News on the topic: political parties & movements
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.
15.03.2012 Brest authorities allowed only one out of three pickets
Activists of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World" intended to hold three pickets on 17 March in order to draw public attention to the implementation of the legal right to accessible accommodation.
15.03.2012 Preventive supervision established over ex-political prisoner Uladzimir Yaromenak
On 15 March the Pershamaiski District Court established the preventive supervision over former political prisoner, activist of the "Young Front" Uladzimir Yaromenak.
15.03.2012 Rahachou: Dzianis Dashkevich fired
Dzianis Dashkevich, a coordinator of the steering committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party in Rahachou, was fired from the Rahachou district consumer society.
15.03.2012 Political prisoner Dashkevich put into penal cell for 30 days
Relatives and friends of the "Young Front" leader are shocked by the number of days he had to spend in the punishment cell.
14.03.2012 15 pickets banned in Brest district
On 16 March activists of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World" intended to hold actions in 14 villages and the town of Damachava to express their protest against the ongoing increase of prices on foodstuffs and public utilities, which had an especially negative impact on the economical situation of pensioners and families with many children.
12.03.2012 Preventive supervision can be established over Uladzimir Yaromenak
On 11 March the Leninski District Court of Mijnsk found "Young Front" activist Uladzimir Yaromenak guilty under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Violations (violation of the rules of holding mass events) and sentenced him to 15 days of arrest for participation in a performance near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, during which unknown youngsters had thrown rolls of toilet paper at the ministry's building.
12.03.2012 "Young Front" members sentenced to long terms of arrest
"Young Front" activists detained in Minsk three days ago were tried at the Leninski District Court of Minsk. RFE/RL learned this from "Young Front" deputy head Anastasiya Palazhanka.
12.03.2012 Freedom Day organizers get first refusals
One of the event's initiators Viktar Ivashkevich has informed "Euroradio" that the officials are supposed to send their reply to the application which was filed on 23 February no later than on 20 March – 5 days before the event.
09.03.2012 Minsk: detention of "Young Front" activists
At about 8 p.m. on 7 March police detained "Young Front" activists Raman Vasiliieu and Uladzimir Yaromenka on Nezalezhnasts Square in Minsk.
07.03.2012 Anatol Liabedzka not let abroad
On 7 March the leader of the United Civil Party (UCP), Anatol Liabedzka, was told on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border he was not permitted to visit the EU.
06.03.2012 Police keep phoning to Raman Pratasevich
The pressurization of Raman Pratasevich, an activist of the "Young Front", continues.
05.03.2012 “Young Front” activist Ivan Shyla describes prison conditions
On 4 March, Ivan Shyla, the “Young Front” deputy head, was released from the detention centre in Akrestsin Street after 19 days in custody.
05.03.2012 Liavontsi Chapurnykh applies to UN Human Rights Committee
Liavontsi Chapurnykh, a member of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World", filed an individual communication with the UN Human Rights Committee. He asks the committee to consider the 5-day arrest to which he was sentenced for the distribution of invitations to a People's Assembly, as a violation of his rights.
02.03.2012 BCD steering committee sues administration of Culture Palace
The lawsuit of the steering committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party against the administration of the Culture Palace of Minsk City Tractor Plant will be considered by at the Partyzanski District Court of Minsk at 11 a.m. on 19 March.
