News on the topic: political parties & movements
15.03.2013 Freedom Day procession is authorized, but the use of flags and posters is banned
Minsk City Executive Committee authorized the meeting and procession in honor of Freedom Day on 24 March. However, the place of gathering was transferred to the ground in front of "Kastrychnik" cinema.
13.03.2013 BCD member got detained in Hrodna
As reported by the head of Hrodna branch of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, Mikola Bausiuk, Hrodna police detained a BCD member Siarhei Verameyenka who was heading to the party office in 48 Budzionny Street with a packet of leaflets.
11.03.2013 Public prayer under a ban in Baranavichy
On 9 March in Baranavichy, young activists intended to hold a prayer for Belarus. The action was organized by Christian democrats.
07.03.2013 Zhlobin: court reverses a verdict, but refuses to issue a copy of the appropriate ruling
Homel Region Court refused to issue a member of the "Fair World" Party Yauhen Basareuski with a copy of the ruling by which the verdict of Zhlobin District Court on his case was abolished.
07.03.2013 "Fair World" member Valery Rybchanka appeals to the UN against actions of Zhlobin police
Valery Rybchanka, a member of the "Fair World" party, filed an appeal with the UN Human Rights Committee against the refusal of Zhlobin District Court to admit perjury on the part of the local police during the trials over him in 2011.
05.03.2013 Uladzimir Yaromenak's case to be reconsidered
On 15 January 2013 Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk found the "Young Front" activist Uladzimir Yaromenak guilty of a repeated violation of the norms of preventive supervision and punished with 12 days of arrest.
05.03.2013 Minsk Region Court upholds drafting of Pavel Siarhei
The panel of judges referred to the absence of laws on alternative civilian service and the groundlessness of the draftee's statements that he couldn't serve in the army because of his religious views.
04.03.2013 Homel: prayer within the framework of "Solidarity Wave" held under vigilant watch of "observers in civvies"
On 3 March in Homel members of the the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party held a prayer in support of political prisoners and handed out informational materials about the Belarusian citziens who are kept in jail because of their convictions, civil and political activities.
04.03.2013 Brest: work of members of regional council kept in secret
Liudmila Dzenisenka, the head of Brest city organization of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World", received a runaround from the head of Brest Region Council Siarhei Ashmiantsau.
04.03.2013 Belarusian language is squeezed out of district state-owned press
Members of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party hold an action in support of the use of the Belarusian language in the pages of the local state-owned press.
27.02.2013 UN Human Rights Committee registers complaint by Fair World Zhlobin members
The UN Human Rights Committee has registered one of the complaints submitted by the Zhlobin members of the Left Party “Fair World” to challenge a ban imposed on a number of pickets by the local district executive committee in 2012. This was announced by head of Fair World’s district office Valery Rybchanka.
26.02.2013 Tax raid on BHC
Tax officers visited the office of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee without warning today. They handed in an order of seizure and/or distress of property and a notification on measures to detect the payer's property to committee head Aleh Hulak, the BHC press service reports.
25.02.2013 BCD website blocked
The website of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party has been blocked for Belarusian Internet users since 24 February, the BCD press-service reports.
25.02.2013 Six months wasted for Minsk Regional Court takes to rule in Young Front activist’s case
Andrei Tychyna, Salihorsk activists of the Young Front opposition movement, has finally received a ruling by Minsk Regional Court, six months after he submitted his appeal to challenge a ban on holding a bike ride. It wasn’t until the case was addressed by representatives of the central office of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee that the struggle of the young opposition activist with the judicial bureaucracy had been put an end to.
18.02.2013 Mahiliou Regional Court upholds KGB’s supervision over BCD activist
The Court of Mahiliou Region dismissed today a complaint lodged by Aleh Aksionau, local activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, to demand the cancellation of supervision measures imposed on him by the KGB. The activist says he is preparing a complaint to the President of the Regional Court.
