News on the topic: detention
01.07.2011 Mazyr: detention of Bulgarian and US journalists
The famous Bulgarian journalist, poet and translator Dimiter Kenarov was wrongly detained by the police in Mazyr on 29 June. The popular networking site Facebook developed an open community where information is gathered about his arrest.
01.07.2011 Brest: trials of participants of 29 June silent protest action
On 30 June Vasiliuk, a judge of the Leninski District Court of Brest, considered the cases against 8 participants of the protest action of 29 June.
01.07.2011 About 130 participants of silent protest actions were given charges
The police state that participants of the silent protest action “loudly cried out obscenities addressed to the police”. According to the police the action in Minsk gathered about 350 people, whereas human rights defenders believe there were about 1,5 thousand people. 269 people were guarded to police stations all over Belarus. 130 of them were charged with disorderly conduct, insubordination to the police or participation in the unauthorized protests.
30.06.2011 250 protesters detained on 29 June
Some 250 people were detained during the so called “silent protests” across Belarus yesterday. Minsk police detained over 160 protesters, including a number of journalists. Some of the detainees were reportedly beaten.
23.06.2011 Mazyr HR defender Tseliapun detained by police
Human rights defender Uladzimir Tseliapun was detained together with some 20 persons during a protest in the central square of the town of Mazyr, Homel region.
23.06.2011 Over 460 persons detained during silent protests across Belarus on 22 June
According to preliminary data, over 460 persons were detained during silent protests across Belarus yesterday.
20.06.2011 BCD activists detained in Navapolatsk on June 19
Aleh Kraiko,Illya Bahdanau and Andrei Dubrouski have been warned about the inadmissibility of organization and appeals for participation in unauthorized actions
16.06.2011 Aftermath of Network Revolution: over 240 persons detained across Belarus
At least 240 demonstrators were detained by the police last evening, as several thousand protesters took part in a peaceful rally “Revolution through Social Network” across the country on 15 June.
15.06.2011 Brest: detention of civil activist Ivan Stasiuk
"Ivan called me at 11.30 p.m. and managed to tell that he was in the Maskouski District Police Department of Brest. His mobile is off at the moment, and the duty officer of the department says that the youngster was not delivered there," said a member of the United Civil Party, Uladzimir Vuyek.
14.06.2011 Eyewitness tells about beating of participants of protest action at the border crossing point Bruzgi
An eyewitness said that policemen threw the protesters into the paddy wagon and continued to beat them there. The interlocutor of RFE/RL saw at least 10 beaten persons. He said that there were about one hundred of participants in the protest.
14.06.2011 Hrodna: participants of protest action at Bruzgi sentenced to huge fines
According to information from the Hrodna Region Court, about 15 cases were considered on 14 June. The exact number of cases and amounts of fines is still unknown. Participants of the protest rally against the unlawful customs fee, held at the border crossing point Bruzgi on 12 June, were fined 2,450,000-2,625,000 rubles.
14.06.2011 Hrodna: journalist Ihar Bantsar detained
Ihar Bantsar’s wife Anzhalika Arehva has informed Euroradio about his detention. According to her, policemen have not informed about the reason for the arrest. Ihar’s whereabouts are unknown now.
13.06.2011 Spontaneous protest of drivers at Bruzgi border crossing point
The spontaneous rally of protest against a new customs fee took place on 12 June evening at the border crossing point Bruzgi in the Hrodna region. The action was dispersed by the riot police with the use of tear gas and police gear. 15 protesters were detained.
10.06.2011 Minsk: police detained journalist with a metal detector
Journalist Aliaksandr Acharetny was detained in the Minsk metro. According to him, the police attention was attracted not only by the T-shirt with the image of the Chechen leader Kadyrov, but also with the metal detector he was carrying in a box.
09.06.2011 “Revolutions through social networks” held in Homel, Salihorsk, Mazyr and Babruisk
In Homel the protest action took place at the central square of the city at 7 p.m. on 8 June. More than 100 people answered the appeal of the Revolution through social network community in the social network Vkontakte by coming to the action. The majority of the action participants were youngsters, but there were also some elderly people. Following the conditions of the action the people brought no symbols and chanted no slogans. They just stood peacefully, talking to one another. The police didn't come to the action.
