News on the topic: freedom of peaceful assembly
03.09.2012 Brest: court upholds prohibition of picket for free elections without Lukashenka
Brest Region Court turned down the appeal of the head of the regional organization of the United Civil Party Uladzimir Vuyek against the ban of a picket under the slogan “For Free Elections without Lukashenka”.
31.08.2012 Mazyr prosecuting authorities back mass events restrictions
Mazyr human rights defender Uladizmir Tseliapun has received a reply from the district’s Prosecutor’s Office to his statement challenging the legality of mass events restrictions imposed in decision No. 1202 of October 12, 2011 by the district executive authorities.
29.08.2012 Brest court turns down picket ban complaint
Brest Leninski District Court dismissed a complaint lodged by human rights defender Uladzimir Vialichkin after his application for holding on 4 August a picket of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski was rejected by the city’s executive committee.
29.08.2012 Zhodzina pro-dem activists fighting for right to hold pickets
On 27 August, Zhodzina Town Court considered a complaint lodged by local pro-democratic activists Aliaksei and Sviatlana Lapitskis against a ban imposed on holding a picket “Freedom for Ales Bialiatski!”
28.08.2012 Smarhon court upholds ban on picket of solidarity with political prisoners
On 27 August, Judge Alina Kindra of Smarhon District Court dismissed a complaint by local human rights defender Ales Dzerhachou, who appealed a ban on holding a picket of solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners imposed by chairman of the district’s executive committee Mechyslau Hoi.
13.08.2012 Brest police pay interest to Malei’s solidarity race with Bialiatski
On 11 August captain Mikalai Selivonik, a police inspector of the Leninski district of Brest, phoned to human rights defender Uladzimir Malei and stated that he was to visit the police department in connection with his race along the streets of Brest on 4 August, on the anniversary of the imprisonment of the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski.
10.08.2012 Maksim Viniarski thrown in Moscow jail for supporting Pussy Riot
An activist of the civil campaign “European Belarus” has been sentenced to 5 days in custody.
09.08.2012 Fine for honest elections without Lukashenka
Leu Marholin, a deputy head of the United Civil Party, and his election agent Mikhail Vasiliieu have been fined for holding an election picket.
07.08.2012 Petition for release of Ales Bialiatski and all political prisoners passed to Ambassador of Belarus to Lithuania (video)
On 6 August Lithuanian and Belarusian civil activists gathered near the Belarusian Embassy in Vilnius to express solidarity with the well-known human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, detained a year ago and sentenced to 4.5 years of prison for work for the human rights in Belarus.
06.08.2012 International Solidarity Day with Civil Society and Human Rights Movement of Belarus (photo report)
Actions in support of Ales Bialiatski and all political prisoners in Belarus were held on 4 August in different countries of the world: France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Switzerland, Norway… We propose to your attention a photo report from these actions.
06.08.2012 Human rights defender appeals ruling about mass events
Human rights defender Uladzimir Tseliapun applied to the Mazyr District Court against ruling of the Mazyr District Executive Committee #1202 of 15 September 2011 concerning the holding of mass events. After the adoption of this ruling the local authorities started demanding that organizers of mass events concluded paid service agreements with police, medics and communal utilities and attached them to applications for the authorization of such actions.
06.08.2012 Navapolatsk: detention for banner “Freedom to Bialiatski!”
In the evening of 5 August an activist of the civil association “Free Region” Aliaksandr Drazdou was detained during an attempt to hang out a banner “Freedom to Bialiatski!”.
06.08.2012 Baranavichy: action of solidarity on anniversary of imprisonment of Ales Bialiatski
On 4 August, the anniversary of the imprisonment of Ales Bialiatski, local human rights defenders and civil activists held an action of solidarity with political prisoners. They posted and handed out leaflets with the demand to release the human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
06.08.2012 German MPs demand the release of Ales Bialiatski
Marieluise Beck, Member of the German Bundestag, and Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Vice-President of the German Bundestag, made the statement.
06.08.2012 Vaukavysk: activist detained for posters “Freedom to Bialiatski!”
Civil activist Vital Huliak was detained while posting leaflets “Freedom to Ales Bialiatski!” in the center of Vaukavysk. As he said to RFE/RL over the telephone, he did it in order to express solidarity with Ales Bialiatski, marking the international solidarity day with the civil society of Belarus.
