News for 3 верасьня 2007
Homel: Police Confirm Legality of Andrei Tsianiuta’s Detention
On 1 September the public activist from Homel Andrei Tsianiuta received an answer from Chyhunachny district police department of Homel. In his complaint to this body Tsianiuta pointed at his illegal detention by SOBR (special quick reaction unit) policemen.
Day of Literature without Hilevich and Buraukin
Every year a day of the first week of September is celebrated as the Day of Belarusian Literature. Usually this day is celebrated by cities with rich historical heritage, centers of culture, education and book printing. Representatives of the older literary organization, the Union of Belarusian Writers, were not invited to the official measures.
One Trial for Ivan Shyla Is Not Enough?
Ivan Shyla, an activist of Young Front from Salihorsk, has received a summons to an administrative commission for 5 September.
Arrests for Defense of St. Joseph’s Church
In the evening of 2 September representatives of Young Front and Belarusian Christian Democracy were arrested during collection of signatures.
Opposition Activists Establish Belarusian Christian Democracy
On 1 September a group of opposition activists held a founding conference for an association named Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD) in Minsk on Saturday, BelaPAN reported.
Liabedzka and Kaliakin Escape Car Crash
On 31 August the co-chairmen of the Political Council of the United Democratic Forces Siarhei Kaliakin and Anatol Liabedzka were on their way from Brest, where a meeting with democratic activists took place.
Observatory for Protection of Human Rights Defenders Condemns Non-registration of ‘Viasna’
Paris-Geneva, August 31, 2007. 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), expresses its deepest concern regarding the refusal of the Belarusian authorities to re-register the Human Rights Centre “Viasna”, on August 28, 2007, in violation of a communication of the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued at the end of July 2007.
