News for June 2005

30.06.2005 "The Stalin Line" was opened in the presence of Lukashenka

30.06.2005 Hrodna regional court did not grant the complaint by the UCP activists against the court ruling

30.06.2005 Police detained Viasna activist with a computer

30.06.2005 Lukashenka found yet another method of topping up the treasury: fee to be paid during the crossing of the border

30.06.2005 A new edition of the law on public associations has been adopted by the Chamber of Representatives

29.06.2005 IREX reports deteriorated situation with the freedom of speech in Belarus

29.06.2005 The false Glos znad Niemna is financed by Hrodna Region Executive Committee

29.06.2005 BTV does not know what it is showing?

28.06.2005 The Supreme Economic Court dismissed the suit filed by the editorial office Narodnaia Volia against the Ministry of Information, upholding the warning issued to the newspaper.

28.06.2005 Hooliganism at the BPF HQ

28.06.2005 Verdict to the Belarusian opposition leaders remains the same

28.06.2005 "Situation with human rights in Belarus is getting worse", this is the conclusion made by the IHF experts.

27.06.2005 Mikhail Marynich's sons appealed against the court ruling that authorized the confiscation of the Marynich family's property, and demanded that the procurator's office institute criminal proceedings against the judge of the Tsentralny Court of Minsk Natallia Vaitsekhovich.

27.06.2005 The editorial office of Hrodna-based newspaper Pahonia received a letter from a political prisoner, the leader of the All-National Strike Committee of the Businessmen, a member of the Free Belarus Valiery Lievanieuski, which asked for help.

27.06.2005 Procurator Vadzim Pazniak demanded three years of restricted freedom for the opposition activists Mikola Statkievich and Paval Sieviaryniets

26.06.2005 Amnesty International Voices Harsh Criticism at Belarus

24.06.2005 Siarhei Skrabiets' case is handed over to the investigator for especially important cases of the Republican Procurator's Office Viachaslau Tserakhovich.

24.06.2005 Foreign Ministry of Poland is concerned about politics of the Belarusian authorities

24.06.2005 27 June (on Monday) at 11.00 the Supreme Economic Court ( 8 Volodarskaha Street) will start considering the suit of the editorial office of the Narodnaia Volia against the Ministry of Information regarding the invalidation of the warning issued to the paper.

24.06.2005 BAJ asks that those behind the illegal issue and distribution of the Glos znad Niemna should be brought to account

24.06.2005 New versions of the procurator's office in the widely publicized cases of Zmitsier Zavadski and Veranika Charkasava

23.06.2005 Famous people call on Siarhei Skrabiest to stop the hunger-strike

23.06.2005 Protesters in Vitsebsk are detained

23.06.2005 Chair of Polatsk Historical Club VYTOKI is accused of distributing the bulletin Polatsk Region without the required imprint

22.06.2005 Trial over Vitsebsk Young Front member

22.06.2005 Initiative group for a referendum was created in Minsk

22.06.2005 Narodnaia Volia was not accredited at the press conference of the Procurator General

22.06.2005 Pressure by special services against conscious students continues

22.06.2005 That was the time…

22.06.2005 Young woman in Homel did not get a job because of her involvement with the youth movement Lemon