News on the topic: legislation
08.10.2013 Amendments to the Electoral legislation condemned by 12 political parties and movements
The leader of the civil campaign "Tell the Truth" Uladzimir Niakliayeu believes that the amendments to the electoral laws do not allow to make the elections free, fair or transparent.
06.10.2013 Mahiliou policeman works dishonestly
In Mahiliou, police officer Kavaliou forged a report according to which the social activist Natallia Samakhvalava allegedly refused to meet with him to testify conerning her appeal to the Presidential Administration.
06.10.2013 Doesn't the lawyer ofthe Biaroza District Executive Committee watch changes in the legislation?
Biaroza human rights defenders are unable to enter into a contract for the serving of their picket on 10 October by the Biaroza District Police Department.
06.10.2013 Mahiliou MPs awake only after appeals to the Parliament and the prosecutor's office
The members of the House of Representatives Aliaksandr Razganau and Eduard Siankevich submitted their answers to the collecctive appeals of the Mahiliou citizens concerning the initiation of hte Law “On Public Hearings” by the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) only in 3.5 months.
30.09.2013 MPs violate Law “On Public Appeals”
On August 9, 2013, Salihorsk activist of the United Civil Party Viktar Malochka sent to the House of Representatives an address to the deputies from Salihorsk constituencies, Yauhen Abalenski and Taisia Danilevich. The petitions were received on August 12, as evidenced by signatures on the message of mail delivery. Despite the period of one month allocated by the law for processing petitions, Viktar Malochka has not yet received a response from the deputies.
30.09.2013 Homel: new mass events rules – old problems for organizers
In early September, a new decision of Homel city executive committee on mass events came into force. The authorities say that it is meant to “expand the list of places for public events, as well as to improve the interaction between the organizers of public events and local authorities.” However, although the number of locations has increased (two sites instead of one), they are located in places that will make potential participants in the pickets or rallies hire a vehicle to travel to the locations.
13.09.2013 Mahiliou activists of Belarusian Social Democratic Party want to bring MPs to justice
After collective appeals have benn sent to four MPs representing Mahiliou, two of them, Aliaksandr Razganau and Eduard Siankevich, didn't consider it as necessary to give an answer to the activist.
12.09.2013 Mahiliou resident tried to get an audience with the head of the Mahiliou Regional Executive Committee through court
On 11 September Valiantsina Tarasava, Judge of the Leninski District Court of Mahiliou, considered an appeal aggainst the activities of the duty officials of the Mahiliou Regional Executive Committee concerning the refusal of the head of the executive committee Piatro Rudnik to accept him.
06.09.2013 What for has Homel City Executive Committee adopted a new ruling on mass events?
The Homel City Executive Committee adopted a new ruling “On Mass Events” which came into force on 5 September.
27.08.2013 Vitsebsk BPF leader petitions Parliament over plans to outlaw election boycott campaigning
Leanid Autukhou, Vitsebsk leader of the Belarusian Popular Front, sent a statement to the Legislation Commission of the House of Representatives.
21.08.2013 Pavel Sapelka on preventive supervision: "It is not the crime that is punished, but the reluctance to demonstrate loyalty to police requirements"
For jurisprudence, of prime significance is the challenge of providing post-penitentiary adaptation of convicts and preventing repeated crimes. In the absence of a consistent government policy for the re-socialization and social integration of those who are released after serving their sentence in prison, they face social and psychological degradation, resulting in possible increase in repeated crimes.
16.08.2013 Salihorsk civil society activist petitions Constitutional Court
Salihorsk civil society activist Uladzimir Shyla considers it necessary to change the practice of executive agencies and courts of general jurisdiction in their repeated bans on public events. Last year alone, the activist received 37 bans on his applications. To change this situation, he submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court.
13.08.2013 Prosecutor's office issues an instruction to the head of the Rechytsa Council
Rechytsa District Prosecutor's Office issued an instruction to the head of the Rechytsa District Council of Deputies Mikhail Bayaryn on elimination of violations of the Law “On Applications of Citizens and Legal Entities”. This was reported by an activist of "Tell the Truth!" Aleh Shabetnik.
13.08.2013 Prosecutor's office refuses to react to a collective appeal on the Milavidy festival
Human rights activist Siarhei Housha received a letter signed by the acting Baranavichy inter-district prosecutor P. Navitski, in which it is stated that the collective appeal of citizens in the case of the Milavidy festival was returned to the applicants!!
13.08.2013 Justice Bureau admits that Vitsebsk judges overstep the law
The appeals of the human rights defender Pavel Levinau to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus were considered at a working meeting of the main justice bureau of the Vitsebsk Regional Executive Committee.
