04.06.2009 Brest: youth activist Yauhen Skrabets detained by representatives of military enlistment office

On 4 June the activist of Brest branch of Young Front Yauhen Skrabets was detained near his porch by the police and representatives of the military enlistment office. He was pulled into a car and guarded to Brest oblast hospital for medical examination. His telephone was taken away.

04.06.2009 Investigation into case of political prisoner Dubski extended for indefinite term

Artsiom Dubski, a person involved in the ‘Process of 14’, is charged with violation of the rules of serving the sentence.

03.06.2009 Franak Viachorka placed to hospital

As said to BelaPAN by his father, the political activist Franak Viachorka has been put in military medical center #290 in Babruisk for complex examination because of troubles with heart and joints.

01.06.2009 Detentions of ‘Young Belarus’ activists

On 31 May Minsk police detained the activists of Young Belarus Pavel Nestsiarovich and Illia Shcharbinski.

28.05.2009 Zmitser Khvedaruk taken to hospital again

“Young Front” activist Zmitser Khvedaruk, forcefully drafted into the army, has been taken to the Belarusian Military Hospital.

The guy, who has problems with ear, is to spend 10 days in hospital expects the weekend, when he won’t undergo medical procedures, mfront.by writes.

It should be reminded that on January 28, 2009, “Young Front” activist from Minsk Zmitser Khvedaruk was guarded to the military enlistment office, and then to a prison in Akrestsin Street allegedly for serving a punishment for participation in a rally on May 1, 2008. It became known later that there wasn’t a court decision. Nevertheless, Khvedaruk had to spend two days in prison.

28.05.2009 Oppositionist expelled from university for graffiti “Freedom to Autukhovich!”

“Young Front” activist Pyotr Ruzau was expelled from Baranavichy State University.

On May 12, the student of the Faculty of Finance and Law got an appropriate order signed by the rector. The document says the reason for expulsion is “violation of internal regulations”, press service of “Young Front” reports.

Ruzau was fined for drawing graffiti “Freedom to Autukhovich!” on the wall of the meat-processing factory.

“KGB and militia officers have visited the university several times this year, they threatened to expel me for my public activity. The trial for graffiti was obviously the last drop,” Pyotr Ruzau told.

22.05.2009 Minors interrogated by police over Minsk blast

According to www.mfront.net, another under-aged Young Front activist has been called in for interrogation over the explosion in downtown Minsk on 4 July 2008. ‘I think the police are trying to fingerprint me in this way, just like they did with other representatives of the pro-democratic movement. The police together with the secret services are using the 4 July explosion as an opportunity to maintain illegal activities against the opposition’, says activist Stas Stesik. It is a second writ received by the teenager over the past week.

22.05.2009 Court turns down claim by BPF Hrodna office

Hrodna Regional Court has considered the complaint against the decision by the Ministry of Justice to deny registration to the Belarusian Popular Front’s Hrodna Regional Office. The interests of the party were represented by the BPF’s central office senior secretary Uladzimer Labkovich and member of the party’s Soim Yury Chavusau. The trial was bore a strong resemblance to the one held a few hours before, when similar complaint by the BPF ‘Adradzhennie’ was considered.

21.05.2009 Oppositionist Paliakou to be tried for participating in Zakharanka memorial rally

Yesterday, on 20 May, Vasil Paliakou, head of UCPB Homel Regional Office, was visited by a police representative captain Shukel. According to Mr.Paliakou, the conversation looked like an interrogation, for the policeman drew up a record and later charged the Politian with violating Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code for participating in an unauthorized General Yury Zakharanka memorial picket on 7 May in front of the building of Homel regional police department. As a result, Vasil Paliakou may face a fine or an imprisonment of up to 15 days.

20.05.2009 Panamarou’s property distressed again

The private house of Siarhei Panamarou, head of BPF Kletsk office, has once again been visited by court executors, who were to distress the property to compensate the fine of BYR 1,050,000 awarded to the politician for arranging a public meeting with Anton Astapovich, head of Monuments Protection Society, as well as a BYR 9,000,000 fine for tax evasion in 2006. According to Mr.Panamarou, the Superior Economic Court has made three attempts to distress his property, repeatedly finding there is nothing to seize.

18.05.2009 KGB induce Young Front activists to cooperation

According to Young Front press-service, a YF member Nadzeya Pekraskaya was offered collaboration by a number of KGB agents during a conversation at the Journalists’ Faculty of Belarusian State University. ‘They said they would help solve all my problems,’ said Ms.Pekarskaya. She also had a conversation with the Faculty Dean Mr.Dubovik, who demanded that the activist provided explanations on her recent arrest during the 7 May rally. As a result, the official said the girl would be expelled from the University in case she is detained again.’

15.05.2009 Minsk city executive committee ignores request of Party of Communists Belarus for accommodation of its assembly

As stated by the secretary of the PCB central committee Valer Ukhnaliou, Minsk CEC still hasn’t given any answer to the request of the PCB for accommodating a congress of the party. The request was filed to the city authorities on 12 April.

15.05.2009 Police disbanded rally ‘For Independence!’

On 14 May a rally of the opposition timed to the anniversary of referendum on changing state symbols and introduction of two state languages was disbanded in Minsk. Dozens of riot policemen with truncheons clashed with people under white-red-white flags.

14.05.2009 Brest: first detentions before ‘For Freedom’ March

On 14 May at 12 a.m. near the railway station in Brest the police detained the youth activists Mikhail Iliin and Andrei Sharenda for ‘identification’ and guarded them to Leninski district police department. The detained activists were heading for the ‘For Freedom’ march that will to take place on 6 p.m. in Minsk. The detention was explained by an anonymous telephone call informing the police about two people who were behaving like hooligans at the railway station and whose appearance allegedly resembled the detained activists.

14.05.2009 Pavel Kuryianovich gets fined for stickers

The trial over the Young Front activist Pavel Kuryianovich took place in the court of Pershamaiski district of Minsk.