News on the topic: Brest
01.09.2010 Activists of ’Young Belarus’ detained in Brest
The activists of the Young Belarus Yury Batsuk and Yury Miashkou were detained in Brest on 31 August for handing out Aliaksandr Milinkevich’s book lets in Lenin Square.
30.08.2010 For Freedom activist Kisliak detained in Brest
Brest police detained Raman Kisliak, activist of the For Freedom opposition movement, as he was distributing leaflets ‘It should not happen again!”, featuring information on forced disappearances in Belarus, Aliaksandr Milinkevich’s press-service reports.
25.08.2010 Brest Viasna HR group seeks registration
Uladzimir Vialichkin and Uladzimir Malei, co-founders of the Brest Viasna human rights association, have addressed the city’s justice department with a statement, demanding to reverse the 20 August court verdict, denying state registration to the HR group.
12.08.2010 Brest police say arrest of trade union leader Chaikouski was legal
Viktar Chaikouski, deputy chair of civil association ‘Perspektyva’ and member of the Free Belarusian Trade Union, received a reply from Brest city transport police department concerning his detention at the city’s railway station back on 19 July, Radio Racyja reports.
11.08.2010 Brest official cuts circulation of local independent newspaper
Vasil Mareika, head of the Brestablsayuzdruk state distribution system, ordered to cut the circulation of the Brestski kurier independent newspaper by two-thirds, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reports quoting the newspaper’s Editor-in-chief Mikalai Aliaksandrau.
20.07.2010 Detentions in Brest
At 9.40 p.m. on 19 July, officers of the railway police detained Viktar Chaikouski, Deputy Chairperson of the republican NGO Perspective and Valiantsin Lazarenkau, Chairperson of the Brest organization of the Free Trade Union of Belarus who were returning from a conference dedicated to discussion of the law on small and middle-scale business adopted by the Chamber of Representatives.
24.06.2010 Court fails to consider appeal against poor detention conditions
Brest Regional Court refused to consider an appeal against poor detention conditions at Brest pre-trial prison lodged by a ‘For Freedom’ activist Ivan Stasiuk, claiming that the regulation of prison conditions is within the authority of the Interior Ministry and cannot be questioned by courts, Aliaksandr Milinkevich’s press-service reports.
24.06.2010 Registration of Brest Viasna suspended
The Chief Department of Justice of Brest regional executive committee ruled to suspend the state registration of the ‘Brest Viasna’ human rights association due to a number of trivial reasons, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
02.06.2010 Brest: interrogations of activists of BSDP 'Hramada'
Brest activists of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada were summoned to police for interrogation in connection with the recent searches at the places of activists of the Speak Truth campaign.
28.05.2010 UN Human Rights Committee registers complaints by Brest pro-dem activists
The UN Human Rights Committee registered communications by four Brest pro-democratic activists Dzianis Turchaniak, Iryna Laurouskaya, Valery Faminski and Raman Kisliak under # 1948/2010.
13.05.2010 Procuracy warns entrepreneur for ‘biased commentaries’
On 13 May Viktar Chaikouski, Chairperson of the Brest branch of the Republican civil association Perspective, received an official warning from the Brest Region Procuracy.
12.05.2010 How many death sentences have been executed since 1990?
On 12 May, human rights defenders addressed the Prosecutor General and the Chairperson of the Supreme Court with inquiries concerning the number of the death sentences issued in 1990-2009.
09.05.2010 Brest: detentions for action in memory of Yury Zakharanka
On 7 May, the Brest human rights defenders Raman Kisliak and Andrei Sharenda were detained for handing out the UN Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The action was dated to the 11th anniversary of the abduction of Yury Zakharanka, a former Interior Minister and opposition politician.
03.05.2010 Another registration attempt by ‘Berastseiskaya Viasna’
The human rights NGO Berastseiskaya Viasna makes another attempt to get registered with the state. A constituent assembly took place in Brest, at which representatives from all districts of the Brest region were present. The first registration attempt took place in 2004. However, the NGO was denied registration, as well as during the next four attempts.
29.04.2010 Brest city authorities ban May Day demonstration
Brest city executive committee turned down the application submitted by the local offices of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party ‘Hramada’ and the Belarusian Party of the Left ‘Just World’ for holding a demonstration on 1 May, Radio Racyja reports.
