News on the topic: provocation
08.09.2010 11 persons remain in custody on suspicion in relation to incident in Russian Embassy
On 8 September, the KGB detained the civil activist Tatsiana Semianishchava. According to her mother, the KGB officers stated they had found some information at the hard drive they had confiscated from the activist before. There is still no further information about the reasons behind the arrest. Bear in mind that Tatsiana was taken for an interrogation yesterday, on 7 September.
06.09.2010 Detention of anarchists
At about 6 a.m. on 3 September, a group of anarchists was detained by the police in connection with the arson in the Russian Embassy in Belarus. One of the detainees was interrogated about the incident near the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Minsk, at the territory of which Molotov cocktails had been pelted, and was released at about 7 p.m. the same day. Mikalai Dziadok, Aliaksandr Frantskevich, Ihar Istazarau, Valeryia Khotsina, Anton Laptsionak, Siarhei Sliusarau and Aliaksei Zhynherouski are still under arrest in the detention center in Akrestin Street in Minsk and are being interrogated within about the arson.
20.07.2010 Political draftee Andrei Tsianiuta 'insults President' as well
The activist of an unregistered youth organization Young Front, political draftee Andrei Tsianiuta is threatened with criminal punishment for insult of President and the state symbols of the Republic of Belarus.
14.07.2010 Vitsebsk: Siarhei Kavalenka goes on hunger-strike in prison
On 8 July, the Vitsebsk activist of the Conservative-Christian Party Belarusian Popular Front was put in a temporary detention facility for 10 days on decision of the Pershamaiski District Police Department.
14.06.2010 Navapolatsk: provocation against human rights defender Zmitser Salauyou
Human rights defender Zmitser Salauyou received an answer to his complaint to the Navapolatsk Town Procuracy, signed by prosecutor A.Ausiuk. Mr. Salauyou states that the facts that are set forth in this letter are a provocation.
14.06.2010 Slonim: BPF activists charged with crossing the street in the wrong place
On 13 June, two activists of the Belarusian Popular Front Party, Aliaksandr Harasiuk and Pavel Sevastsyan, were detained by a road policeman while going to the city park by pavement. He demanded that they got into his car for drawing a report about a violation of the traffic rules.
12.10.2009 Provocation against journalist Henadz Barbarych
Unidentified persons smashed the window in the apartment of the journalist of the Belarusy i Rynak newspaper Henadz Barbarych.
06.10.2009 Anonymous black PR action against Zmitser Dashkevich
Portraits of Young Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich calling to beware of ‘blighter of infant souls’ has recently appeared in Minsk.
06.10.2009 Number of suspects in Autukhovich’s case gets smaller
Criminal proceedings against 4 persons who, together with Vaukavysk businessman Mikalai Autukhovich, were suspects in the case of a terrorist attack preparation have been stopped.
01.10.2009 CCP BPF activist no longer suspected in terrorism
On 10 July the activist of the Conservative Christian Party Belarusian Popular Front Kanstantsin Ulanau was detained by police and spent ten days in custody in the pre-trial prison in Akrestsin Street on charges in participation in the terrorist group that was preparing a terrorist act.
07.09.2009 Provocations and detentions at ‘Battle of Orsha’2009’ festival
Traditional festival Battle of Orsha was to take place near Orsha town at night of 5-6 September. The festival is traditionally held at Krapiuna Field, the historic place of the Battle of Orsha in 1514, where the army of the Great Duchy of Lithuania (predecessor of Belarus) defeated the Russian army. Police officers said a mine had been found on the field and didn’t allow people to come there.
14.08.2009 Anzhalika Borys summonsed to police
Head of the unrecognized Union of Poles Anzhalika Borys was summoned to Leninski district police department of Hrodna.
14.07.2009 Russian neo-Nazi threaten to journalist of Charter’97 website Natallia Radzina
On 8 July the article titled RBU leader granted amnesty in honour of the 65th anniversary of liberation of Belarus from Nazi troops was published on the website www.charter97.org . The article told how one of the leaders of the so called Russian National Unity (RNU) in Homel didn’t carry condign punishment for beating people, but was convicted under Article 193,1 ‘activity on behalf of an unregistered organization’ and granted amnesty before the judgment of conviction took effect.
13.07.2009 Detention term to Afghan war veteran Ulanau’s extended for 10 days
The wife of the arrested Afghan war veteran has already filed a complaint with the Chief investigation department of the Interior Ministry of Belarus.
08.07.2009 Veterans of Afghan war sue ‘Sovetskaya Belorussiya’
The co-chairmen of the organizing committee of the association of Afghan war veterans Defenders of Fatherland Aleh Vouchak and Alexander Kamarouski have filed two suits against the newspaper of the presidential administration of Lukashenka, Sovetskaya Belorussiya to Savetski district court of Minsk.
