News on the topic: appeal
20.06.2012 Court denies right to alternative service for Pavel Syarhei
The court dismissed a claim by Pavel Syarhei against a decision of the draft board to find him fit for military service.
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.
19.06.2012 Hrodna court turns down appeal by local UCP leader
Hrodna Leninski District Court has dismissed a complaint lodged by Mrs. Aliaksandra Vasilevich, local leader of the United Civil Party of Belarus.
18.06.2012 Woman beaten by police insists on review of her appeal
Minsk resident Sviatlana Viarheichyk, who was beaten by the police in a “silent protest” in summer 2011, says her complaint has not been properly considered by Minsk Kastrychnitski District Prosecutor’s Office.
18.06.2012 Orsha police chiefs justify seizure of local independent newsletter
The confiscation of a number of copies of the Nash Dom independent newsletter on 20 May was legal, says a reply from Orsha Department of Internal Affairs.
18.06.2012 Investigative Committee examining complaint by wife of imprisoned opposition activist Syarhey Kavalenka
A Vitsyebsk district department of the Investigative Committee is examining a complaint by Syarhey Kavalenka’s wife about a video of the imprisoned opposition activist that has been posted on the Internet by prison officers.
28.05.2012 Former police officer keeps appealing arbitrary detention of July 2011
Viktar Malochka, former Lieutenant Colonel of financial police, keeps appealing his detention by Salihorsk police during a “silent protest” in mid-July 2011.
28.05.2012 Baranavichy pro-dem activist’s appeal turned down
Baranavichy policemen will not be prosecuted for detaining local opposition activist Ryhor Hryk on 1 May, says a reply from police chief Prakuda.
25.05.2012 President’s Administration and Prosecutor General’s Office ignore appeals by Baranavichy pro-dem activist
Baranavichy opposition activist Ryhor Hryk has received official replies from the Presidential Administration and the Prosecutor General‘s Office, saying that his appeal against a warning for involvement in an unsanctioned mass events on 8 October 2011 was sent back to Brest Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
25.05.2012 Babruisk police refuse to address smear campaign against local BCD leader
Taisia Kabanchuk, Mahiliou regional leader of the Belarusian Christian Democracy’s organizing committee, has received a reply from local police, saying that they were unable to find the persons who left offensive leaflets in a store where the activist works.
25.05.2012 Journalist appeals confiscation of printed materials
Yulia Kanapliova, journalist of the Vitsebski Kurier independent newspaper, has lodged a complaint with Orsha court.
25.05.2012 UN Human Rights Committee registers complaint by For Free Elections campaign
The UN Human Rights Committee has registered a complaint submitted by the For Free Elections campaign, a Belarusian NGO denied state registration by the Ministry of Justice back in mid 2011.
24.05.2012 Vitsebsk human rights defender urges local police to secure right to free dissemination of information
Mikalai Petrushenka, human rights defender and activist of the Nash Dom campaign, has addressed head of Vitsebsk regional department of internal affairs Aliaksandr Naidzenak with a letter, urging the high police official to provide explanations concerning the confiscation of printed materials from journalist Yulia Kanapliova on 20 May.
24.05.2012 Brest human rights defender appeals restrictions on peaceful assembly at Constitutional Court
Brest human rights defender Uladzimir Vialichkin has lodged a complaint with the Constitutional Court, appealing a decision by the city’s executive committee that imposed inadmissible restrictions on the freedom of peaceful assembly.
24.05.2012 Babruisk trade union leader appeals unprecedented obstacles
Mikhail Kavalkou, Babruisk leader of the Belarusian Free Trade Union, has lodged a complaint with the town’s prosecuting officials, after he has been unable to access his office located on the territory of local Tractor Supplies Plant, Euroradio reports, quoting the web-site of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions.
