News for Septemper 2004

30.09.2004 Mikita Sasim, one of the coordinators of a youth movement “Zubr”, has been arrested for 15 days.

30.09.2004 The Leninski District Court in Horadnia charged Alena Raubetskaja, Chief Editor of the newspaper “Birzha infarmacyi”, with 1,3 mln BRB (approximately $600)

30.09.2004 Police made a shake-up without production of a relative warrant in the pre-election headquarter of Henadz Ananieu, the candidate from the United Civil Party at Vorsha district.

29.09.2004 Two female candidates from Saligorsk were detained by police, almost completely undressed and kept at the police station till 2 o’clock at night (Radio Liberty)

29.09.2004 Siarhey Salash, a candidate for the deputy from Barysau, is under the threat of bringing an action

29.09.2004 CEC Members without Right to Vote (Political Party Representatives) Speak about Results of Candidates Registration, Stress Numerous Flaws in District Commissions’ Work

29.09.2004 BPF Board Member Detained in Mahilow

29.09.2004 Student Action Participants Fined 60 USD

29.09.2004 Obozrevatel Reporter Files Counter-Claim to Valery Fralow

29.09.2004 CEC Finishes Complaint Consideration

29.09.2004 Authorities Refuse to Lease Halls to Evangelical Christians

29.09.2004 Election Campaign Snap-Shots: Searches and Detentions…

29.09.2004 Navapolatsk City Court: Viasna Member Zmitser Salawyow Not Accountable

29.09.2004 Two Vitebsk Candidates Lose Registration: Uladzislaw Tokaraw and Paval Seviarynets

29.09.2004 Police Detain Young People for Spreading Zubr Newspaper in Mahilow University

29.09.2004 Rehiyanalnaya Hazeta (The Regional Newspaper) Suspended

29.09.2004 Private Printing Press Under Threat of Closure for Printing Leaflets of Oppositional Candidates

28.09.2004 Supreme Court Satisfies 1 Complaint out of 23

28.09.2004 Hrodna TV Channel Censors Candidates’ Speeches

28.09.2004 CCP Member Henadz Plashko Fined for Leaflet Distribution

28.09.2004 Zubr Holds 2 Actions of Solidarity with Mikhail Marynich

28.09.2004 Zviazda Official Newspaper Insults Honor and Dignity of Zubr Coordinator Mikita Sasim

27.09.2004 Brest Police Raids BPF Candidate’s Apartment

27.09.2004 Professionals or Public Activists? CEC Chair Contradicts Herself

27.09.2004 Police Detain Valery Levanewski’s Son

27.09.2004 CEC Chair Lidya Yarmoshyna Jokes

27.09.2004 Zubr Activist Detained for Spreading Unregistered Newspaper

27.09.2004 Registration of UCP Candidates Jeopardized

27.09.2004 Mikhail Marynich: One More Month in Detention

27.09.2004 Vitebsk CCP Activists Sentenced to 10 Days of Jail