News for Septemper 2003

30.09.2003 STUDENTS OF LIQUIDATED LYCEUM HAVE NO POSSIBILITY TO COME TO LIBRARY OF BELARUSIAN WRITERS UNION

30.09.2003 SUPREME COURT TO HEAR VIASNA LIQUIDATION CASE ON OCTOBER 21

29.09.2003 UNAUTHORIZED PICKET AGAINST LIMITATION OF RIGHT TO PUBLIC DEFENDER DURING TRIALS

29.09.2003 MOTHER AND SISTER OF KIDNAPPED POLITICIAN VIKTAR HANCHAR ADDRESSED JUSTICE MINISTER TO SUPPORT VIASNA. “Closing Viasna down you deprive my son’s family of the possibility to receive help and support”, -- writes Valiantsina Hanchar.

29.09.2003 “COME TO YOUR SENSES, FELLOW COUNTRYMEN FROM THE MINISTRY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Display your civic courage and revoke the suit! Do a brave deed!”, -- Valery Shchukin, human rights defender, honorable member of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", appeals to the Justice Ministry officials.

29.09.2003 NARODNAYA VOLYA TO PAY 5,000 USD TO RYBAKOW

29.09.2003 YOUNG FRONT CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF VIASNA

26.09.2003 CLOSED NGOS ORGANIZE PROTEST ACTION

25.09.2003 TRIAL OVER BROTHERS LUTSKEVICH FOUNDATION NOT STARTED AS EXPECTED. JUSTICE MINISTRY HAS NEW CLAIMS

25.09.2003 NO DECISION ON NOVAYA GAZETA KRYCHAVA SUIT

25.09.2003 HOMEL AUTHORITIES: BELARUSIANS MUST NOT KNOW ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN RUSSIA

24.09.2003 HUMAN RIGHTS HOUSE FOUNDATION EXPRESSES SUPPORT TO VIASNA

24.09.2003 On behalf of the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights I would like to express my deepest concern for the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Justice in the Republic of Belarus, claiming the liquidation of the Belarusian Non-Governmental Organisation Human Rights Center Viasna.

24.09.2003 Comments on Ministry of Justice suit to "Viasna"

23.09.2003 SEPTEMBER 23 SUPREME COURT HOLDS FIRST PRETRIAL HEARING ON VIASNA LIQUIDATION. DATE OF TRIAL NOT KNOWN YET

22.09.2003 CANADA GOVERNMENT THINKS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS INTERNSHIPS DANGEROUS IN BELARUS

22.09.2003 LOYEW NGO KARANI WARNED

22.09.2003 Human Rights Directorate of Caucasus Expresses Support to the Viasna and Other Belarusian NGOs

22.09.2003 Non-governmental organizations are going through an extremely difficult period. Spring and summer of 2003 was especially tough for everybody. Observers say the authorities were “cleansing” the third sector.

22.09.2003 Non-governmental organizations are going through an extremely difficult period. Spring and summer of 2003 was especially tough for everybody. Observers say the authorities were “cleansing” the third sector.

19.09.2003 Russian “Human Rights Net” Stands for “Viasna”

19.09.2003 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Human Rights Defenders under Pressure in Belarus

18.09.2003 Aliaksandr Yarashuk Sentenced to 10 Days of Jail for Newspaper Article

18.09.2003 “BDG” Trial Will Continue

18.09.2003 “Lutskevich Brothers Fund” Is Liquidated

18.09.2003 Aksana Novikava Fined 2 100 000 Rubles for Questions to President

18.09.2003 BAJ Organizes Day of Closed Newspapers

18.09.2003 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of their joint programme, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, express their deepest concern at the impending opening of a liquidation suit against the Belarus Human Rights NGO Viasna, and at the liquidation of Legal Assistance to Population.

17.09.2003 Appeal of Human Rights Center "Viasna"

17.09.2003 EU Ambassadors Meet with Representatives of Belarusian NGOs