News on the topic: political parties & movements
08.08.2012 Mahiliou: ban on canvassing is referred to care about children
Pavel Shyshou, the head of a number of hostels including hostel in Tsimirazeu Street 11, required explanations from his subordinate, an activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) after learning that he was a member of the electoral team of prospective candidate Leanid Padbiaretski, and prohibited him to collect signatures in the hostel.
08.08.2012 Court doesn't know when to try Marholin
At about 5 p.m. on 7 August a police car stopped near the house of the deputy head of the United Civil Party Leu Marholin. The police presented him with summons to court for 10 a.m. on 8 August.
07.08.2012 Barysau: tax inspection demands that prospective candidate presented tax and income declaration
The head of the Barysau city organization of the United Civil Party Mikhail Vasiliieu received a letter from the tax inspection with the demand to present income and asset declaration for the last four years.
06.08.2012 Black PR used against BPF candidate in Pinsk
As soon as the head of the Pinsk organization of the Belarusian Popular Front Aliaksandr Ramanovich stated his intention to get nominated as a candidate for the Parliament at Pinsk election constituency #14, a denigration campaign was launched against him.
06.08.2012 BPF nominates 8 candidates in Mahiliou region
8 candidates for the parliamentary election was nominated at the assembly of the Belarusian Popular Front Party on 4 August.
06.08.2012 Barysau: police disrupt canvassing picket of a democratic candidate
At about 11.50 a.m. the police detained the deputy head of the United Civil Party Leu Marholin and a member of his electoral team, Mikhail Vasiliieu near the large Barysau supermarket “Vesta”, where they were collecting signatures in support of Marholin's candidacy.
06.08.2012 UCP member not registered as candidate on first attempt
When the member of the United Civil Party Uladzimir Maliarchuk made the first attempt to pass the documents for the registration of his candidacy for the Parliament to the election commission of the Vileika constituency, he presented a copy of his party membership card.
02.08.2012 Court turns down appeal of human rights defender Aleh Hulak
The head of the human rights organization "Belarusian Helsinki Committee" Aleh Hulak insisted that the court recognized as illegal the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice as a result of which he was prohibited to leave the country. Representatives of the ministries didn’t recognize the complaint and asked the court not to grant it.
02.08.2012 Nomination of communists: 40 from “Fair World” and 30 – from Communist Party of Belarus
The oppositional leftist party “Fair World” nominated 40 people as prospective candidates for the Parliament.
02.08.2012 Ministry of Justice threatens Belarusian Popular Front
The BPF party received a letter from the Ministry of Justice over “violations of requirements of legislation and the party statute”.
01.08.2012 Seriously ill Viachaslau Dashkevich fears he won't live long enough to see his son released from jail
Last week Viachaslau Dashkevich, a journalist and chief-editor with a long labor record, was visited by members of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
23.07.2012 Pickets for election boycott banned in Minsk
Minsk activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party Mrs. Nadzeya Iulskaya will not be able to stage two pickets calling voters to boycott the forthcoming parliamentary election, the BCD press-service reports.
23.07.2012 Lyabedzka removed from travel ban list
His complaint about the actions of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not been allowed.
20.07.2012 Consideration of Aleh Hulak’s travel ban appeal delayed again
The consideration of a complaint lodged by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee leader Aleh Hulak against foreign travel restrictions has been postponed till 31 July, after the human rights defender presented a number of supplementary papers dealing with the case.
20.07.2012 Salihorsk Young Front activist appeals bike race ban
Salihorsk activist of the Young Front opposition movement Andrei Tychyna has lodged a complaint against a ban imposed on holding a bicycle race marking the anniversary of the 1995 controversial referendum.
