News on the topic: freedom of peaceful assembly
31.10.2012 Babruisk activists campaign to rename streets in honor of repressed writers
Mrs. Volha Pimanava, civil activist from the city of Babruisk, Mahiliou region, has launched a campaign to collect petitions in effort to rename the city’s streets in honor of two natives of Babruisk – writers Barys Mikulich and Siarhei Hrakhouski – who became victims of the Stalin-era political repression.
30.10.2012 Victims of political repression remembered in Babruisk
Some 50 residents of the city of Babruisk came yesterday to local office of the United Civil Party to remember the victims of Soviet political repression. The event was preceded by the laying of flowers to the monument dedicated to the victims of the Stalin-era Great Purge.
26.10.2012 Brest human rights defender appeals violations at UN Human Rights Committee
Human rights defender Uladzimir Vialichkin has submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee to challenge a ban on holding a picket in support of the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski.
19.10.2012 Berlin activists say NO to death penalty in Belarus
An action against the death penalty in Belarus was held in Berlin on the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October.
19.10.2012 BCD campaigns for amending Healthcare Code
The activists of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party have addressed the Council of Ministers, Healthcare Ministry and the House of Representatives with over 2,000 signatures under a petition calling to amend the current Healthcare Code.
19.10.2012 “No to the Death Penalty!” in Mahiliou
An awareness-raising action against the death penalty was held in Mahiliou. The event was expected to be held on the eve of the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October. However, the volunteers who distributed stickers and posters of the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” campaign were detained by the police.
12.10.2012 Democratic activists sentenced to 5 days of arrest for action against state propaganda
As stated to RFE/RL by Bolha Burnevich, the leader of the youth initiative “Alternative” Aleh Korban and an activist Uladzimir Siarheyeu were detained for an action against the propaganda on Belarusian TV.
12.10.2012 Marathon race for freedom of Ales Bialiatski (photos)
The human rights defender Uladzimir Malei regularly reminds the society about the imprisoned head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski during marathon races, not only in Belarus but also abroad.
12.10.2012 Leaflets in support of Ales Bialiatski posted in Slonim
Members of the Slonim democratic association held an action in support of the imprisoned human rights defender Ales Bialiatski.
11.10.2012 Minsk: human rights defenders show “Departed on Sentence”
On 10 October, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, Belarusian human rights defenders held the first run of the documentary “Departed on Sentence”.
10.10.2012 Baranavichy human rights activists hold street action on World Day against the Death Penalty
On 10 October the Baranavichy human rights defenders and civil activists marked the World Day against the Death Penalty.
10.10.2012 "Cause of Death __" documentary shown in Mahiliou
The showing, organized by the local human rights defenders, wasdated to the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October.
10.10.2012 Streamers “NO to Death Penalty” appeared in the center of Minsk
Youth activists hanged out the banners to mark the World Day against the Death Penalty and draw the public attention to the problem of the ongoing use of this kind of punishment.
09.10.2012 Detentions on Kastrychnitskaya Square in Minsk
The cameraman of “Nasha Niva” Tatsiana Haurylchyk was detained why videoing an art performance on the Kastrychnitskaya Square in Minsk.
08.10.2012 Minsk police: violence was used towards picketers, not towards photographer Hryts
The photo correspondent for Associated Press Siarhei Hryts was denied in bringing a criminal case on the fact of the beating.
