News on the topic: detention
10.11.2014 Dzetsiuki band get detained by riot police while shooting clip
8 November in Zaslauye, all members of the rock band Dzetsiuki and the shooting crew were detained while shooting a video clip for the song «Khloptsy-balakhoutsy» («Balakhovich's Guerillas») from the album «Haradzenski Harmidar» («Hrodna Mess»). All in all, 18 people were detained.
30.10.2014 The judgment in the case of a collector of signatures for a "National referendum": 3 days of arrest (updated)
Collector of signatures for a "National referendum" was detained pending trial under Art. 23.34 (preparation of holding mass events).
24.10.2014 Presentation in Hrodna: authorities will check not only the action of a writer but also a priest and publisher
In Hrodna local police officers foiled a presentation of the novel "Language" written by Victar Martsinovich
24.10.2014 The police again detained Vinahradau. As if they want to talk
Opposition activist Pavel Vinahradau went today to the police station of the Moscow district of Minsk for checking because he is under preventive supervision. But he still didn’t leave the station.
20.10.2014 Antifascists accused of defiance police officers
Four activists of the anti-fascist movement, tough detained by the Special Police Force on Friday, will be judged in Minsk today. They are accused of defiance police officers.
20.10.2014 Policemen seized journalist and cameraman during an interview with Niakliayeu
Police officers took cameraman Ales Lyubianchuk and journalist Maria Artsybasheva to the police station. Along with them is the ex-presidential candidate Niakliayeu .
14.10.2014 Andrei Kasheuski gets 15 days of arrest for “Freedom to Political Prisoners”
Smaliavichy activist and newspaper distributor Andrei Kasheuski was detained back on October 9 for walking near the central department store in Minsk (TsUM) in a T-shirt “Freedom to Political Prisoners” with the names of the prisoners on the back.
14.10.2014 Mikhail Miakhedka fined for attempting to get an audience with Chairman of Supreme Court
October 13 Mikhail Miakhedka, a resident of Minsk who unsuccessfully tried to get an appointment with the President of the Supreme Court,was detained by security guards at the courthouse and taken to the Leninsky District Court of Minsk. He was accused of participating in an unauthorized mass event (Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code) and punished by a fine of 2,250,00 rubles by Judge Aliaksei Kamushkin.
14.10.2014 20 books by Zianon Pazniak seized from Pavel Seviarynets
The books will be delivered to the Hrodna City Executive Committee for an examination, which is to figure out if the books are extremist.
13.10.2014 Hrodna: administrative case suspended, laptop not returned though
Hrodna resident Volha Krapotsina has received a response from the police bureau of the Hrodna Regional Executive Committee. There it is stated that the printed production, seized from the activist on September 19, was sent for examination, and the administrative case against her was suspended.
10.10.2014 Barysau: Belarusian and Ukrainian football fans sentenced to fines and arrest
As RFE/RL learned at the Police Bureau of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee, 41 people were taken to the Barysau District Police Department after the football match between the national teams of Belarus and Ukraine in the evening of October 9.
06.10.2014 Ex-political prisoner Aliaksandr Frantskevich is blocked at home
Since 6 a.m., police have been trying to get to the Minsk apartment where the former political prisoner Aliaksandr Frantskevich lives. The reasons remain unknown.
03.10.2014 Ex-candidate continues appealing his detention at polling station
October 2, civil society activist Valery Karankevich against filed a complaint to the Office of Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus.
03.10.2014 Activist of Belarusian Christian Democracy detained in Asipovichy
As reported by the press-service of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, a member of its organizing committee Aleh Masalski was detained while walking on the street in a T-shirt with a portrait of the political prisoner Yauhen Vaskovich. When his wife went away to a booth, he was detained by a police patrol which was driving by at the time.
03.10.2014 Pavel Vinahradau to be tried again
Another administrative case has been brought against the “Zmena” activist Pavel Vinahradau. Today it will be considered by the Maskouski District Court of Minsk.
