News on the topic: detention
28.07.2011 Two persons detained in Brest on 27 July
Two persons were reportedly detained during a “silent protest” in Brest last evening, as some 20 people gather in the city’s center, the BelaPAN news agency reports.
28.07.2011 Two women briefly detained after they lay flowers at Yanka Kupala monument in Minsk
Two women were briefly detained by police after they laid flowers at the monument to literary great Yanka Kupala in Minsk on the evening of July 27.
22.07.2011 At least 4 persons detained in auto protest against fuel prices rise
At least 4 car-owners were detained during an auto protest against another fuel prices rise staged in downtown Minsk yesterday. They were taken to the nearest police department and charged with parking violation.
21.07.2011 Detainee beaten and intimidated by unknown person
According to Anton Ruliou, detained on 6 July in Minsk and sentenced to 10 days of arrest, he was beaten and threatened with drug-related prosecution by an unknown person after he was taken to Minsk Savetski District Police Department.
21.07.2011 Over 10 persons detained at rock concert in Minsk
Over 10 persons were detained at a rock concert and taken to the nearest police station in Minsk last evening.
21.07.2011 Some 30 persons detained in “silent protests” on 20 July
Some 30 persons were detained during so called “silent protests” across Belarus on 20 July, with 20 protesters detained in Minsk.
20.07.2011 Minor Syarzhuk Aleksiyevich detained in Brest
He is in Lenin District Department of the Interior now and has managed to make only one phone call to a friend.
15.07.2011 Navapolatsk: “silent protesters” punished with fines
The Navapolatsk Town Court considered the administrative cases of the civil activists detained during the silent protest action on 13 July.
15.07.2011 Uladzimir Malei lodged comlplaint against his detention
On 14 July Uladzimir Malei, member of the Human Rights Center Viasna from Malaryta, lodged a complaint with the Malaryta District Procuracy concerning unlawful actions of the police officers who had detained him on 13 July in the evening.
15.07.2011 Hlybokaye: journalist is “advised” not to come to central square on Wednesday evenings
Dzmitry Lupach, editor of the Hlybokaye advertisement newspaper Prefect-info, was summonsed to the police. The writ was passed to him at the central square of the town on 13 July, during a silent protest action.
14.07.2011 Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich tells about circumstances of his detention
"I saw two policemen among the detained in the police bus. The people in the bus also thought that they were detainees. They asked them: “What have you been detained for?” And they joked: “Oh! We went out to drink some beer – and we got detained”. They lied to those people. It turned out that they were [policemen when we reached the police office. They are placed in police buses to prevent people from escaping if necessary. They were doing their job”
14.07.2011 Chronicle of 13 July protests in Minsk: people are sentenced to arrest
Policemen and people in mufti controlled the main places of gathering of protesters: the supermarkets Eurapeiski, Ryha, Chkalauski, Belarus, Karona and Niamiha. The Belarusian Internet providers temporary blocked the access to the social network Vkontakte all over Belarus.
14.07.2011 13 July silent protests in Belarusian regions
The format of the silent protest actions was changed (their participants were advised not to clap their hands, just to walk silently and set the alarm clock of their mobile phones to 8 p.m. to mark the end of the action). However, the places of gathering remained the same, which gave the law machinery the opportunity to prepare to them. The central squares of many Belarusian towns were fenced with iron tourniquets or blocked by the police.
14.07.2011 Navapolatsk: 6-year-old boy detained together with his father
On 13 July in the evening Aliaksandr Hrudnitski walked with his six-year-old son Yauhen in the park near the square where participants of the silent protest action gathered. After the end of the action, when the people started going away, the police started seizing some of them. Aliaksandr noticed it and wanted to come to their defense. As a result, he was pushed into a paddy wagon and taken to the Polatsk District Police Department together with his son.
13.07.2011 Mother of detained boy denied right to appeal detention of her small son
Volha Chaichyts received an answer to her complaint to the procuracy concerning the detention of her 1,5-year-old boy. Strangely enough, the answer came from the court.
