The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

13.06.2012 Slonim: court fines beaten activist of Belarusian Christian Democracy

On 12 June the trial over Volha Pansevich, a member of the steering committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, beaten by police this April, took place at the Slonim District Court.

13.06.2012 Investigation committee refuses to investigate beating of teenager by police

The Investigation Committee refused to open a criminal case against policemen over beating a teen in the town of Kalinkavichy.

11.06.2012 Andrei Mouchan is accused of self-beating

Andrei Mouchan, an activist of "European Belarus" civil campaign beaten by police, visited the Investigation Committee.

01.06.2012 Hrodna police detain journalists and beat picketers

Hrodna police conducted a mass detention of journalists on 1 June. Journalist Andrei Pachobut has been detained and is kept at the police station in Kurchatau Street. Yan Roman has been detained. His mobile phone is switched off. According to some information, he has been taken to the Leninski District Police Department in Hrodna.

31.05.2012 BCD activist brutally beaten by police

Yet another opposition activist was brutally beaten by police.

Policemen detained Volha Pansevich, an activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party from Slonim, on her way home and took her into a detention facility.

28.05.2012 Brutally beaten Andrei Mouchan called to police

Andrei Mouchan, an activist of European Belarus civil campaign beaten by police officers, has been called to a city police department of the Pershamaiski district.

21.05.2012 Activist cruelly beaten for support of Kavalenka

An activist of “European Belarus” campaign Andrei Mouchan was detained and ferociously beaten by police in Minsk.

17.05.2012 Spokesman denies that KGB uses torture

A spokesman for the Committee for State Security (KGB) denied Thursday that the KGB was using torture against detainees.

17.05.2012 More Young Front activists detained

Young Front members Uladzimir Yaromenak and Pavel Siarhei were detained by Minsk police this morning, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.

15.05.2012 "Young Front" activists: detained, beaten, sentenced to arrest

On 14 May the apartment rented by the "Young Front" activists Mikalai Dzemidzenka, Zmitser Kremianetski and Raman Vasiliieu was assaulted by the riot police. The activists were beaten, detained and taken away in an unknown direction.

14.05.2012 Siarhei Trukhanovich fined 1 mln rubles

On 11 May the hearing of the administrative case of activist Ihar Trukhanovich was held in the Tsentralny District Court in Minsk.

10.05.2012 Salihorsk residents demand introduction of criminal liability for torture

Civil activists from Salihorsk addressed the Chamber of Representatives with proposals to introduce the notion of "torture" in the Belarusian criminal legislation, and criminal punishment for it. They also demand that the MPs start working out a law against torture.

08.05.2012 Vitsebsk dweller gets beaten and fined for watching Charter'97 website

An unprecedented incident happened in an Internet club at the central railway station in Minsk.

27.04.2012 Chernobyl Way protesters convicted in administrative trials

Minsk Savetski District Court has considered the administrative charges brought against seven protesters detained during yesterday’s Chernobyl Way march. Zmitser Shauliukevich, Mikola Dzemidzenka, Mikhail Muski and Raman Vasilyeu were sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest each.