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Human Rights Defenders Are Again Denied Freedom of Movement

Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 12:12

Today, on September 30th, 2011 at 3.20 a.m., one more representative of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus, Ukrainian civil society activist Volodymyr Senko was prevented from crossing the Belarusian state border. He is a member of the All-Ukrainian Youth Public Association “Foundation of Regional Initiatives”.

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Human rights activist Aleh Vouchak arrested

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 15:24

Vouchak is reported to have been accused of disorderly conduct. He is to be tried on Monday.

Human rights defender Aleh Vouchak was detained in the street at 3:35 pm.

Vouchak’s friends posted on Facebook a policeman came to the activist to check his ID. The human rights defender informed he was being held in the Maskouski district police department, “Nasha Niva” newspaper informs.

Cassation appeal on Ales Bialiatski's case to be considered on 24 January

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 16:26

The cassation appeal of Ales Bialiatski against the verdict of the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk will be considered by the panel of judges of the Minsk City Court on 24 January. The hearings begin on 10 a.m.

OSCE media freedom representative protests jailing of journalist in Minsk

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 14:06

VIENNA, 11 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the sentencing of Ales Barazenka, an independent Belarusian cameraman, to 11 days’ imprisonment for "participating in an unsanctioned event".

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