News on the topic: political parties & movements
15.01.2009 Under-aged Maksim Andreyeu to defend his rights
The 15-year-old Maksim Andreyeu, who, in defiance of the international Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Belarusian Constitution, had been deprived of his right to live with his parents and forced to undergo treatment at a mental hospital, was visited by a Belarusian Helsinki Committee human rights expert Pavel Levinau in Vetryn orphan boarding house where he had been sent by a decision by the Kastrychnitski borough administration of Vitsebsk.
15.01.2009 Young Front activist faces criminal prosecution for draft dodging
Siarzhuk Huminski, member of the Young Front movement, who was forced to leave Belarus due to political oppression from the state and has spent over a year in Poland, is now facing criminal sentence for draft dodging. The activist is officially wanted by the police.
13.01.2009 Schoolmaster threatens ‘Young Front’ activist with imprisonment
Recently an activist of Homel branch of the Young Front Andrus Kuzmin has been called for a conversation to the headmaster of his school in connection to his detention during New Year celebrations.
13.01.2009 The practice of using drafts into the army as a means of struggle against opponents is getting widespread in Belarus
The practice of using the army for isolation and pressurization of civil and political activist is revived in Belarus. First of all, such pressurization is used towards youth activist, the majority of who were expelled from the Belarusian high schools because of their civil and political activities and therefore lost the right to determent from army service.
12.01.2009 ‘Young Front’ activist Ivan Shyla is drafted into army
Ivan Shyla, deputy head of Salihorsk branch of Young Front, was found fit for military service. He was guarded to the military enlistment office.
08.01.2009 Baranavichy: UCP activist got fired
The administration of Baranavichy weaving factory did not prolong the labor contract to an activist of the United Civil Party Ryhor Hryk. According to the activist, it is connected to his political activities.
08.01.2009 Army drafting as a means for neutralization of political activists
Pavel Kuryianovich, activist of the civil campaign European Belarus, is threatened with being drafter to the army.
17.12.2008 BPF party activist detained, all information materials seized
On December 16 an activist of the Belarusian Popular Front Party Yauhen Soshka who planned to hand out the special edition of the bulletin of the regional party organization was detained in Brest.
16.12.2008 Five youth activists detained in Minsk
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16.12.2008 Prosecutor's General office issues official warning for newspaper article
The Prosecutor's General office officially warned Anatol Liabedzka and Mikhail Pashkevich
16.12.2008 KGB officers blackmail activist’s mother
KGB officers threatened the mother of Young Front member Yulian Misiukevich with expulsion of her son from university if she refused to appear on BT state TV channel.
16.12.2008 Decision about Ivan Shyla’s ability to serve in military postponed
The sitting of the medical commission, which is to make a decision about Ivan Shyla’s ability to serve in the military, is postponed again.
15.12.2008 Minsk: detention for distribution of independent press
On 15 December the police detained the activists of the Young Front Yuliyan Misiukevich and Aliaksei Savinkou for distribution of the Young Front newspapers Svislatskaye Recha and flags with inscriptions ‘Let MTS be in Belarusian!’
12.12.2008 Ministry of Justice demands explanations concerning activities of BPF Youth
The Ministry of Justice submitted to the Board of the Belarusian Popular Front Party the demand to present information on BPF Youth. In the text of the ministry’s request it is also said that all structures of political parties must be created on territorial principle. ‘Therewith, according to the information of the Ministry of Justice, recently the activities of a structure of the BPF Party – BPF Youth have started. In particular, on 25-26 October 2008 the assembly of this structure was held and its chairman was elected,’ writes the deputy minister of justice A.Bileichyk.
12.12.2008 Youth activist Ivan Shyla is illegally drafted to army
On 11 December the activist of Salihorsk Young Front Ivan Shyla received a writ to appear in the military enlistment office at his residence. Ivan Shyla was said a decision medical unfitness taken in November was cancelled, he must be drafted to army within some days and he had been put on the list of persons restricted to leave Belarus for that time.
