding to investigate the allegations of arbitrary detentions and arrests of journalists on May 7 and April 25.
15.05.2013 Prosecutor's office covers unlawful actions of KGB
The prosecutor's office found no violations in the actions of the KGB officers who had detained a Klimavichy activist of the civic initiative "Tell the Truth".
15.05.2013 Inha Abramava tries to find out which detention centers have women among their staff
Inha Abramava, a civic activist from Brest, applied to the Minister of Interior with the request to provide information which detention centers of Belarus have women among their workers.
15.05.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich cannot eat well
According to the head of the public association "Legal Assistance to Population" Aleh Volhak, the political prisoner cannot eat properly due to problems with his teeth.
14.05.2013 Brest authorities explain non-implementation of the law by organizational issues and lack of financing
The members of the Chamber of Representatives, elected by citizens of the Brest region, answered the inquiry of the electors who wondered why the agreement about the sdfsdf between Belarus and Poland still hadn't been implemented.
14.05.2013 Court shows no support to trade union activist
Representative of the Mahiliou house-building combine didn't manage to prove at court that Aliaksei Paulouski didn't do his work properly. Earlier the head of the personnel department of the Mahiliou house-building combine Ina Zahurskaya refused to employ the activist of the Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry Aliaksei Paulouski as he allegedly spent 80% of his working time on talks with workers instead of implementing his professional duties.
