News on the topic: arrest
05.07.2012 Appeal of ERB journalist to be considered on 6 July
At 3 p.m. on 6 July an appeal against an unlawful arrest of a journalist for the “European Radio For Belarus” Pavel Sviardlou will be considered at the Minsk City Court.
29.06.2012 Pavel Svyardlou's appeal disappears
It was lost somewhere in the corridors of Minsk police.
29.06.2012 Arrested Youth Activist Goes on Hunger Strike
Paviel Vinahradau — the leader of Zmiena movement — went on hunger strike.
28.06.2012 Pavel Svyardlou's appeal to be considered on June 29
It has been sent to Minsk city court.
27.06.2012 Author of ”Musorok” arrested again
Ivan Amelchanka is reported to have been arrested at his home and sentenced to 15 days of arrest.
22.06.2012 Journalist Pavel Sviardlou sentenced to 15 days of arrest
Judge Tatsiana Matyl of Minsk Maskouski District Court has sentenced Euroradio reporter Pavel Sviardlou to 15 days of administrative arrest on “disorderly conduct” charges.
22.06.2012 Tell the Truth activists sentenced to 15 days of arrest
Aliaksandr Artsybashau and Pavel Vinahradau, activists of the Tell the Truth civil campaign, have been sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest each.
08.06.2012 Homel: court turns down Niapomniashchykh's appeal
On 5 June Homel Region Court considered the appeal of a member of the United Civil Party and Movement "For Freedom!", police pensioner Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh against a verdict of the Tsentralny District Court of Homel.
05.06.2012 National-Bolshevik Andrei Sakhar imprisoned for ten days
The Maskouski district court of Minsk heard the case on 4 June.
05.06.2012 Police rob “Young Front” activists
The activists were evicted from the rented flats under KGB pressure during their latest terms in custody, “European Radio” reports. For example, Mikalai Dzemidzenka’s landlord was told the guy “smokes pot and has a brothel in the flat”.
01.06.2012 Aliaksei Pikulik stands trial
Aliaksei Pikulik, the academic director of Vilnius-based Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) and professor of the European University at St Petersburg, was detained in Minsk at 6 pm on 31 May. He is charged with disorderly conduct (Article 17.1 of the Code of Administrative Violations).
01.06.2012 Civil activist Mikhail Pashkevich sentenced to 7 days of arrest
On 31 May Mikhail Pashkevich, an activists of the civil campaign "Tell the Truth!" came to Minsk to assist residents of the village of Yakimava Slabada in preparing to a local referendum concerning the construction of the plant of bleached cellulose.
31.05.2012 National Bolsheviks leader given 5 days in custody
Yauheny Kontush, the leader of the Belarusian National Bolsheviks, has been sentenced to five days in custody by the Maskouski district court on May 30.
31.05.2012 Belarusian Activist Gets Additional 10 Days For ‘Vulgar Words’
MINSK – A Belarusian opposition activist, who was expected to be released on May 31 after serving a 15-day prison term, has been sentenced to 10 more days in jail for "saying vulgar words" to police.
30.05.2012 European Belarus activists sentenced to 5 days of arrest
Maksim Viniarski, activist of the European Belarus opposition movement, has been sentenced to 5 days of administrative arrest.
