News on the topic: political parties & movements
10.07.2008 Harassment of Alesia Yasiuk continues
The police and persons in civvies have burst into the apartment of Barysau activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party Narodnaya Hramada Alesia Yasiuk for a search.
10.07.2008 Ales Krutkin is expelled from Belarusian State University
The Young Front activist Ales Krutkin, first-year student of the historical faculty of Belarusian State University, learnt after he had returned from abroad, he had been expelled from the university.
10.07.2008 Youth leader Ales Kalita is drafted to army service despite heart illness
Ales Kalita, the head of the youth wing of the Belarusian Popular Front, has been found combat-fit for military service. Such a decision has been adopted by Mahiliou regions draft commission today.
09.07.2008 Salihorsk: police beat ‘Young Front’ activists till they bleed
On 8 July in Salihorsk Pavel Batuyeu, Khrystsina Samoilava, Illia Shyla, Ivan Shyla and Andrei Tychyna were detained while collecting signatures for integration into the EU.
08.07.2008 Hrodna: oppositional political parties nominate their representatives to district electoral commissions
The Belarusian Popular Front Party has nominated Vasil Korabau as its representative to Hrodna-Zaniomanskaya district electoral commission #49 and Anatol Khatsko – to Hrodna-Central district electoral commission #50. The United Civil Party has nominated Dzmitry Slutski to Hrodna-Northern district electoral commission #51 and Alexander Pahuliayeu – to Hrodna-rural district electoral commission #52. The Party of Communists Belarusian has nominated Pavel Samadzeyeu to Dziatlava district electoral commission #55 and Aleh Ramanau – to Shchuchyn district electoral commission #60.
08.07.2008 Hrodna: police pressurize opposition’s delegates to electoral commissions
On 8 July the police paid a visit to the resident of the village of Varniany (Astravets district) Mikalai Ulasevich, who has been nominated as a representative to Iuie district electoral commission #53 by the United Civil Party. The policemen asked him where he was during the blast which had taken place in Minsk, at the celebration of the official Independence Day. Ulasevich was not in Minsk during the tragedy.
08.07.2008 Salihorsk: five opposition activists are offered to give explanations on Minsk blast
5 Salihorsk opposition activists received telephone calls from police. They were asked to explain where they were on 4 July in the night and whether any of them visited Minsk.
08.07.2008 Kanstantsin Zhukouski is invited to a ‘talk’ concerning 4 July blast
Homel coordinator for creation of the public association Belarusian Christian Democracy Kanstantsin Zhukouski has been served a subpoena to appear in the police department of Tsentralny district of Minsk.
08.07.2008 Mahiliou: ‘Young Front’ activist Rastsislau Pankratau gets expelled from university
Rastislau Pankratau, first-year student of Mahilou State University named after A.Kuliashou, was invited to the dean’s office, where he was informed about his expulsion.
07.07.2008 Alesia Yasiuk is tortured by police
Alesia said to RFE/RL that she was in staying in the state of shock and called the police actions torture and mockery.
07.07.2008 Artsiom Lastavetski is expelled from university
Recently the Young Front activist Artsiom Lastavetski has been informed about his expulsion from the second year of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics.
04.07.2008 Youth activist gets to mental hospital for refusal to collaborate with KGB
Activist of the youth organization Civil Forum Artsiom Zabaryn was taken to the Minsk mental hospital for examination after he had refused to answer questions of the KGB offices.
04.07.2008 Pavel Yukhnevich is imprisoned for seven days
Pavel Yukhnevich, activist of the European Belarus civil campaign, is serving his 7-day arrest in the jail on Akrestin Street in Minsk since yesterday.
02.07.2008 More ‘Young Front’ members get arrested
The activist of the Young Front from Baranavichy Zmitser Stankevich was detained in the center of the city, near Lenin Square, while he was handing out leaflets with information about the political prisoner Andrei Kim. A violation report was drawn up on Stankevich. He was accused of petty hooliganism. On 1 June the activist was tried by court and sentenced to 10 days of arrest.
02.07.2008 Democratic activist Katsiaryna Manchuk is expelled from Mazyr State University
The girl was called to talks in the dean’s office and was asked to stop her public activity. But the administration of the university insists the girl had been expelled due to her bad results at the examination period, RFE/RL reports.
