02.08.2012 Court turns down appeal of human rights defender Aleh Hulak

The head of the human rights organization "Belarusian Helsinki Committee" Aleh Hulak insisted that the court recognized as illegal the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice as a result of which he was prohibited to leave the country. Representatives of the ministries didn’t recognize the complaint and asked the court not to grant it.

26.07.2012 USA demands to release political prisoners

This was stated by the United States Ambassador to the OSCE Ian Kelly.

25.07.2012 The Observatory: Travel ban imposed on “Viasna” Vice-President Valentin Stefanovich was a "mistake"

Paris-Geneva, July 25, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), welcomes the official lifting of the travel ban imposed by mistake on the Vice-President of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Viasna”, Mr. Valentin Stefanovich.

23.07.2012 Lyabedzka removed from travel ban list

His complaint about the actions of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not been allowed.

20.07.2012 Minsk court turns down HR defenders’ complaints against foreign travel ban

Minsk Tsentralny District Court has dismissed the complaints lodged by human rights defenders Valiantsin Stefanovich and Andrei Bandarenka against foreign travel restrictions imposed on them for alleged draft evasion.

20.07.2012 Consideration of Aleh Hulak’s travel ban appeal delayed again

The consideration of a complaint lodged by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee leader Aleh Hulak against foreign travel restrictions has been postponed till 31 July, after the human rights defender presented a number of supplementary papers dealing with the case.

19.07.2012 KGB opens file on Andrei Bandarenka

Andrei Bandarenka, head of the Platforma human rights group, has been taken to the KGB central office to be informed that he is now registered as a reported delinquent and may face foreign travel restrictions under President Lukashenka’s recent Decree No. 295, www.belaruspartisan.org reports, quoting the human rights defender’s associates.

18.07.2012 Supreme Court turns down Stefanovich’s travel ban appeal

The Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed a complaint lodged by human rights defender Valiantsin Stefanovich against Judge Alena Siamak of Minsk Tsentralny District Court, who has evaded considering his appeal against foreign travel restrictions for nearly four months.

16.07.2012 Ministry of Internal Affairs ignores trial over “travel banned” Hulak

Trial over a complaint of human rights activist Aleh Hulak was postponed until July 20.

On July 16, the court of the Tsentralny district of Minsk began to hear a complaint over imposing a travel ban on head of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) Aleh Hulak.

12.07.2012 Viktar Karniayenka not let out of Belarus

Viktar Karniayenka, a coordinator of the civil campaign ‘For Fair Elections’ was not permitted to exit Belarus. His passport was stamped with inhibitory mark in the National Airport Misnk–2 on 12 July.

12.07.2012 OSCE Chairperson strongly regrets Belarus travel ban on civil society activist

DUBLIN, 12 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affaires Eamon Gilmore, expressed his strong regret about the Belarusian authorities’ decision to prevent a Belarusian civil society activist from travelling to an OSCE meeting in Vienna today.

06.07.2012 KGB gains more rights to expand travel ban list

On 4 July Aliaksandr Lukashenjka signed decree #295 “On simplification of the terms of exit from the Republic of Belarus”.

26.06.2012 Judge Alena Siamak evades consideration of appeal by Valiantsin Stefanovich

It has been three months now since Valiantsin Stefanovich, deputy chair of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, urged Minsk Tsentralny District Court to appoint the date for the consideration of his appeal against illegal actions by the Ministry of Defense, who imposed foreign travel restrictions on the human rights defender.

25.06.2012 Judge dismisses human rights defender Pahanyayla’s complaint about foreign travel ban

A district judge in Minsk on June 22 dismissed a complaint filed by prominent human rights defender Hary Pahanyayla against the interior and justice ministries over a foreign travel ban.

19.06.2012 Hary Pahaniayla lodges another lawsuit against travel ban

Hary Pahaniayla, chair of the legal commission of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, has lodged tow more lawsuits against the Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Justice, who were reportedly involved in imposing travel restrictions on the human rights defender, and several other Belarusian public figures, Radio Racyja reports.