News on the topic: arrest
09.02.2011 12 days of arrest for visit to Catholic church
On 8 February Yauhen Khatkevich, Judge of the Maskouski District Court of Minsk, sentenced a Minsk resident Mikhas Lebedz to 12 days of arrest.
01.02.2011 Russian citizen Artyom Breus is left in custody
The Belarusain law machinery refused to change the restraint to the Russian citizen Artyom Breus, arrested in connection with the criminal case concerning the 'mass riot' in Minsk on 19 December. This information was distributed by RIA Novosti with reference to a representative of the Russian Embassy, Vadim Gusev.
21.01.2011 UCP activist Usevalad Shasharyn jailed for 9 days
An activist of the United Civil Party Usevalad Shasharyn has been sentenced to 9 days of administartive arrest by Moscow District Court of Minsk today, reports Radio Liberty.
20.01.2011 "Young Front" activist Uladzimir Yaromenak to serve 7 days of detention
The "Young Front" activist Uladzimir Yaromenak has been found in the detention center at Akrestsina Street after the KGB men took him from his house on Wednesday for an interrogation as a witness with regard to the December 19 mass disturbances criminal case. The press-center of the "Young Front" informs about this.
14.01.2011 Homel: Kanstantsin Zhukouski sentenced to 8 days of arrest
On 13 January the Tsentralny District Court of Homel punished a civil activist Kanstantsin Zhukouski with 8 days of arrest upon Article 17.1 of the Criminal Code, ‘disorderly conduct’.
11.01.2011 Participants of 19 December protest rally are expelled from educational establishments
Students, who served 10 or 15 days of arrest after the events on 19 December started to be expelled from college and universities as the Christmas holidays ended.
08.01.2011 Yul’yan Misiukevich taken to delinquents’ isolation center in Akrestsin Street
On 6 January, after passing an exam, a Young Front member Yul’yan Misiukevich was guarded to KGB for an interrogation. After this, he wasn’t accessible on the phone.
04.01.2011 Marasmus of law machinery: Dzmitry Fedaruk to spend 18 days in jail
A youth activist Dzmitry Fedaruk was arrested for 10 days for participation in the protest action of 19 December. However, he wasn’t released after these ten days. It’s unbelievable, but he will have to serve 8 days of arrest which he hadn’t served for participation in the unauthorized mass action held on 1 May 2008!
04.01.2011 Arrestee Mikhail Pashkevich has bronchitis
As said by one of the people released from the jail in Akrestsin Street, the civil activist Mikhail Pashkevich who is still kept there has bronchitis.
04.01.2011 Real number of protesters kept in jail in Akrestsin Street was kept in secret
On 3 January the people who had been sentenced to 15 days of arrest for participation in the mass action of protest on 19 December were released from the delinquents’ isolation center in Akrestsin Street.
03.01.2011 Homel: KGB wants to ‘talk’ to Statkevich’s electioneering agent Yury Zakharanka
An unidentified KGB officer called to Mr. Zakharanka to invite him for a ‘talk’ as a witness in the case of the ‘mass riot’ that had allegedly taken place in Minsk on 19 December.
03.01.2011 About 150 convicted demonstrators to be released today
As belaruspartizan.org has been informed at the Belarusian Popular Front office, 150 of those who had been imprisoned for participation in the protest action of 19 December 2010 are expected to be released. There are no absolutely exact lists of persons under arrest, but according to preliminary information, 103 persons are to be released from the jail in Zhodzina, 28 persons are to be discharged from the delinquents’ isolation center in Akrestsin Street and 7 girls are to be released from the pre-trial prison of the Minsk district.
14.12.2010 Pavel Sapelka: administrative cases against Pushkin were fabricated
On 13 December lawyer Pavel Sapelka studied the materials of the administrative case of a well-known artist Ales Pushkin who had been punished with 13 days of arrest on 9 December by Judge Volha Foma, for ‘hooliganism’ and ‘insubordination to lawful demands of the police’.
30.11.2010 Belarusian activist detained in Moscow
On 28 November, Russian law enforcement agencies detained Belarusian activist Ihar Alinevich, suspected of attacks on the Russian embassy and the Defense Ministry’s General Headquarters in autumn 2010.
05.10.2010 Kanstantsin Zhukouski released after 10-days arrest
Oct. 4 October the member of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Kanstantsin Zhukouski was released from the pre-trial prison of the Petrykau District Police Department.
