News on the topic: detention
22.07.2014 Activist Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh detained in Homel
Opposition activist Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh was detained this afternoon in the center of Homel. The UCP member was taken to the nearest police station.
16.07.2014 Mahiliou police stop car and seize opposition newspapers
Ihar Barysau, a member of the presidium of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party “Hramada”, says police officers stopped his car and took numerous copies of newspapers. The party member faces a trial and a fine of up to 7.5 mln rubles. The publications were sent for examination, Radio Liberty’s Belarus service said.
04.07.2014 Baranavichy: entrepreneur Mikalai Charnavus is guarded by police despite hypertension crisis
On July 2, Baranavichy police detained individual entrepreneur Mikalai Charnavus after a visit to the Baranavichy City Executive Committee and a meeting with the journalists of a regional newspaper.
04.07.2014 Police hold preventive arrests in Minsk on eve of official Independence Day
After 9 p.m. on July 2, Chairman of the civil society organization “Initiative” Aleh Korban and its activist Uladz Siarheyenka were detained by the police.
04.07.2014 Preventive arrests on the eve of the military parade continue
On July 3 in the morning an activist of the United Civil Party Anton Zhylko was detained.
26.06.2014 Mikashevichy: Leanid Dubanosau released without charges
Trade union activist Leanid Dubanosau was detained in Mikashevichy on June 25. The reason for detention was his alleged use of foul language. As a result, he was taken to the local police department.
25.06.2014 Trade union activist Leanid Dubanosau detained in Mikashevichy
Leanid Dubanosau, an independent trade union activist from the town of Mikashevichy, has been detained by police and taken to the local police department, svaboda.org said quoting the activist’s associate Aleh Stakhayevich.
19.06.2014 Khotsimsk Prosecutor’s Office again justifies detention of candidate
Valery Karankevich, a civil society activist from the town of Khotsimsk, received yesterday a response to his complaint from the Mahiliou Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
18.06.2014 Police detain Tell the Truth activist in Babruisk
Yanina Ausianik, an activist of the “Tell the Truth” campaign, was detained last evening in Babruisk while collecting signatures for an initiative called “People’s Referendum”. She was then taken to the police station.
16.06.2014 Young Front activist searched at border
Ivan Shyla, an activist of the Young Front youth opposition movement, was detained for a search when crossing the Belarusian-Polish border on the night of June 12. As a result, the customs inspection lasted for two and a half hours.
04.06.2014 358 female sex workers detained during World Ice Hockey Championship 2014
358 female sex workers detained during World Ice Hockey Championship 2014
30.05.2014 Police detain protesters in Minsk
In the evening of May 29, Minsk police detained several persons involved in a picket under the slogan “Death to Kremlin Invaders!”, which was staged in the city’s central Kastrychnitskaya Square. All of them are activists of the youth public association “Alternative”, says the NGO’s leader Aleh Korban on Facebook.
29.05.2014 Over 300 oppositionists got arrested during IIHF World Championship in Minsk
Human rights activists did not know of the most political prisoners. Andrej Tkachou, a 28-year old fitness instructor and event-manager, tells in his blog how spent 15 day in the jail in Akrescina Street in Minsk.
26.05.2014 Human rights results of Ice Hockey Championship: Repressive machine shows its power in action
Valiantsin Stefanovich, Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, in his interview for spring96.org, tells about the human rights results of the Ice Hockey World Championship, which was held in Minsk from 9 to 25 May.
21.05.2014 Another detention in Minsk
Football fan Yauhen Manko, 20, was detained on May 8. The Savetski District Court of Minsk sentenced him to 20 days of administrative arrest. The young man is now serving the sentence in the detention center in Akrestsin Street.
