Analytical Review No. 2-1 “Situation with journalists’ rights in the light of the events in the Republic of Belarus during the period of December 2010 – January 2011”

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 15:21

This review is based on information from free published sources, including the media, interviews with journalists and the Belarusian Association of Journalists messages. The review includes incidents attending detentions and other forms of restrictions on freedom of journalists performing their professional duties in covering the events, as well as well known facts - use of physical force by the authorities, cases of searches and seizures of equipment before, during and after the events of December 19, 2010 on the Independence Square. The review is divided into three main parts in accordance with these periods.

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News of Belarus

Tough sentences announced to Brest antifascists

Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/05/2015 - 21:00

A verdict was delivered today in the case of Brest antifascists acused of participation in a group fight with neonazis which happened on May 8, 2013.

Antifascists were tried under the art. 339.3 (malicious group hooliganism) and 147.2 (malicious bodily harm). The case was qualified as malicious due to the fact of pepper spray usage in the fight.

Dzmitry Stsyashenka got 5 years of penal colony with reinforced regime (339.3) and 500 euro of damages to be paid to the injured nazis.

Exclusive: European Union moves to suspend sanctions on Belarus

Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/16/2015 - 21:00

The European Union is likely to lift some sanctions on Belarus, including its travel ban on President Alexander Lukashenko, after he freed a group of political prisoners last month, diplomatic sources say.

An arms embargo against the former Soviet republic would remain. But in an overture to the man the West calls Europe's "last dictator", diplomats are looking at suspending visa bans and asset freezes on most of around 200 people under sanctions for rights abuses, some since disputed elections in 2004.