12.04.2013 Youth Human Rights Movement gets nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Norwegian Nobel Committee included the Youth Human Rights Movement in the list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize 2013. This network of organizations was nominated for the prize for educational and human rights activities in different countries. This became a peculiar gift to the human rights defenders on the International Day of Youth Actions for Human Rights, 9 April.
12.04.2013 Public viewing and discussion on film "Torture in Belarus. Apocalypsis"
On 15 April the Lithuanian cinema festival "Inconvenient Cinema" and the Belarusian Human Rights House invite all interested persons to the opening view of a documentary about tortures and cases of cruel and inhumane treatment of citizens by law-enforcement officers, and the following discussion with the film producer and its heroes.
12.04.2013 Salihorsk activists appeal Freedom Day picket prohibition at court
Salihorsk civil activist Uladzimir Shyla filed an appeal against the picket prohibition to Salihorsk District Court.
12.04.2013 Vitsebsk: holding of picket is hindered by... box
Vitsebsk activists received a letter from the ambulance, which refused to send a car to their picket on 12 April due to alleged business.
12.04.2013 Salihorsk authorities are passed petition for construction of new polyclinic
Almost 700 people signed the on-line petition for the construction of a new modern polyclinic in Salihorsk. Among them there are residents of Salihorsk, other cities of Belarus, and even foreign nationals. The initiator of the petition is the local human rights defender Aliaksei Valabuyeu.
12.04.2013 Civil hearings in Mahiliou: first dismantlement, then discussion
The local authorities are organizing "civil hearings" in Mahiliou. The local residents are proposed to discuss the draft of the construction of a complex of dwelling houses which will be constructed in the center of Mahiliou, in place of a baking factory in Levaya Dubravenka Street.
11.04.2013 Today is the second anniversary of explosion in Minsk metro
Memorial liturgies have been held in the Catholic and Orthodox churches of Minsk.
11.04.2013 Political scientist Valery Karbalevich gets detained near German Embassy
A correspondent of Radio "Liberty", political scientist Valery Karbalevich was detained while trying to get inside the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Minsk, where he had an appointment.
11.04.2013 Supreme Court issues registration dismisses appeal of "Young Democrats"
On 10 April the Supreme Court of Belarus decided to turn down the appeal of the "Young Christian Democrats" against the registration denial, issued to the organization by the Ministry of Justice.
11.04.2013 Private house of human rights defender Uladzimir Malei robbed by unidentified people
On 9 April 2013, the private house of human rights defender Uladzimir Malei in Mazyr, where he has been living since the death of his mother, was robbed. The thieves broke in through a window.
11.04.2013 BAJ Calls on the KGB to Withdraw Legal Claim against "Belarus Press Photo 2011"
The Board of BAJ today adopted the text of an appeal to the head of Hrodna region KGB Ivan Korzh, who initiated the court hearing on recognizing the Belarus Press Photo 2011 albums extremist. BAJ asks the KGB to withdraw the case from court.
10.04.2013 "Nasha Niva" publishes its 10 April issue with white spots to express solidarity with "Press-Photo of Belarus"
The private Belarusian newspaper "Nasha Niva" removed all photographs from the front page of todays issue and published a large heading: "Beware of Extremism!" on the front page.
10.04.2013 Yan Melnikau gets fined for white-red-white flag
Activist of the "For Freedom" movement Yan Melnikau was punished with a fine for raising a white-red-white flag on 25 March in order to congratulate his compatriots on the Freedom Day.
10.04.2013 Ministry of Justice admits that Young Christian Democrats really held their assembly
On 9 April the Supreme Court held a sitting on the appeal of the registration denial, issued to the civil association "Young Christian Democrats" by the Ministry of Justice.
10.04.2013 Hrodna region: new administrative trial for photos
A new administrative trial for the publication of photographs is expected to be held in Hrodna region. On 25 March the civil activists of the city of Biarozauka traditionally commemorated a general of the Belarusian People's Republic, Kiprian Kandratovich, reburied near the Orthodox church in the district capital, Voranava in May 2000.
