News on the topic: detention
11.12.2015 Video blogger detained by KGB in Mahilioŭ
Yauhen Hlushkou, who runs a video blog about local events in Mahilioŭ, has been detained when filming a memorial sign outside the KGB city office a week before the official opening.
03.12.2015 Police apologize for illegal detention of activist in Mahilioŭ
Mikita Fartukh, an activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) in Mahilioŭ, has received apologies from a police officer who illegally detained him on November 15. It happened after the activist complained to the Prosecutor's Office.
16.11.2015 Campaigner briefly detained in Mahilioŭ
Mikita Fartukh, an activist of a campaign against Presidential Decree No. 3 “On prevention of social dependency”, was briefly detained by the police in Mahilioŭ, while campaigning outside the Radzima cinema last evening.
09.11.2015 Activist appeals unlawful detention and beating
Andrei Kavalchuk, an opposition activist in Brest, has written to the Investigative Committee to complain about an incident of November 6, when he was detained by police officers and taken to the police station.
30.10.2015 Kurapaty action participants stopped by police
An action in memory of the repressed people was held in Kurapaty Tract on October 29. Representatives of the Belarusian civil society took part it.
30.10.2015 Activists detained during memorial picket in Haradok
Leanid Autukhou, leader of the Viciebsk regional branch of the Belarusian Popular Front, staged yesterday a picket in the town of Haradok to mark the day of remembrance for the victims of Stalinist repression. However, the unauthorized protest was stopped by local police officers only twenty minutes after its beginning.
26.10.2015 Minsk police detain Ukrainian human rights defender for 2 hours
Ukrainian human rights activist Maria Yesenovskaya was detained in Minsk hotel Spadarozhnik on October 24 night, Lawtred reported on Facebook. Yesenovskaya was taken to the October District Department of the Interior and documents forbidding her to enter Belarus were presented to her there at about 1 a.m.
12.10.2015 5 protesters get detained, will be tried tomorrow
At about 8 p.m., five activists of the anarchist movement were detained not far from Niezaliežnasci Square in Minsk.
11.10.2015 Participant of protest action detained near Red Church in Minsk
The police detained a youngster with a white-red-white flag after the end of the spontaneous protest action near the Red Church in Minsk (Niezaliežnasci Square).
10.10.2015 Mahilioŭ: Investigation Committee found no confirmation of police abuse
Investigation Committee found no corpus delicti in the actions of the riot police in Mahilioŭ, who were accused of threats and humiliation of human dignity.
03.10.2015 UCP activist detained for handing out invitations to allowed electoral meetings in Homieĺ
October 2, an activist of the United Civil Party Siarhei Kasabutski was detained near the department store “Homieĺ” while handing out invitations to an electoral meeting.
03.10.2015 Detained activists of Movement "For Freedom" released without charges
In the afternoon on October 1 near the Botanical Garden in Minsk, police detained the activists of the Movement "For Freedom" Aliaksandr Osipau with the billboard of the campaign “People's Referendum” and the spokesman of the movement Volha Bykouskaya.
28.09.2015 Baranavičy: 30 football fans detained in picket in support of Tatsiana Karatkevich and against Russian military bases
On September 27, opposition activist Ryhor Hryk in Baranavičy staged a picket in support of presidential candidate Tatsiana Karatkevich and against the Russian military bases. The protest was held under a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag, as well as a flag of the independent trade union of Radio Electronic Industry (REP).
21.09.2015 European Belarus activist detained in Jeĺsk
Aliaksandr Rybachenka, an activist of the European Belarus opposition movement, was detained on Saturday in Jeĺsk, Homieĺ region. Police officers detained him when he was taking photos of posters calling for election boycott.
08.09.2015 Detention of protesters near Palace of Independence
In the afternoon on September 7, the real estate investors, who were defrauded by the developer Ltd. Valyń held another picket.
