News on the topic: detention
27.09.2013 Zmena activist Pavel Vinahradau detained in Minsk
Pavel Vinahradau, activist of the Zmena youth opposition movement, was detained by police this morning, the Nasha Niva newspaper reports, quoting the activist’s wife Sviatlana, who wrote about this in her Facebook account. “30-40 minutes ago (around 12:00) Pavel Vinahradau was detained near his house by employees of Maskouski district police department of Minsk,” she wrote.
23.09.2013 Sister of inmate who died in prison appeals detention for memorial rally
Iryna Miranovich, the sister of Ihar Ptsichkin, an inmate of the Minsk-based detention center No. 1 who died under uncertain circumstances while serving an arrest, considers illegal her detention for involvement in a picket staged to commemorate her late brother.
23.09.2013 Homel pro-dem activists demand to institute criminal proceedings for unlawful detention
Homel opposition activist Uladzimir Katsora filed today a statement to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office and head of the internal affairs department of Homel regional executive committee to report on a criminal offense allegedly committed by police officers. In his statement, the politician says that on September 22 traffic police stopped a private minibus with delegates of a national conference for the creation of a coalition "For Honest and Fair Elections for the Sake of a Better Life."
23.09.2013 Homel police detain members of pro-dem coalition
Eight delegates of the founding congress of a collation called “For Honest and Fair Elections for the Sake of a Better Life” were detained by road police on Saturday on their way to Minsk.
16.09.2013 Gay rights activist taken off train, searched by customs officers
A gay rights activist was ordered by Belarusian customs officers off a Minsk-bound train and searched at the Ukrainian border in the morning of September 14.
16.09.2013 At least five people to stand trial for attempting to mourn man who died suspicious death in Minsk jail
At least five people who were arrested in Minsk on Saturday for attempting to publicly mourn a young man will stand trial on September 16.
09.09.2013 Babruisk blogger is threatened with a criminal case
The monitoring service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists found about an incident that took place on 4 September in Babruisk with the participation of a well-known local blogger Aleh Zhalnou.
09.09.2013 Vitsebsk member of “Fair World” got fined for leaflets
The Kastrychnitski District Court of Vitsebsk found the member of the Belarusian Leftist Party “Fair World” Andrei Andreyeu 2 million rubles for distribution of leaflets “People's Referendum”, which was considered as a violation of the Law “On Mass Media”.
05.09.2013 National-Bolshevik Dzianis Sakhar sentenced to a fine of 4 million rubles
On 5 September the activist of the National-Bolshevik movement was found guilty of disobeying the lawful demands of the police (Article 23.4 of the Administrative Code) and fined 4 million rubles.
02.09.2013 Illia Dabratvor to be tried for white-red-white flag
On 30 August in Minsk the police detained the entrepreneur Illia Dabratvor.
30.08.2013 Tell the Truth Homel coordinator urges prosecutors to punish police officers who detained him
Homel coordinator of the civil campaign "Tell the Truth" Valery Sliapukhin sent a complaint to the Prosecutor of Kastrychnistki district of Minsk on his detention that took place on August 24, when the police raided the campaign’s central office and arrested some 30 people, including a number of regional activists. The detainees were taken to the police department, and then released without charges.
29.08.2013 “Young Front” member Mikalai Dzemidzenka sentenced to 12 days of arrest
Mikalai Dzemidzenka was detained on 29 August, before the press-conference of Zmitser Dashkevich. This information was spread via Facebook by Anastasiya Palazhanka with a reference to Mikalai's wife. He was guarded to the Savetski District Police Department of Minsk and received charges. The trial over him started at 2 p.m.
26.08.2013 Echoes of story in Pinsk market: vendors punished, policemen get away
The police officers who brutally performed on July 7 the "cleansing" of street vendors near the mini market Zakhodni in Pinsk were acting in accordance with the law, but were "tactically illiterate."
26.08.2013 Over 100 participants of rock festival detained in Vileika district
According to a policeman on duty, the young people were detained for administrative offenses, however not specifying the exact charges.
26.08.2013 Police raid Minsk office of “Tell the Truth!” movement
About 30 activists of the “Tell the Truth!” movement were rounded up in a police raid on the movement’s Minsk office on the Saturday morning. All of them were released without charges after they spent more than three hours at a police station.
