News on the topic: KGB
15.09.2011 KGB: another recruitment failure
The activist of the youth democratic movement in Homel, Ksenia Yaraslautsava, says a KGB officer tried to recruit her.
14.09.2011 Military procuracy casts a veil of secrecy over tortures in KGB prison
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has received an answer to his request to hold a check-up concerning the statement of the former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau about tortures in the remand prison of the KGB.
12.09.2011 KGB prepared testimony for janitor
BPF party member Siarhei Semianiuk says a criminal case opened against him and party activists Ales Kalita and Maksim Hubarevich over hooliganism will soon be sent to court.
08.09.2011 Confiscated computers are returned to Viasna
D.Dyshchanka, investigator of the Main Police Bureau of the Minsk City Executive Committee, passed to human rights defenders the computers and other items that had been confiscated during the search held at the office on 20 December 2010. However, several laptops that were confiscated during the second search, held on 17 January 2011, are still at the disposal of the KGB.
31.08.2011 Mahiliou: KGB wants to talk to civil activists
Anton Ivanou, an active user of social networks, and Tomas Yakavitski, a coordinator of the European Belarus received telephone calls.
29.08.2011 KGB interrogates EHU students
Several students of the Vilnius-based European Humanities University have been interrogated by the KGB across Belarus last week, www.charter97.org reports, quoting the coordinator of the StudAlliance youth initiative Kiryl Atamanchyk.
29.07.2011 KGB evades returning seized property
The residence of Minsk activist Iryna Piatrova was twice searched by the KGB: on 20 December 2010 and 25 March 2011. Following the searches, the activist lodged a number of complaints with the city’s prosecuting authorities, demanding to return the seized property.
26.07.2011 Lida protesters summoned to KGB
Two Lida residents have been summoned to local KGB department after they were spotted by special services during a “silent protest” on 20 July, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
13.07.2011 Journalist of Belorusy i Rynok summonsed to KGB
On 13 July morning a KGB officer phoned to Ihar Illiash, a journalist for the private socio-political newspaper Belorusy i Rynok, and told him to come to the KGB at 2 p.m.
06.07.2011 Brest: searches at apartments of Internet activists
Officers of the Belarusian secret services held searches and confiscations at the apartments of Yauhen Skrabets and Siarhei Aleksiyevich, coordinators of the Revolution through social network community at the social net VKontakte. The official reason for the searches is the explosion in the Minsk metro.
01.07.2011 Young Front activist summonsed to tax inspection
During the last search at his apartment a Young Front activist Yul'yan Misiukevich presented a book of his poems to the KGB investigator who headed the search brigade. The book had been published at his own expense back in 2009 and had the circulation of just 150 copies.
21.06.2011 Vaukavysk KGB to question silent protesters
9 students of Vaukavysk pedagogic college, detained during the 15 June silent rally, have summoned for interrogation to local KGB department.
20.06.2011 Brest participant of “silent action” summoned to KGB
Yury Boubel has been invited “to discuss some issues” by phone.
13.06.2011 Mahiliou: KGB reluctant to return video camera to Zmitser Salauyou
On 15 January 2011 the apartment of Zmitser Salauyou, Chair of the Mahiliou region organization of the BPF Adradzhenne, was searched by the KGB. As a result, they confiscated the system unit of his computer, a memory flash card and a video camera. Moreover, the activist was repeatedly interrogated by officers of KGB and military counter-intelligence.
08.06.2011 Brest: Internet activist mother summonsed to KGB after his detention
Civil activist Ivan Stasiuk informed Euroradio about this. According to him, unknown people brought a writ to her at about 12 a.m.
