News on the topic: United Civil Party
05.11.2008 Svetlahorsk: opposition activists get fined
Svetlahorsk town court fined 1.4 million rubles (about $650) Sviatlana Mikhalchanka, the leader of Salihorsk district organization of the Party of Communists Belarusian, and Viktar Akhramchuk and Siarhei Shavialenka, activists of the Belarusian Popular Front Party and the United Civil Party.
15.10.2008 Authorities accuse United Civil Party of being non-democratic
The Ministry of Justice has sent a letter to the National committee of the Unite Civil Party concerning the behavior of the UCP chairman Anatol Liabedzka.
02.10.2008 Authorities demand from oppositional parties ‘explanations’ concerning protests against rigged elections
Representatives of democratic forces state that after the departure of international observers the authorities returned to persecution of the opposition.
02.10.2008 Candidate from United Civil Party is fired from job
After participation in the parliamentary elections the candidate of the United Democratic Party Viktar Padchynenkau was forced to write a letter of resignation from his position due to a desire to terminate his employment.
15.09.2008 Minsk: warning to Stalislau Bahdankevch
On 12 September professor Stanislau Bahdankevich, former head of the National Bank, a honorary member of the United Civil Party received a warning from the electoral commission of Chkalauskaya constituency #96 in Minsk at which he is running for the parliament.
11.09.2008 Homel oblast: members of United Civil Party leave constituency commissions
Members of the United Civil Parties stop their membership and work in the constituency electoral commissions in Homel oblast. They directed the appropriate statements to the presidium of Homel oblast soviet of deputies and to Homel oblast executive committee (the state agencies that had formed the commissions).
10.09.2008 Brest: attempt to kidnap an activist of the United Civil Party
In the evening on 8 September an attempt to kidnap Yury Panasyuk, an activist of the Young Democrats (youth organization of the United Civil Party), was committed in Brest.
05.09.2008 Central election commission ignores the demand of political parties
The Central election commission didn’t agree on including a question on checking legality of precinct election commissions’ formation into the agenda of its latest session.
04.09.2008 Candidate for deputy is prohibited to promote web-site of his party
On 2 September the majority of candidates to the Chamber of Representatives have finished recording their TV and radio appearances, which are to be broadcast since tomorrow.
02.09.2008 Three candidates of the United democratic forces withdraw from election
The head of the Homel oblast organization of the United Civil Party Vasil Palyakou and Homel UCP activist Leanid Sudalenka refused to run in the parliamentary election.
14.08.2008 Barysau electoral district #62: candidates of United Civil Party not included in local electoral commissions
On 13 August Pavel Zhuha, the head of the personnel department of Barysau district executive committee, informed a member of the United Civil Party Viktar Harbachou (who intends to run at Barysau town electoral district #62 that none of 45 candidates from the United Civil Party had been included in the local electoral commissions in this electoral district.
12.08.2008 Astravets: members of United Civil Party not included in local commissions
On 11 August at 11 am Mikalai Ulasevich, the head of Astravets primary organization of the United Civil Party, paid a visit to the district electoral commission to get information about the forming of the local electoral commissions. He asked to be shown the minutes on nomination of candidates to the commissions and the register of applications. However, the head of the organizational department of Astravets district executive committee Halina Makhnevich refused to him.
07.08.2008 ‘Narodnaya Volia’ confiscated from members of Yaraslau Ramanchuk’s initiative group
On 5 August in Hrodna the police detained the civil activists Yury Istomin and Zmitser Slutski, who were collecting signatures for nomination of Yaraslau Ramanchuk a candidate to the Chamber of Rerepsentatives (lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament), and confiscated from the detainees six sheaves of Narodnaya Volia newspaper.
05.08.2008 Financial police disturbs not only future candidates, but also members of their families
Recently the pretenders to candidates Yury Novikau, Uladzimir Novikau, Alexander Irkho, Ihar Kavalenka and Mikalai Rasiuk received writs to financial police.
04.08.2008 UCP members are interrogated in ‘Minsk blast’ case
Zmitser Slutski, head of Hrodna city organization of the United Civil Party, and leader of Hrodna organization of Young Democrats Alexandra Vasilevich, were called to the KGB directorate for Hrodna region.
