News for February 2010

26.02.2010 No advertising on elections in Homel region

26.02.2010 New Life church to pay USD 100,000 of environmental damage

26.02.2010 Homel For Freedom activist appeals non-registration of initiative group

26.02.2010 Political prisoners Autukhovich and Asipenka to stand trial on March 10

26.02.2010 At night Franak Vyachorka taken to Military hospital

25.02.2010 Lidzia Yarmoshyna: The operation of election commissions is absolutely transparent

25.02.2010 Period of investigation in case of Union of Poles’s activist Teresa Sobol extended

25.02.2010 Barysau district authorities support information access restrictions

25.02.2010 Minsk student fined for supporting Union of Poles

25.02.2010 State media reluctant to provide timely information on elections in Baranavichy

25.02.2010 Pinsk authorities force opposition candidates’ initiative groups out of town center

24.02.2010 Head of Barysau regional election commission abuses power, says local human rights activist

24.02.2010 Homel election commission dismisses complaint by local For Freedom activist

24.02.2010 Switzerland hosts world congress against death penalty

24.02.2010 Baranavichy Office of Public Prosecutor refuses to monitor implementation of Election Code

23.02.2010 Election campaign week: events, figures and trends

23.02.2010 Liabedzka summonsed for interrogation

23.02.2010 Independent candidate brainwashed by ideology department in Salihorsk

23.02.2010 BCD member forced to quit election campaign

23.02.2010 Hrodna journalist charged with arbitrariness

23.02.2010 BHC observer not allowed to attend constituency commission meeting

23.02.2010 Parties and religious organisations to be banned in Belarusian universities

23.02.2010 Ivan Mikhailau’s mother gets reply from National Security Commission

23.02.2010 Main ideologist of Hrodna gave order to arrest oppositionists

23.02.2010 Ales Bialiatski: ‘The practice of torture, violence, false evidence fabricated by police officers is part of daily life’

22.02.2010 Hlybokaye: 30 'non-alternative' constituencies

22.02.2010 Oppositionist in Vitsebsk sentenced in his absence to 7 days of incarceration

22.02.2010 Unauthorized action directed against NPP construction takes place in Belarus

19.02.2010 Human rights defenders insist on negotiations with administration of law-enforcement agencies

19.02.2010 Filing applications for registration of initiative groups is over: information from regions