News on the topic: freedom of peaceful assembly
25.02.2014 Salihorsk activist appeals ban on Human Rights Day picket
Uladzimir Shyla, a civil society activist of the town of Salihorsk, is appealing against a ban imposed by the district executive committee on a picket expected to be staged on Human Rights Day, December 10. A complaint was sent to the Minsk Regional Court.
24.02.2014 Homel activist may face prison term for solidarity with Ukraine
The police threaten a Young Front activist with a criminal case for an action of solidarity with Ukrainian pro-EU protesters.
17.02.2014 Hlybokaye authorities ban Constitution Day rally
The executive authorities of the town Hlybokaye, Vitsebsk region, has issued a ban on holding a picket to mark Constitution Day, March 15, referring to lack of service contracts from local medical, utilities and police departments. "Meanwhile, neither the doctors nor the utility service responded to our proposal to sign a contract," says one of the applicants Dzmitry Lupach.
14.02.2014 Hlybokaye: civil society activists apply for holding a picket on Freedom Day
Yaraslau Bernikovich and Zmitser Lupach applied to the Hlybokaye District Executive Committee for permission to hold a festive picket on March 25.
13.02.2014 Aliaksandr Frantskevich: Why do we need «Food No Bombs»
Minsk is so colourfull, invitations to the “holiday” with photographs of famous sportsmen are everywhere.
12.02.2014 Ryhor Hryk sues Baranavichy City Executive Committee
Civil society activist Ryhor Hryk filed a lawsuit with the Baranavichy City and District Court against the unlawful actions of the city officials, who unlawfully prohibited him to hold a picket and failed to timely inform him about the prohibition.
12.02.2014 Hrodna: UCP members are summoned to police
Chair of the Hrodna city organization of the United Civil Party Aliaksandr Vasilevich and some other members of the organization were summoned to the police for February 12. They were informed that reports of administrative violation had been drawn up against them.
10.02.2014 Are flaws in the work of the executive committee a fault of the post office?
The head of the Baranavichy organization of the Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry Ryhor Hryk learned about his “receiving” an answer from the Baranavichy City Executive Committee only from an answer of the Baranavichy interdistrict prosecutor's office.
07.02.2014 Aleh Ramashkevich warned for handing out newspapers in Vialikaya Berastavitsa
On February 6 at a local civil society activist Aleh Ramashkevich was invited to a meeting of the Berastavitsa District Election Commission, and later – to a meeting of a constituency election commission.
07.02.2014 Anarchy in Mahiliou detention center
The head of this institution Krasnou can not establish who is kept in the same cells with the people who are convicted for administrative offenses. This follows from his response to an activist of the United Civil Party Anton Kastsou, who was serving a three-night arrest for organizing protests against the introduction of a new tax on motor cars, "Stop Tax".
06.02.2014 Ihar Pastnou: by banning pickets the authorities push people to active protests
The psychiatrist failed to challenge the ban on a picket in memory of victims of police brutality.
05.02.2014 Brest police pressurize participants of electoral pickets
As stated by Chairman of the Brest regional branch of the United Civil Party, Uladzimir Vuyek, the day after the electoral picket of the UCP candidate Dyiana Kastsiukovich, held on January 30, he received a subpoena to the police station.
04.02.2014 Vital Rymasheuski is summoned to police
Co-chair of the organizing committee of the party "Belarusian Christian Democracy" Vital Rymashevski has received a subpoena to the Savetski District Police Department of Minsk for February 7.
04.02.2014 Residents of Slonim ask authorities to permit shedding
They follow advice of police officers, who detained young people sledding down the hill on Friday.
04.02.2014 Hlybokaye activists bid for Constitution Day picket
The action is organized by the local civil society activists Yaraslau Bernikovich and Zmitser Lupach, who decided to run for the regional and the district council at the current elections.
