News on the topic: detention
08.09.2008 Detention of activists of United Civil Party
On 8 September the police detained the activists of the United Civil party Natallia Shchukina and Alexander Protska. They were handing out leaflets with the appeal to citizens not to take part in the parliamentary elections.
08.09.2008 Detained 12 hours for ‘Boycott’ stickers
On 7 September the activists of the European Belarus civil campaign Ivan Amelchanka and Siarhei Makarevich were detained in the Minsk center for spreading stickers calling to boycott the oncoming the parliamentary elections.
05.09.2008 Minsk: ‘Young Front’ activist Vadzim Kaniauka is detained
On 5 September in Minsk the police detained the Young Front activist Vadzim Khanyauka.
05.09.2008 Hrodna: a leader of the Union of Poles Mechyslau Yaskevich detained
On 4 September Mechyslau Yaskevich, the deputy head of the Union of Poles in Belarus, was detained by the police and guarded to Kastrychnitski district police department.
05.09.2008 Hrodna: activist of ‘European Belarus’ gets detained for handing out newspaper
On 4 September in Hrodna an activist of the European Belarus civil campaign Yakau Perchyk was detained for distributing of the Vybor newspaper. The newspaper was dedicated to boycott of the oncoming parliamentary election.
01.09.2008 Police try to detain activist of ‘European Belarus’ Marta Maiseyenka
An activist of the civil campaign European Belarus Marta Maiseyenka is persecuted for dissemination of informational materials calling upon boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
08.08.2008 Journalists detained near House of Parliament
A photojournalist of Belhazeta Vadzim Zamirouski and another photojournalist have been detained near the House of Government in Independence Square today.
22.07.2008 Is “Long live Belarus” a slogan fearing regime?
Stas Senakosau, a minor activist, was kept in the police department of Leninski district of Minsk for 3 hours.
16.07.2008 Court recognizes detentions under the July 4th blast legally qualified
On July 15th and 16th Centralny court of Minsk heard the complaints against detentions of Andrei Koipish and Tatsiana Pekun. The young people were detained under suspicion of organizing an explosion in Minsk.
14.07.2008 Two Young Front activists detained on the border
On 13 July in the evening the police detained Artsiom Lastavetski and Piatro Ruzau, activists of the underground youth organization Young Front, who were returning home from Lithuania. They were set down from a bus. The customs officers checked the activists for a long time and even took away their flash cards. Then they called to the police, who guarded the activists to a police station.
14.07.2008 Police detain two activists of United Civil Party
The activists of the United Civil party Dzmitry Kavalhin and Viktar Piatrouski have been detained for throwing of an address of the democratic forces in the run-up to the parliamentary elections in postboxes. Secret services knew about the rally of the United Civil Party beforehand.
11.07.2008 Ales Bialiatski: ‘A civil intimidation campaign has been started against the background of the electoral campaign’
On 11 July human rights activists, relatives of the arrested ex-members of White Legion and democratic leaders held a press conference dedicated to the groundless arrests in connection with the blast which had taken place on 4 July in Minsk, at celebration of the official Independence Day.
11.07.2008 Vitsebsk: Barys Khamaida gets imprisoned as a result of provocation
On 8, 9 and 10 July the police detained Barys Khamaida for handing out independent press. Each time he was detained for two hours and then was released.
10.07.2008 Police detain Anton Koipish
As a result of a search at Koipish’s apartment the police confiscated a computer system block. Then Koipish was guarded to the investigative department in Sapiorau Street 7 in Minsk.
09.07.2008 Salihorsk: police beat ‘Young Front’ activists till they bleed
On 8 July in Salihorsk Pavel Batuyeu, Khrystsina Samoilava, Illia Shyla, Ivan Shyla and Andrei Tychyna were detained while collecting signatures for integration into the EU.
