News on the topic: detention
18.09.2012 Minsk police detain youth activists and journalists
Four activists of the Zmena youth wing of the Tell the Truth campaign have been detained this afternoon in Minsk.
17.09.2012 Hrodna police detain and charge Arche editor Valery Bulhakau
Valery Bulhakau, editor-in-chief of the Arche intellectual magazine, was detained during a presentation in Hrodna on 15 September.
14.09.2012 BCD activist detained in Brest
Zmitser Shurkhai, activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, was detained last evening at Brest central bus station.
12.09.2012 Viasna’s lawyers on new “creative idea” by police
For quite a long time now, the harassment of activists of pro-democratic public organizations through charging them with an administrative offence has been to human rights defenders some kind of a "standard": people keep being taken to courts almost every day. Of especially concern to the human rights defenders is the traditional sentencing of activists and participants of peaceful rallies on charges of "petty hooliganism" (Art. 17.1 of the Administrative Code).
07.09.2012 Another activist of Tell the Truth detained in Minsk
Aliaksandr Artsybashau, activist of the Tell the Truth civil campaign, has been detained this afternoon outside his house in Minsk.
07.09.2012 Former political prisoner Pavel Vinahradau detained in Minsk
Pavel Vinahradau, activist of the Tell the Truth civil campaign, was detained in Minsk this morning.
03.09.2012 Smarhon: trial of participants of action in memory of Rastsislau Lapitski
On 2 September civil activists of Smarhon marked an anniversary of the birth of the head of thena national underground resistance movement in Smarhon and Vialeika Rastsislau Lapitski, whom the Soviet authorities had executed by shooting in 1950.
31.08.2012 Crackdown on social networks: interrogations, searches, arrests
Pavel Yeutsikhiyeu, moderator of an online community detained by Minsk police yesterday, has stood trial on disorderly conduct charges and sentenced to five days of arrest.
30.08.2012 Minsk police detain moderators of social networks’ communities
Minsk police have detained a number of moderators of online opposition communities, including Raman Pratasevich, Andrei Tkachou, Siarhei Biaspaly and Pavel Yeutsikheyeu.
28.08.2012 BCD Secretary Dzianis Sadouski sentenced to 10 days' arrest
Dzianis Sadouski, Secretary of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, has been detained by Minsk police this afternoon, as he was transporting printed materials campaigning for election boycott.
27.08.2012 Riot policemen with guns capture Ukhnaleu’s car
The car of Deputy Chairman of the party "Fair World" and the candidate to deputies was stopped by the security services.
23.08.2012 Young Front activist Mikola Dzemidzenka detained in Minsk
Mikola Dzemidzenka, activist of the Young Front youth opposition movement, was detained by Minsk police last evening, the Young Front’s press-service reports.
22.08.2012 "Hunt" on activists of "European Belarus"
On august 22, about 11 a.m., at the central railway station in Minsk police has detained Mogilev activist of "European Belarus" Victar Boldin.
22.08.2012 European Belarus activist detained in Minsk centre
An activist of European Belarus civil campaign, Alyaksei Tyoply, was detained in Minsk about an hour ago.
20.08.2012 Homel police detain distributor of independent press
Aliaksandr Protska, distributor of the Novy Chas independent newspaper, has been detained by Homel police outside the city’s central railway station at about 9 a.m.
