08.09.2010 About 50 oppositionists arrested before match Romania-Belarus

About 50 activists of the Speak Truth campaign were arrested by the police in Minsk at the Minsk stadium Dinamo. Those who came to the stadium were told to unfasten their coats. Those who were wearing T-shirts with the inscription Speak Truth (about 50 people) were detained. The civil activists Yury Aleinik, Dzianis Kobruseu, Aleh Miatselitsa and about 40 other detainees were taken first to the police room of the stadium and then guarded to police station #1.

07.09.2010 Statement of secretariat of Union of Belarusian Writers concerning detention of Mikhail Bashura

More than a month ago, on 6 August 2010, the member of the Union of Belarusian Writers, poet and editor Mikhail Bashura was forcedly detained. The investigation charged him with an ‘economical crime’ – the forgery of financial documents so that his wife could receive a bank loan. Ignoring the presumption of innocence and the possibility of a mistake, they charge Mikhail Bashura with the forgery of the certificate from the place of his work.

07.09.2010 Baranavichy: detention of Anatol Liabedzka and Yaraslau Ramanchuk

On 7 September, the leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Liabedzka and the presidential candidate of UCP Yaraslau Ramanchuk were detained at the central market of Baranavichy.

06.09.2010 Detentions of activists of Belarusian Christian Democracy

The Minsk police keep detaining the activists of the Belarusian Christian Democracy who are collecting signatures for returning St. Joseph’s church to believers.

01.09.2010 Activists of ’Young Belarus’ detained in Brest

The activists of the Young Belarus Yury Batsuk and Yury Miashkou were detained in Brest on 31 August for handing out Aliaksandr Milinkevich’s book lets in Lenin Square.

01.09.2010 Minsk City Court left Mikhail Bashura in jail

On 31 August the Minsk City Court refused to release Mikhail Bashura, an activist of Speak Truth campaign, from custody.

30.08.2010 Hlybokaye prosecutor’s office issues warning to opposition activist

Yaraslau Bernikovich, activist of the For Freedom opposition movement and member of the BPF party, was forced to provide explanations on the recent Larysa Heniuyush memorial festival held in the town of Hlybokaye, Vitsebsk region, and officially banned by the local authorities, Radio Racyja reports.

30.08.2010 Detained UCP activists released without charges

Two activists of the United Civic Party Aliaksandr Stsepanenka and Pavel Jaravik, detained yesterday at Zhdanovichy market for dissemination of leaflets, have been released without charges.

26.08.2010 Youth activist sacked

Raman Babrou, activist of the Young Belarus opposition movement, reportedly faces dismissal from work at a Vitsebsk private enterprise TimeColor, by order of the company’s manager Shcharbakou, the Young Belarus’ press-service reports.

26.08.2010 Young Front activist fined

Ales Kirkevich, deputy chair of Young Front Hrodna office, has been fined BYR 875,000 for distributing printed materials as part of the City is Ours campaign. He was detained on 3 July and charged under Paragraph 2 of Article 21.14 of the Civil Code.

24.08.2010 BYR 700,000 fine for street drawing

On 24 August Salihorsk Town Court fined two Young Front activists Andrus Tychyna and Ryhor Astapenia BYR 700,000 each for arranging a street drawing contest marking the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of Belarus’ independence back on 27 July, European Radio for Belarus reports, quoting a Young Front activist Aliaksei Valabuyeu.

06.08.2010 Young Front activist fired for civil activity

Yaraslau Hryshchenia, activist of the unregistered Young Front youth opposition movement, has been dismissed from work for involvement in opposition activities. The activist has been reportedly fired for contributing to an exhibition of political satire posters arranged by the Belarusian Popular Front Minsk office.

04.08.2010 Security Council states youth and Internet are getting “politicized”

In the magazine “Belaruskaya Dumka” (A Belarusian Thought) Top Advisor of the State Secretariat of the Security Council Ihar Paddubski has published an article “Some aspects of radical formations’ activities”.

“Despite of a low popularity of radical ideas among the young, none of the really active unregistered structures have stopped its activities voluntarily. More than 10 youth radical formations continue their functioning in the country,” writes an expert on political extremis, and theoretical and practical aspects of counterterrorism, how the author was presented by the magazine.

03.08.2010 BCD activist summoned for interrogation

Belarusian Christian Democracy Vitsebsk activist Ales Halavan was summoned for a confrontation with a robber who attacked him three years ago. However, the activist says a provocation is being plotted by the police.

02.08.2010 Youth activist Azarka faces civil charges

Nastassia Azarka, head of ‘Young Belarus’ Niasvizh office, will stand trial for violating residential care regulations. On 30 July she was summoned to Niasvizh town police department and officially charged under Article 23.14 of the Civil Code.