News on the topic: KGB
06.06.2013 Rahachou: KGB doesn't return Dzianis Dashkevich his pneumatic gun
Social activist, coordinator of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party in Rahachou Dzianis Dashkevich still hasn't been returned his pneumatic gun, confiscated by the KGB almost 2.5 years ago, during the last presidential campaign.
06.06.2013 "Tell The Truth!" activist urgently drafted into the army after the end of the drafting campaign
The information about this was posted by another "Tell The Truth" activist, Mikhail Pashkevich. According to him, Artsiom Svirshchyk was kept in the town recruiting office in Anharskaya Street, 8. The staff of the recruiting office refused to present him the documents according to which he was drafted into the army, telling that they were for internal use only.
22.05.2013 Mahiliou activists of Metalworkers’ Free Trade Union harassed by KGB
It is reported by the local union leader Halina Lisitsyna. On 21 May, she was visited by KGB agents, but she refused to talk without a subpoena.
22.05.2013 Is using e-mail safe in Belarus?
Largest Belarusian e-mail service tut.by gives away private correspondence on a request by special services. The platform’s owner Jury Zisser told that on his blog on Facebook.
15.05.2013 Prosecutor's office covers unlawful actions of KGB
The prosecutor's office found no violations in the actions of the KGB officers who had detained a Klimavichy activist of the civic initiative "Tell the Truth".
07.05.2013 Volha Haidukova not allowed to see her son
Aleh Barysevich, an investigator of Vitsebsk KGB Department, refused to allow Volha Haidukova to visit her son, 24-year-old Navapolatsk resident Andrei Haidukou, charged with high treason and kept in the remand prison of the KGB.
29.04.2013 BCD Mahiliou activist receives second warning from KGB
The KGB Mahiliou office employees once again argue that a BCD activist Aleh Aksionau has been acting on behalf of an unregistered organization.
26.04.2013 KGB warns Hrodna journalist
Uladzimir Khilmanovich was warned by the KGB that his newspaper articles in the Bialystok-based “Niva” newspaper might be subject to criminal charges of defaming the Republic of Belarus, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Belarus service reports.
26.04.2013 Hrodna human rights defender summoned to KGB
Hrodna human rights defender and journalist Uladzimir Khilmanovich has been summoned to the KGB’s regional department after he received a phone call from a KGB officer Dalhikh.
11.04.2013 BAJ Calls on the KGB to Withdraw Legal Claim against "Belarus Press Photo 2011"
The Board of BAJ today adopted the text of an appeal to the head of Hrodna region KGB Ivan Korzh, who initiated the court hearing on recognizing the Belarus Press Photo 2011 albums extremist. BAJ asks the KGB to withdraw the case from court.
10.04.2013 "Nasha Niva" publishes its 10 April issue with white spots to express solidarity with "Press-Photo of Belarus"
The private Belarusian newspaper "Nasha Niva" removed all photographs from the front page of todays issue and published a large heading: "Beware of Extremism!" on the front page.
09.04.2013 Mahiliou KGB is getting more active
During the recent weeks Mahiliou KGB officers have tried to recruit several young activists of democratic organizations. The website of the Mahiliou branch of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" was hacked.
08.04.2013 Andrei Haidukou to stay in KGB prison for another month
The investigative group of Vitsebs Regional KGB Department continues the investigation into the “espionage case”, within the framework of which the 23-year-old worker of the state enterprise “Naftan” Andrei Haidukou is charged with “high treason”. No details of the investigation have been given publicity so far – the case remains a complete secret.
05.04.2013 KGB finds "Belarus Press Photo-2011" album extremist
Photo journalist and co-organizer of the contest "Belarus Press Photo" Yuliya Darashkevich published this information at her Facebook account on 4 April. The albums were confiscated at the border crossing point "Kamenny Loh" on 12 November 2012.
02.04.2013 Klimavichy activist demands that KGB compensate transport expenses
On 1 April Aliaksandr Balobin, Klimavichy activist of civil campaign "Tell the Truth" filed a pretension to the head of Krychau inter-district KGB department Illia Krautsou. He demands that KGB compensate to him the expenditures for the travel from Krychau to the village of Paulavichy in Klimavichy district.
