News on the topic: provocation
13.02.2012 Belarusian TV accuses Poland of organizing coup d’etat in Belarus
Belarus-1 TV channel showed one more “investigation” carried out by the TV Infoservice.
09.02.2012 Babruisk: procuracy refutes existence of “black lists”
In January Anatol Sanatsenka, chief editor of the private socio-political newspaper “Babruiski Kur’yer”, filed an appeal with the procuracy, in which he asked to explain the frequent visits of the police to local civil activists and the existence of the so-called “black list” of activists and journalists. He also stated that police officers posed threats to him in connection with his refusal to be fingerprinted.
30.01.2012 Aleh Volchak sentenced to 4 days of arrest
Human rights activist Aleh Volchak was detained outdoors on 27 January in Minsk and guarded to the Maskouski District Police Department of Minsk.
13.01.2012 Brest: regional court turns down Viktar Chaikouski's appeal
Viktar Chaikouski, electioneering agent of presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich during the election of 2010, appealed against the verdict of the Leninski District Court of Brest, which ruled that the case against him was to be dropped because of the end of the term of penalty execution.
11.01.2012 Procuracy conceals systemic ill-treatment of political prisoner Autukhovich
The Brest Region Procuracy refused to instigate a criminal case over ill-treatment of Mikalai Autukhovich. Investigators say “it was impossible” to reveal the facts of systematic ill-treatment of Autukhovich or encouraging him to commit suicide by the penal colony authorities.
05.01.2012 KGB doesn’t return passport to Dashkevich
On 4 January Anastasia Palazhanka filed a complaint to the General Prosecutor’s Office in connection with the refusal of KGB to return the passport to her fiancé Zmitser Dashkevich.
15.12.2011 Brest: detention of Zmitser Shurkhai and Aliaksei Charkashyn
The activists of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party Zmitser Shurkhai and Aliaksei Charkashyn were detained by road police at the entrance to Brest.
07.12.2011 Court prescribes forced medical treatment for Aliaksandr Kruty
The trial of the father of Inesa Krutaya, a victim of the 11 April blast in the Minsk metro, was closed. There were only a prosecutor, a judge, a secretary, Aliaksandr's lawyer and the victim – doctor Valiantsina Chupik. It was her who insisted on the closed regime.
10.11.2011 Aliaksandr Krutoi is kept in Zhodzina prison
Aliaksandr Krutoi represented the interests of his daughter, Inesa Krutaya, a victim of the terrorist act of 11 April, at the trial of the alleged terrorists. He was quite active there, and made a number of motions, including the postponement of the trial and the abolishment of the death penalty in Belarus.
09.11.2011 Vitsebsk: armed assault on Taras Surhan
On 4 November the head of the Vitebsk branch of "Young Belarus" Taras Surhan was beaten and slashed with a knife. The incident took place as Taras returned home from work. The unidentified young men suddenly approached Taras, asked him for a cigarette and began to beat him. They also slashed him with a knife and then ran away.
03.11.2011 Homel: police hound Kastus Zhukouski
Homel police still persecute the civil activist. According to Zhukouski, a police car with five policemen in uniform kept duty near his house on 2 November. “A friend came to me at about 12 a.m. – the car was standing near my house. At 2 p.m. the car was still there, and even in the evening, after 6 p.m. Don’t they have any other things to do? Probably, they want to isolate me on the eve of the People’s Assembly appointed on 12 November,” commented Mr. Zhukouski.
12.10.2011 KGB refuses to return personal belongings to Anatol Liabedzka
The administration of the KGB prison, where Mr. Liabedzka was kept, refused to return him his notebooks, money and the cross he wore on his neck. The official reason is that Liabedzka cannot show his passport (which was allegedly attached to his case).
10.10.2011 8 October: persecution of organizers and participants of the People's Assembly continued all over Belarus
On 8 October, the day of the action, the authorities continued detaining and intimidating civil and political activists. People were seized in the streets arbitrary and arrested on sophisticated reasons.
06.10.2011 Authorities organize fairs and sportive events to block People's Assembly
The People's Assembly in Babruisk will be held near the shopping house “Vesta”. Everybody knows about it, including the authorities, as one of its organizers, Viktar Buzinayeu, sent invitations to this action to police officers and local officials.
03.10.2011 Vatslau Areshka and Valery Ukhnaliou attacked by people in mufti
Opposition politicians Siarhei Kaliakin, Anatol Liabedzka, Valery Ukhnaliou and Vatslau Areshka are going to hold a press conference titled “About the wave of gangster-like attacks” in Minsk on 3 October.
