News on the topic: freedom of peaceful assembly
13.04.2012 Anastasiya Shuleika and Yury Khodus get their belongings back
The activists were detained during the opening of the memorial sign "River of Memory" on 11 April and held in detention during one night. On 12 April the Leninski District Court fined them 2 and 1.5 million rubles for "disorderly conduct" (Article 17.1 of the Code of Administrative Violations).
13.04.2012 Yan Dziarzhautsau proposes authorities to join organization of pickets
Vitsebsk activist of the Conservative-Christian Party "Belarusian Popular Front" Yan Dziarzhautsau filed applications for authorization of 6 more pickets with the three district executive committees of Vitsebsk.
13.04.2012 Court turns down the appeal of Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh
On 12 April Iryna Kavalevich, Judge of the Tsentralny District Court of Homel rejected the appeal of a police pensioner and demoratic activist Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh, who demanded that 9 mln rubles be exacted from the police for 3 days of unlawful detention.
12.04.2012 Activists, detained at memorial action, levied with huge fines. Their things got “stolen” from police safe
Anastasiya Shuleika and Yury Khodus, detained during the solemn opening of the memorial sign "River of Memory" at the entrance of the Kastrychnitskaya metro station in Minsk on 11 April, were sentenced to pay huge fines.
12.04.2012 Anniversary of 11 April terrorist act marked with detentions
Actions in the memory of victims of the terrorist act of 11 April 2011 were held in different cities of Belarus. Some of their participants were detained by riot policemen.
11.04.2012 Slonim authorities ban another anti-nuclear picket
Slonim District Executive Committee prohibited the local democratic activists to hold a picket against the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus. The official reason is that the application was filled in the wrong way. The organizers intended to hold the action on 26 April, an anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl NPP.
10.04.2012 Baranavichy: fifth picket ban this year
On 9 April civil activist Ryhor Hryk received a letter signed by the Deputy Head of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee Dz. Kastsiukevich. There it is stated, that Baranavichy CEC, being guided by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 12 December 1997 No. 114-3 "About Mass Events" (in the edition No. 308-3 of 11 August 2011) prohibited the activist to hold a picket in the old city park on 15 April.
06.04.2012 Minsk authorities ban LGBT picket
On 6 April it became known that Minsk City Executive Committee rejected the application of Aliaksei Kulik, activist of the human rights project "GayBelarus" Aliaksei Kulik for holding a picket "Day of Silence: We keep silent to be heard". LGBT activists intended to hold a picket near houses #8-10 in Mayakouski Street.
03.04.2012 Vitsebsk: Aliaksandr Kirylau not allowed to hold picket
Aliaksandr Kirylau, an activist of unregistered Belarusian Conservative Party "Belaya Rus", visited Vitsebsk City Executive Committee in order to file an application for picketing. However, the head of the citizens' applications department refused to explain how such applications are to be filled.
27.03.2012 Vitsebsk opposition activist sues executive officials
Vitsebsk member of the Conservative Christian Party-Belarusian Popular Front Yan Dziarzhautsau has lodged complaints with three district courts, contesting bans on holding pickets issued by the city’s executive authorities between 21 and 25 February.
20.03.2012 Orsha authorities ban another picket
Orsha town executive authorities have banned another picket applied for by local activists of the United Leftist Party “Fair World”.
20.03.2012 Vitsebsk resident fined for picketing in support of Siarhei Kavalenka
Judge Alena Tsyhankova of Vitsebsk Chyhunachny District Court has fined Alena Semenchukova BYR 175,000 for staging a picket of support to the imprisoned opposition activist Siarhei Kavalenka in the city center on 20 March, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
19.03.2012 Brest police stop authorized picket
Liavontsi Chypurnykh, Brest activist of the United Leftist Party “Fair World”, had to stop a social picket after he was approached by local police, who tried to search him.
17.03.2012 Activist detained in protest outside China embassy
Yauhen Kontush, activist of the Belarusian National Bolsheviks movement, was detained by police during a protest staged outside the Chinese embassy in Minsk on 16 March.
16.03.2012 Vileika Council member faces picket ban
Member of Vileika District Council Iosif Matsiun will not be able to hold a picket against violations of his Constitutional rights, after his application was dismissed by local executive authorities, www.vialeika.org reports.
