News on the topic: detention
06.12.2010 Human rights defender Siarhei Rusetski detained on the Ukrainian border
On 5 December the Belarusian border guards headed by major S.Soika detained Siarhei Rusetski, a human rights defender from Biaroza at the frontier point Khatsislau. At first they checked his passport for a long time. Then they took it away and brought it to their stationery device. After this the human rights defender was set down his train.
06.12.2010 Don’t Maladechna police know anything about electoral campaign?
On 4 December in Maladechna the police detained four young activists who take part in the electoral campaign of the presidential candidate Ryhor Kastusiou.
06.12.2010 Masty: police demand explanations from members of electoral team of Vital Rymasheuski
In the morning of 6 December the local police inspector came to the apartment of Alena Davidovich and asked who had delivered the agitation materials of the presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski which she had posted in the town together with her friends.
06.12.2010 Distributor of Vitebskiy Kurier fined 700,000 rubles
Siarhei Kandakou was detained on 31 October while throwing newspapers into postboxes in block 5 of house 28 in Tserashkou Street in Vitsebsk.
06.12.2010 Andrei Sannikau’s wife searched at Minsk airport
Journalist Iryna Khalip, the wife of Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau, was detained at the Minsk-2 airport on 4 December night on her way from Budapest, where she had received a diploma of the Central European Initiative for her contribution in investigative journalism.
04.12.2010 Hrodna: another detention on the border
The detentions of civil and political activists continue at the frontier points of the Hrodna region. In the evening of 2 December the border guards detained Vital Huliak at the frontier point Babrouniki-Berastavitsa.
03.12.2010 Braslau: Kastus Shytal detained for handing out leaflets
The activist of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy was handing out electoral leaflets of the presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski in Braslau.
03.12.2010 Barysau: detention of activist of Sannikau’s electoral team
Alesia Yasiuk, was detained by police in Barysau. On 2 November in the morning Alesia Yasyuk was detained by policemen, while pasting a poster with the portrait of Andrei Sannikau at the Barysau railway station, in a place specially intended for that. The woman was taken to the community police office, where she was kept for more than half an hour, while policemen were discussing something over the phone. Then the detainee was released.
01.12.2010 Election-related detentions
The human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka was detained at Kamenny Loh border crossing point on his way from Lithuania with 10 copies of instructions for observes on him.
15.11.2010 Hrodna region: black list of ‘unreliable persons’ keeps growing
On 14 November the activist of the campaign team of Vital Rymasheuski Mikola Bausiuk was detained at the frontier point Pryvalka. He was set down the bus by which he was returning home from Lithuania and kept at the frontier point for about 2 hours. He was subject to personal examination. His belongings were searched as well. Mr. Bausiuk is convinced that such attention from the side of border guards is connected to his participation in the electoral process.
15.11.2010 Activists of Speak Truth detained for flash-mob
Activists of the civil campaign Speak Truth held a street actions You should Hide Garbage, Not Votes. They put black garbage bags on litter bins and posted on them stickers You should Hide Garbage, Not Votes.
15.11.2010 Police hinder distribution of Novy Chas
The police blocked the minibus that transported the circulation of the fresh issue of Novy Chas.
15.11.2010 Activist of Belarusian Christian Democracy detained for stickers
The activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, 24-year-old Anto Kotau was detained in the night of 11-12 November in the Pershamaiski district of Minsk where he was posting stickers with the word ‘Retire!’ He was charged with violation of the sanitary norms under Article 21.14 of the Code of Administrative Violations.
11.11.2010 Members of BPF Party filed inquiries with Hrodna Border Group
The members of the Belarusian Popular Front Vadzim Saranchukou and Yauhen Skrabutan applied t the head of the Hrodna border group colonel I.Butkevich. They ask to explain why they had been detained and subject to personal examination (Mr. Skrabutan had been detained at the border crossing point Bruzgi (on the Polish border) on 5 November, and Mr. Saranchukou – at Pryvalka (the Lithuanian border).
09.11.2010 Journalist detained for attempt to interview potential candidate for President
At about 2.30 p.m. in Vitsebsk the police detained journalist Uladzislau Staraverau who was taking an interview from Uladzimir Pravalski and shooting him on video camera. Mr. Pravalski didn’t even manage to answer any of his questions, as the detention was conducted in five minutes after the beginning of the interview.
