News on the topic: torture
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.
09.04.2012 Forensic expertise confirms beating of Siarhei Kavalenka
According to doctor of the psychiatric department of "Vitsba-3" penal colony, the state of Kavalenka's health remains unchanged.
09.04.2012 Beaten "Young Front" activists sentenced to 10 days of arrest
Zmitser Kramianetski and Mikhail Muski were detained in Minsk on Saturday evening while waiting for a train at Kupalayskaya metro station. According to Charter’97, they were stopped for inspection because of a “Young Front” cloth badge on his backpack. There was a white-red-white flag and a cross of Euphrosyne of Polatsk on the cloth badge.
05.04.2012 Last trial concerning concert in “Yo-mayo” to take place on 9 April
Ihar Trukhanovich, detained and severely beaten on 24 March, during a Saturday concert at “Yo-mayo” club, will be tried for “disorderly conduct” as some other detainees.
05.04.2012 Ihar Sluchak cannot return to Estonia without documents
Ihar Sluchak, the founder of the civil initiative "Office Work in Belarusian" has received an answer to his appeal to the Supreme Court these days.
04.04.2012 Metamorphoses in the case of "petty hooligan" Sviatlana Viarheichyk
Police beat pensioner Sviatlana Viarheichyk during detention more than 8 months ago. Since that time she has been keeping correspondence with the law machinery, trying to restore justice and draw to legal account the officers of the Kastrychnitski District Police Department of Minsk who had inflicted bodily injuries to her.
27.03.2012 Complaint on torture against Zmitser Bandarenka submitted to UN
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has received a complaint with a request to investigate facts of using torture against political prisoner Zmitser Bandarenka.
