News on the topic: search
17.12.2012 Platforma leader Andrei Bandarenka searched at Minsk airport
Andrei Bandarenka, head of the Platforma human rights group, was detained and searched by the Belarusian customs officials shortly after landing at Minsk international airport on 16 December.
07.12.2012 The family of a “Fair World” activist detained on the border
The family of an activist of the Belarusian Leftist Party “Fair World”, Ilona Tkachova, was detained by the Belarusian border guards at the border crossing point “Novaya Huta”.
15.10.2012 Opposition activist Uladzimir Siakerka searched on the border
Uladzimir Siakerka, a member of the “Fair World” party, was taken off Chernihiv-Homel train at Tsiarukha station on the border on 14 October.
08.10.2012 Border guards continue haunting human rights defenders: Nasta Loika got detained and searched
The human rights defender Nasta Loika was detained for several hours at the border crossing point “Kamenny Loh” while returning home from Vilnius.
01.10.2012 Human rights defender Zmitser Salauyou searched on the border
Zmitser Salauyou was searched at the border crossing point “Piashchatka” while returning home from Poland. His car and personal belongings were examined by border guards, customs officers and two men in plain clothes.
01.10.2012 Civil activists searched on the border
On 30 September the Belarusian customs officers searched the civil activists Siarzhuk Semianiuk and Iryna Smiayan-Semianiuk at the border crossing point “Novaya Huta”.
27.09.2012 Members of United Civil Party detained and searched on border
Anatol Liabedzka and the head of the UCP executive committee Aksana Kryshchanovich were detained and searched on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.
07.09.2012 Mass raids on anarchists' homes
The KGB seized computers, flash drives and cell phones. Homes of four anarchist activists from Brest were raided by police yesterday. Activists were summoned to the KGB for questioning, Euroradio reports.
07.09.2012 Minsk police raid office of Tell the Truth campaign, thousands of election leaflets and newspapers seized
The Minsk office of the Tell the Truth was raided by the police last evening.
05.09.2012 Viktar Karniayenka got stripsearched at the border
One of the coordinators of the campaign "For Fair Elections" was released only at 2 a.m.
03.09.2012 Vitsebsk candidate Alena Famina searched twice at Belarusian-Polish border
Alena Famina, a candidate for the Parliament at Vitsebsk-Horki election constituency #17, faced an unpleasant situation on her return from Warsaw where she visited her son. At first the Belarusian custom's officers examined her belongings right I the carriage, then set her down the train and conducted a personal examination, proposing her to voluntary declare some money.
31.08.2012 Crackdown on social networks: interrogations, searches, arrests
Pavel Yeutsikhiyeu, moderator of an online community detained by Minsk police yesterday, has stood trial on disorderly conduct charges and sentenced to five days of arrest.
17.07.2012 Home of independent website editor raided
Ihar Kazmyarchak, an activist of Orsha-based youth association Union, said on the phone his home was raided by police.
13.07.2012 KGB searches home of photographer of “Swedish teddy bears”
Security services officers are figuring out from where a journalist has photos of teddy bears. Editor of the website bnp.by Anton Surapin managed to say KGB officers came to him to carry out a search. They want to find out from where the photographer has photos of “Swedish teddy bears”.
11.07.2012 Police try to burst into house of co-head of “For Fair Elections” campaign Viktar Karniayenka
Policemen are trying to get into the house of the co-chairman of the civil campaign “For Fair Elections” Viktar Karniayenka in Fanipol. The reasons aren't known so far. Mr. Karniayenka is away at an OSCE conference in Vienna.
