News on the topic: detention
23.02.2012 Orsha road police detain BCD activists
On 22 February, Orsha road police detained four members of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, as they were going to Vitsebsk to attend the trial of local pro-democratic activist Siarhei Kavalenka.
23.02.2012 Homel riot police detain pro-dem activists
Three pro-democratic activists have been detained by riot police as they were celebrating people on the Defender of the Fatherland Day in central Homel.
22.02.2012 Pavel Vinahradau found in detention centre in Akrestsin Street
He is to be tried in the Maskouski district court of Minsk on Wednesday.
21.02.2012 Detentions ahead of Siarhei Kavalenka trial in Vitsebsk
Vitsebsk road police have detained a number of cars heading for the trial of local pro-democratic activist Siarhei Kavalenka, who is currently standing trial on sentence evasion charges.
16.02.2012 Radio Racyja journalist detained in Barysau
Alyaksandr Yarashevich, a Radio Racyja journalist, was detained by police in Barysau.
15.02.2012 Protestant priest Antoni Bokun appeals police assault on his house
The priest filed an appeal with the Maskouski District Procuracy of Minsk in connection with the assault on his house, committed by a riot police brigade on 8 February.
14.02.2012 “Young Front” activist Ivan Shyla detained in Minsk
According to the head of the “Young Front” Anastasiya Palazhanka, Ivan Shyla was detained by riot policemen – they pulled him into their car as soon as he went out of the PEN-center's Minsk office.
13.02.2012 Three activists of “European Belarus” detained in Dziarzhynsk
The activists of the “European Belarus” Uladzimir Dzenisevich, Anatol Zhuletnikau and Aliaksandr Tarnahurski were detained at 1.30 p.m. on 11 February, while trying to hang out a streamer with the inscription “Freedom to Bialiatski!”.
13.02.2012 Custom officers seize Andrei Bandarenka’s laptop
Andrei Bandarenka, the head of Platform organization was ordered to get off the train by customs officers when he was returning from Warsaw to Minsk on Sunday.
09.02.2012 List of detainees of Litvins’ club
Late in the evening of 8 February 2012 all 32 people detained in the Protestant Church “Ian the Baptist” were released from the Maskouski District Police Department of Minsk. Among them there were three under-aged – Vitaut Siuchyk and his schoolmates Kasia and Maryna.
08.02.2012 Two “Young Front” activists detained in Baranavichy
The Baranavichy police detained the “Young Front” activists Yaraslau Hryshchenia and Vadzim Vashkevich who were handing out leaflets with the diagram according to which the exchange rate of the US dollar increased tenfold for the last ten years. Moreover, as it is stated in the leaflet, the state debt of Belarus became six times larger for the last five years.
07.02.2012 Policemen searched car of “Vitsebski Kurjer” newspaper
A journalist of the newspaper Yuliya Kanaplyova was behind the wheel of the car.
31.01.2012 Former police lieutenant-colonel addresses General Procuracy
Viktar Malochka, retired police lieutenant-colonel, applied to the Prosecutor General, A.Kaniuk, with the request to hold a repeated check-up concerning his unlawful detentions in summer 2011 and false testimonies given by officers of the Salihorsk District Police Department.
30.01.2012 Vitsebsk resident Pyotr Ivanov: detained for leaflets, fined for “dirty swearing”
Vitebsk resident Pyotr Ivanov, a citizen of the Russian Federation, representative of the party "United Russia" and the activist of the civil campaign "Speak Truth," was fined 140,000 rubles for allegedly using foul language. He had been detained for handing out leaflets calling for solidarity with Siarhei Kavalenka.
27.01.2012 Human rights defender Aleh Volchak detained
The human rights activist has been detained outdoors in Minsk and guarded to the Maskouski District Police Department of Minsk. The reasons for the detention aren't known yet.
