22.08.2012 Alena Kavalenka complains about jailers to the prosecutor's office

Information about the health of Siarhei Kavalenka is being hidden from his wife.

Alena Kavalenka wants the prosecutor's office to check the legality of jailers' actions, who in July punished her husband Siarhei Kavalenka with a punishment cell, reports "Radio Svaboda".

30.07.2012 Brest Regional Court upholds dismissal of trade union leader

Brest Regional Court has ruled to uphold an earlier decision by Luninets District Court on a complaint lodged by Mikalai Karyshau, leader of the independent trade union at the Granite state-owned enterprise, following his dismissal in March 2012.

25.07.2012 Victims interrogated instead of guilty ones

After complaints on the policemen, investigators interrogated not the guilty ones, but the victims.

Several young people who were forcibly detained in Minsk during a meeting with an expert on nuclear energy Georgy Lepin, complained to the prosecutor office on the illegal actions of police officers.

24.07.2012 Maladechna resident demands prosecution of judge

Six months have passed now since Mrs. Alesya Sadouskaya, resident of the town of Maladechna, lodged her first appeal against illegal court ruling of early 2012 by local judge Inesa Yuzhyk, as a result of which the woman was forced to undergo a psychiatric examination.

24.07.2012 Minsk City Court upholds jail sentence for opposition activist Parfyankow

The Minsk City Court on July 24 turned down opposition activist Vasil Parfyankow’s appeal against a six-month jail sentence imposed on him for violating the terms of “preventive” police supervision.

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.

23.07.2012 Brest HR defender appeals picket ban in Supreme Court

Brest human rights defender Uladzimir Vialichkin has lodged a complaint with the Supreme Court against a decision by the city’s executive committee to ban a picket of support to the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski.

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 Investigative Committee covers up police torture?

The Investigative Committee of Belarus has refused to initiate prosecution of a number of Minsk policemen who reportedly tortured Pavel Plaksa detained on suspicion of a theft on May 30, 2012. Meanwhile, Pavel Plaksa is still in custody at Zhodzina pre-trial prison.

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.

20.07.2012 Salihorsk Young Front activist appeals bike race ban

Salihorsk activist of the Young Front opposition movement Andrei Tychyna has lodged a complaint against a ban imposed on holding a bicycle race marking the anniversary of the 1995 controversial referendum.

20.07.2012 Hrodna court turns down complaint by BCD member

Hrodna Regional Court has upheld an earlier decision of Slonim District Court of 12 July, which fined local activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Volha Pansevich BYR 2 mln for alleged swearing and resisting arrest.

19.07.2012 Luninets court upholds dismissal of local trade union activist

Judge Vasil Belski of Luninets District Court has dismissed a complaint lodged by Mikalai Karyshau, leader of the independent trade union at the Granite enterprise, after he was illegally fired.

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.