Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Belarusian gays, lesbians picket Minsk ministry
A dozen people were waving flags and chanting slogans demanding equal rights and condemning the treatment of gays and lesbians in Belarus. read more 
«Blacklisted» judge sentences Poczobut to 15 days of detention
A journalist from Hrodna Andrej Poczobut has been sentenced for participation in a non-sanctioned demonstration on December 19, on February 11. read more 
Europeans name “weak spots“ of Belarusian Law «On Mass Media»
The European Federation of Journalists has urged the Belarusian authorities to organize an open discussion of the law «On Mass Media». read more 
Belarus reduces poll protest charges against Russians
Belarus will not charge two Russian nationals detained with organizing riots in Minsk after the disputed December 19 presidential polls, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Belarus said on Friday. read more 
KGB bans Khalip's parents from talking to reporters
Iryna Khalip is among the 37 persons who have been charged with organizing mass riots in connection with the December 19 post-election demonstration in central Minsk. All of them may face a prison term of up to 15 years. read more 
Child welfare officers to assess living conditions of small son of Sannikaw and Khalip
Daniil Sannikaw has been cared for by his grandparents since Andrey Sannikaw and Iryna Khalip were arrested after the brutal dispersal of the opposition's post-election street protest in Minsk on December 19. read more 
Belarus Radio That Aired Opposition Ads Taken Off Air
A Minsk-based radio station that broadcast campaign advertisements for opposition presidential candidates has been taken off the air due to the cancellation of its license. read more 
Vasilevich refuses to deal with request to transfer Nyaklyaeu to hospital
The General public prosecutor's office refused to consider the request of the Belarusian writers to transfer the ex-presidential candidate Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu to the hospital. read more 
Justice ministry asks for punishment against Sannikaw`s legal counsel
The justice ministry has annulled the license of legal counsel Valyantsina Busko for her participation in last month’s post-election demonstration in Minsk and asked the Minsk City Bar to punish the lawyer of former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikaw held in custody over the protest. read more 
Poet Tatstsyana Sapach has died
Syarhei Dubavets and Tatstsyana Sapach have met with a road accident. The accident occurred on the night of December 28 in Lithuania. The family was coming home from their daughter’s who had given birth to their granddaughter not long before. Tatstsyana Sapach is a famous poet and TV journalist. read more |
