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A press conference following the analytical review on rights of detained and prosecuted after the events on December 19th

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 22:02

On February 9 at 14.00 Human Rights Center Viasna is holding a press conference following the analytical review on rights of detained and prosecuted after the events on December 19th

At the press-conference the following people will be speaking:

Обыск в квартире активиста Антона Койкиша

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 13:39

В Минске начался обыск в квартире активиста Антона Койкиша. При обыске присутствуют родители Антона, трое сотрудников КГБ, двое понятых и вызванный следственной группой сотрудник милиции. Самого Антона в данный момент в квартире нет. Представители Международной наблюдательной миссии не были допущены в квартиру. Сотрудники КГБ отказались предоставить информацию о том, в рамках какого дела ведется обыск и о статусе Антона Койкиша. Сотрудник милиции, переписавший паспортные данные представителей наблюдательной миссии, отказался предъявить свои документы.

Обыск у Михася Мацкевича

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 13:10

По информации, полученной Международной наблюдательной миссией, сегодня в Минске прошел обыск у Михася Мацкевича.

Сам Михась, будучи в отъезде, не присутствовал при проведении следственных действий. Из квартиры были изъяты компьютер и портативные носители информации. Пока не удалось получить информацию о том, кто именно и в рамках какого дела проводил обыск.

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"KGB arrested the reporter of Radio "Ratsiya". The journalist had been released, all the tapes on the recorder were erased"

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 13:51

On January 24th at 11:30 AM journalist Gennady Barbarich was detained at the club named after Dzerzhinsky.

Reporter of Radio “Ratsyja” Gennady Barbarich interviewed the wives of prisoners. KGB officers approached him, they asked him the documents and the reasons for his being there. After that, he was taken with officers.

OSCE Chairperson meets international human rights NGOs, encourages open dialogue

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 22:46

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, met representatives from international non-governmental organizations in Vilnius today and invited them to take part in an open dialogue with Lithuania’s 2011 OSCE Chairmanship.

Minister Ažubalis met representatives from international non-governmental human rights organizations from the International Civic Initiative for the OSCE, offered to maintain a regular dialogue and urged them to actively participate in OSCE eventsand thereby contribute to the OSCE’s work.

Michail Kameniev was released from Central police station

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 21:22

Assistant of the Chairman of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the human rights situation in Belarus has been detained during the monitoring of the observance of the freedom of assembly during the action carried out by citizens of Belarus in solidarity of detainees of the KGB Detention Facility.

Assistant of the Chairman of the International Observation Mission has been detained

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 17:04

Assistant of the Chairman of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the human rights situation in Belarus has been detained during the monitoring of the observance of the freedom of assembly during the action carried out by citizens of Belarus in solidarity of detainees of the KGB Detention Facility.

Belarus: a month after December 19th. What's next? Press conference

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 10:10

On 19 January 2011, the Belarusian Human Rights House is hosting a press conference on the human rights situation in Belarus. International experts and representatives of human rights organizations from different countries will present their assessment of what is happening in Belarus from the human rights perspective.

When: Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 13:00

Where: Vilnius, Latako str. 3

Host: Belarusian Human Rights House

Contact: ( +370 5 212 7703 )

Пресс-конференция в Беларусском Доме прав человека

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 21:00

Belarus: a month after December 19th: Tragedy for one country or for the whole Europe?

Беларусь: месяц после 19 декабря: трагедия для одной страны или для всей Европы?

Search in the office of the unregistered Human Rights Protection Center “Vyasna” (Minsk)

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 15:36

At the moment search in the office of the unregistered Human Rights Protection Center “Vyasna” (Minsk) has started. One representative of the Committee On State Security (KGB), three unknown persons, 2 legal witnesses required by the procedure and chairman Ales Belyatskiy are inside. Representatives of the International Monitoring Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus and local human rights defenders are at place waiting for the end of the search procedure.

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Aleh Volchak sentenced to 4 days of arrest

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 12:56

The human rights activist Aleh Volchak was detained outdoors on 27 January in Minsk and guarded to the Maskouski District Police Department of Minsk.

He was charged with using obscene language in public (Article 17.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences, “disorderly conduct”) and spent the week-end in custody in the delinquents’ isolation center in Akrestsin Street.

OMCT urges Belarusian authorities to release Aleh Volchak

Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 14:09

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), requests your intervention in the following situation in Belarus.

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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.

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