PACE calls on Belarus to register Nasha Viasna
Resolution 1671 (2009)1 Parliamentary Assembly Assemblee parlementaire
02.07.2009 ARCHE extremism case terminated
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Brest Maskouski Court has terminated the legal prosecution of the ARCHE analytical magazine for alledged propaganda of extremism after the local KGB department declared they would not insist on putting the charge on the defendant. According to an official letter recieved by ARCHE, the hearing was closed, the judge and the secretary being the only persons present.
02.07.2009 Supreme Court reaffirms decision to deny registration to Young Democrats
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The Supreme Court of Belarus has reaffirmed the decision by the Ministry of Justice to disallow registration to the Young Democrats political party due to a number of misspellings in the body of the application. The founders of the party are sure the decision is groundless, since the few insignificant flaws could have been easily corrected upon the request of the Ministry of Justice. In their reply to the application, the registration officials have also stressed that the organization's name does not correspond to its Charter. The Supreme Court did not take this into consideration, but suported the stance of the Ministry in general.
02.07.2009 Arrests of oppositionists at fest in Budslau
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Paval Sevyarynets, co-chairman of the Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), and other opposition activists are among the detained. On July 2, a fest of worship of icon of Our Lady of Budslau, patroness of Belarus, takes place in Budslau (the Myadzel district, the Minsk region). A reason for the detention of Paval Sevyarynets and three BCD activists was the fact that the young people had some dozens of BCD bulletin “Krynitsa” on them.
01.07.2009 Court did not grant Khvedaruk’s complaint
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On 29 June Minsk city court considered the cassation complaint of the activist of the Young Front Zmitser Khvedaruk who had been forcedly drafted into the army.
01.07.2009 Emanuel Zeltser has been released from Mahiliou prison
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The US citizen Emanuel Zeltser was released from penal colony #15 in Mahiliou in the evening on June 30. The former prisoner flew to the United States at 5:30 a.m. on 1 July.
01.07.2009 Amnesty International and Belarusian Helsinki Committee adopted joint statement concerning new death sentenced in Belarus
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‘The Belarusian authorities continue to ignore international pressure on them to declare a moratorium on the death penalty’, RFE/RL quotes a press release of Amnesty International.
01.07.2009 Activists of ‘European Belarus’ arrested for action in support of Mikalai Autukhovich
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Maxim Viniarski and Uladzimir Kumets spent the night at Tsentralny district police department of Minsk.
01.07.2009 Haradok region: unemployed activists declare hunger-strike of protest
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Leanid Autukhou and Alexander Zhytkevich went on a hunger-strike of protest when they lost any hope to get employed with the assistance of the local job center.
01.07.2009 Monitoring of the situation with non-governmental organizations and freedom of association
Prepared by the Assembly of Pro-Democratic. Non-Governmental Organizations in Belarus
30.06.2009 Belarusian authorities use Article 193.1 against religious organization
Minsk city prosecutor’s office brought a criminal case under Article 193.1 of the Republic of Belarus against a representative of a religious organization. 25-year-old citizen of Minsk Yauhen Voukau is accused of activities on behalf of the unregistered Movement of Unity (Mun’s Church).
