News on the topic: human rights defenders
07.09.2011 Ales Bialiatski's guarantors receive standard come-offs
Tatsiana Seviarynets, mother of political prisoner Pavel Seviarynets, received a refusal to her personal guarantee for Ales Bialiatski. Similar answers were received by tens of other citizens who signed personal guarantees for him as well.
07.09.2011 Human rights defender summonsed to the police for “correcting the violation report”
Human rights defender Anatol Paplauny was detained by Homel police after the end of the 3 July silent protest action. He was guarded to the Tsentralny District Police department of Homel, where police captain Zura drew up a report under Article 17.1, “disorderly conduct", on the detainee.
06.09.2011 International Society Memorial demands freedom for Ales’ Bialiatski!
One month ago, Ales Bialiatski, the human rights activist, the leader of the Human Rights Center Viasna, our friend and colleague, was arrested in the Republic of Belarus.
05.09.2011 Human rights defender Tatsiana Raviaka is summonsed for interrogation
The Financial Investigations Department (FID) wants to know whether she cooperated with the arrested Ales Bialiatski and what relations she has to the Human Rights Center Viasna.
05.09.2011 Actions against Bialiatski's arrest held in Armenia, Kirghistan, Russia and Ukraine
On 4 September a month turned since the detention of Ales Bialiatski, Chair of the Belarusian Human Rights Center Viasna, vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
02.09.2011 Frontline urges Belarusian authorities to stop harassment of human rights defenders
Seven human rights defenders were arrested and briefly detained throughout Belarus on 23 August 2011, while holding peaceful demonstrations during which they called for the release of prominent human rights defender Mr Ales Bialiatski who was arrested and detained on 4 August 2011.
02.09.2011 Hrodna: Viktar Sazonau received charges
On 2 September Viktar Sazonau, human rights defender from Hrodna, was summonsed to the police station in Haradnichanskaya Street. There he was informed that a report for violation of Article 22.9, “unlawful production and distribution of unregistered printed production”, had been drawn up on him.
02.09.2011 Stéphane Hessel, a drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed personal guarantee for Ales Bialiatski
Stéphane Hessel, Honorable President of the Committee of members of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), went through many challenges in his life. Being a participant of the French and English anti-Nazi Resistance, he was taken to Buchenwald where he was to have been executed by shooting, but managed to escape.
02.09.2011 Yuri Jibladze, member of Council of President of the Russian Federation for Civil Society Development and Human Rights, declared persona non-grata in Belarus
Juri Jibladze, a member of Council of President of the Russian Federation for Civil Society Development and Human Rights, President of the Center for Democracy Development and Human Rights, was informed about it by Belarusian guards on the Lithuanian border. However, they didn't present any official papers and didn't put any seals in his passport.
02.09.2011 Bialiatski's lawyer passed passes 816 personal guarantees to Financial Investigations Department
On 2 September the lawyer of Ales Bialiatski passed 816 personal guarantees for Ales Bialiatski to the Minsk City and Region Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee. The signers of the papers ask the investigations to change the restraint to the human rights defender to a written undertaking not to leave.
01.09.2011 Ales Bialiatski: life behind bars
The arrested Chair of the Human Rights Center Viasna tries to use the time he has to spend in custody as effectively as possible. He reads books, learns English, does physical exercises and writes memoirs about the literary society Tuteishyia in the remand jail. He wrote this in several letters to his colleagues.
01.09.2011 Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions calls for release of Ales Bialiatski
COPENHAGEN, 1 September 2011—Matteo Mecacci (Italy), chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions today called on Belarusian authorities to immediately cease the harassment of human rights activists, including Ales Bialiatski.
31.08.2011 Well-known Czech human rights defenders sign personal guarantee for Ales Bialiatski
A number of famous public figures and human rights activists signed personal guarantees for the arrested Chair of the Human Rights Center Viasna Ales Bialiatski. All in all, 54 such papers were passed by them.
26.08.2011 Zhodzina resident fined for attack on human rights defender
On 22 August, Zhodzina town court fined local resident Mr. Yakautsou BYR 350,000 on charges of attacking human rights defender Aliaksei Lapitsi with a knife back on 29 July.
15.08.2011 Homel human rights defender demands to prosecute local judge
On 11 August, Homel human rights defender Anatol Paplauny submitted an application to Belarus’ Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich, urging the official to initiate criminal proceedings against judge Alena Tsalkova, the BelaPAN news agency reports.
