News on the topic: detention
24.02.2014 Miory police detain Belsat journalists and BCD activists
Two correspondents of the Belsat TV channel were detained in Miory, Vitsebsk region, on February 20, according to the press service of the organizing committee of the party "Belarusian Christian Democracy" (BCD). The journalists’ names are not called.
11.02.2014 Man gets beaten by police for hanging out a white-red-white flag on his balcony
Viktar Sharshun was at home on February 8 when strangers rang the bell. They said that they were communal services workers. In fact, they were policemen. They did not introduce themselves and ordered Sharshun to remove the white-red-white flag from the balcony, claiming it was an unregistered symbol.
07.02.2014 Anarchy in Mahiliou detention center
The head of this institution Krasnou can not establish who is kept in the same cells with the people who are convicted for administrative offenses. This follows from his response to an activist of the United Civil Party Anton Kastsou, who was serving a three-night arrest for organizing protests against the introduction of a new tax on motor cars, "Stop Tax".
06.02.2014 Camera crew briefly detained in Miory
On February 6, in the evening, journalists Siarzhuk Kruchkou, Nasta Reznikava and cameraman Aliaksandr Patseyeu were detained for several hours in the regional town Miory (Vitsebsk region).
05.02.2014 Babruisk police “questioned” and “examined” blogger Aleh Zhalnou for more than 11 hours
Babruisk blogger Aleh Zhalnou was detained in the morning of February 4 and released only after spending 11.5 hours at the police department.
04.02.2014 Residents of Slonim ask authorities to permit shedding
They follow advice of police officers, who detained young people sledding down the hill on Friday.
03.02.2014 Food Not Bombs – Bone in Police's Throat
On the eve of the World Hockey Championship in 2014, which will be held in Minsk , the authorities are trying to suppress any grassroots initiatives and clean the streets from anyone who spoils the "image" of a prosperous and socially oriented state.
03.02.2014 Four people arrested at shooting of pro-Lukashenka film
People were detained for chanting “Long live Belarus!” and speaking to extras. A young man shouted “Long live Belarus!” on Nezalezhnasts Avenue during the filming of scenes for the propaganda movie “Abel”. He was detained by security officers.
28.01.2014 Minsk residents forbidden to feed homeless
Activists of the movement Food not Bombs were detained by the police in Minsk.
27.01.2014 Arbitrary detention legal, says Prosecutor's Office
The detention of activist Iliya Dabratvor was legal, says a reply from Minsk Frunzenski District Prosecutor's Office.
24.01.2014 Riot police attack picketers near Ukrainian embassy
More than 10 people were taken to the Tsentralny district police department.
13.01.2014 Anatol Liabedzka: detained, punched in kidneys and taken to Kurapaty
The leader of the United Civil Party spent seven hours at a police station. He was detained in the morning on January 12 and set free only at 6 p.m. He was taken outside Minsk. Policemen took the politician to Kurapaty memorial area and then to the city crematory. Only after that he was set free in the city district Viasnianka, close to his home.
10.01.2014 Haradok: political activist Leanid Autukhou detained due to anonimous denunciation
In the Haradok District Police Department Mr. Autukhovich was showed a letter signed by the word "Anonymous". The letter stated that he was preparing a protest action in the city. As a result the BPF activist was held at the DPD for three years, until the departure from Haradok of hte regional authorities who came there to meet with disgruntled local businessmen.
09.01.2014 Burglar caught in Vilnius KGB archive
A woman noticed a man trying to get out of a window of the Special Archive situated in the Genocide Victims Museum. The archive contains KGB documents dating back to the Soviet time.
22.12.2013 Biaroza activist detained for distribution of leaflets advertising “Stop-Tax” campaign
Plainclothes policemen employees of Biaroza detained on Friday evening Aliaksandr Kabanau and his brother Yauhen as they were distributing leaflets to support the campaign “Stop-Tax”.
