News on the topic: freedom of peaceful assembly
04.12.2015 Human rights defenders to stand trial for observing protest
Siarhei Kaspiarovich and Natallia Satsunkevich, observers from the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, received today text messages from the Maskoŭsk District Court of Minsk inviting them to the hearing of their administrative cases.
04.12.2015 UN Human Rights Committee registers complaint by ex-political prisoner Yury Rubtsou
The UN Human Rights Committee has registered a complaint submitted by former political prisoner Yury Rubtsou to challenge a three-day arrest for wearing a T-shirt with the inscription “Lukashenka, Leave!”, for which he was detained during a street procession “Dziady-2013”.
26.11.2015 UN Human Rights Committee registers complaint by Hrodna human rights activist
Human rights defender Uladzimir Khilmanovich has received a written notification from the United Nations Human Rights Committee saying that his complaint has been registered and taken into consideration. The case concerns an incident of 2013, when the activist was fined for a photo with a portrait of Ales Bialiatski.
26.11.2015 Report on the results of monitoring of a mass event on November 24 in Minsk dedicated to the anniversary of the referendum of 1996
The mass event on November 24, 2015 was monitored fully and in person by six observers who had been trained and marked accordingly.
25.11.2015 12 charged over protest staged to mark 1996 referendum anniversary
Twelve persons, including three journalists and two observers, have been charged with illegal picketing as a result of a demonstration held yesterday in central Minsk to mark the 19th anniversary of the 1996 referendum, a poll criticized both in Belarus and abroad as it dramatically increased President Lukashenka’s power.
20.11.2015 Minsk court fines opposition leaders Anatol Liabedzka and Viachaslau Siuchyk
The Court of Minsk’s Centraĺny district heard today the administrative charges brought against Anatol Liabedzka, leader of the United Civil Party, and opposition politician Viachaslau Siuchyk.
20.11.2015 Svislač court fines activist over memorial event
The Svislač District Court has fined Yury Hlebik 4.5 mln rubles for involvement in a memorial event held to honor the memory of the 1863 anti-Russian uprising participants, which was held on October 31.
05.11.2015 Liabedzka To Stand Another Trial
The new trial over the events in front of the KGB headquarters is scheduled for November 12.
04.11.2015 Minsk City Court quashes fine for peaceful protests
Viachaslau Siuchyk, the leader of the Razam opposition movement, has won an appeal to the Minsk City Court against the Centraĺny District Court, which fined the politician 10.8 mln rubles on charges of being involved in two illegal protests staged in Minsk on September 23 and October 4.
29.10.2015 Activist in Baranavičy fined for wearing prison clothes at work
The Baranavičy City Court completed yesterday the trial of local opposition activist Ryhor Hryk, who was charges with two administrative offenses.
28.10.2015 Court convicts opposition leaders over ‘National Flag March’
The Centraĺny District Court of Minsk heard today the administrative charges brought against opposition leaders Anatol Liabedzka and Viachaslau Siuchyk for their involvement in the National Flag March staged on October 10.
26.10.2015 Anatol Liabedzka to stand new trial
Anatol Liabedzka, leader of the United Civil Party, has received a summons from the Court of Minsk’s Centraĺny district.
23.10.2015 More people stand trial in Minsk over protest against Russian bases
The Court of Minsk’s Centraĺny district heard today the administrative charges brought against Belarusian Popular Front leader Aliaksei Yanukevich and deputy chairman of the Movement “For Freedom” Yury Hubarevich.
12.10.2015 Detained anarchists get released this morning
As learned by the HRC "Viasna", the five activists of the anarchist movement who were detained during the spontaneous protest event in central Minsk yesterday's evening, spent the night at the detention center in Akrestsin Street in Minsk.
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.
