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31 декабря 2010
- 14:27 Authorized representative of Statkevich applies for political asylum in Ukraine // English // Новости
Viktar Kantsavenka, a resident of Rechytsa, Homyel region, who was an authorized representative of candidate Mikalay Statkevich in the past...
- 12:51 Couple win appeal against conviction over post-election demonstration // English // Новости
The Minsk City Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a couple who had been sentenced to a fine and a jail sentence for participation in...
- 12:48 Relatives of riot suspects launch campaign for their release // English // Видео
Relatives of former presidential candidates and other people held in the KGB's detention center over the December 19 post-election protest have...
- 11:16 Human rights watchdog calls on Belarusian authorities to end pressure on lawyers of those arrested over post-election protest // English // Новости
The observation mission of the newly established International Committee for Control of Human Rights in Belarus has called on the country`s...
- 11:13 KGB raids Belsat reporter's apartment // English // Новости
Officers of the Committee for State Security (KGB) on Thursday searched the Minsk apartment of Katsyaryna Tkachenka, a reporter with the...
- 10:07 New president of Kyrgyzstan congratulates Lukashenka on reelection // English // Новости
The new president of Kyrgyzstan, Roza Otunbayeva, has congratulated Alyaksandr Lukashenka on his reelection as president of Belarus for a fourth...
- 10:04 Charter`97 editor Natallya Radzina charged in mass riot case // English // Статьи
Natallya Radzina, editor of the Charter’97 news site, has been charged with organizing mass riots and participating in them under Parts One and Two of the Criminal Code’s Article 293...
30 декабря 2010
- 14:31 Gazprom will not lower price for Belarus in 2011, spokesman says // English // Новости
Gazprom’s spokesman said on Wednesday that the Russian natural gas giant was set to raise its gas price for Belarus in 2011 as agreed earlier....
- 13:44 Belarusian activist of Russia's National Bolshevik Party arrested by KGB // English // Новости
Yawhen Kontush, a Belarusian activist of Russia’s National Bolshevik Party (Nazbol), has been arrested on Thursday morning, his associate,...
- 13:37 Released protesters greeted at jail gate // English // Видео
About 50 people gathered at the gates of the detention center on Akrestsina Street in Minsk on Wednesday afternoon to greet post-election protesters...
- 13:32 Warsaw to abolish national visa fee for Belarusians // English // Новости
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced on Wednesday that Warsaw would abolish its national visa fee for ordinary Belarusian citizens on...
- 13:30 Nyaklyayew develops hypertensive crisis // English // Новости
Uladzimir Nyaklyayew developed a hypertensive crisis in the KGB's detention center in Minsk on Wednesday, the former presidential candidate's...
- 13:27 KGB officers raid home of human rights defender Tankachova // English // Новости
KGB officers on Wednesday raided the Minsk apartment of human rights defender Alena Tankachova. The search lasted from 7:30 p.m. till 9:50 p.m.,...
- 13:23 Ex-candidates, campaign aides charged in mass riot case // English // Статьи
Former presidential rivals of Alyaksandr Lukashenka and their campaign aides have been charged with organizing mass riots...
29 декабря 2010
- 16:21 European Parliament to consider sanctions against Belarusian government // English // Статьи
Members of the European Parliament will consider possible sanctions against the Belarusian government during an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on January 12...
- 15:10 Two more men placed on list of suspects in mass riot case // English // Новости
One more person has been put into the detention center of the Committee for State Security (KGB) in connection with a mass riot case instituted by...
- 14:48 Authorities start releasing people sentenced to 10 days in jail over post-election protest // English // Новости
Some people arrested during the opposition's post-election street protest in Minsk on December 19 started leaving jail at around noon on Wednesday,...
- 14:23 Memorial deplores Belarus` presidential election, crackdown on anti-Lukashenka protesters // English // Видео
Memorial, a Moscow-headquartered international historical and civil rights society, has issued a statement saying that Belarus’ post-election...
- 13:34 United Civic Party urges head of OSCE Office in Minsk to visit opposition activists held in KGB detention center // English // Новости
The United Civic Party (UCP) has petitioned Benedikt Haller, head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, to visit the activists held in the detention center...
- 11:05 Moscow «deeply disappointed» at appeal setback for Russians jailed over post-election protest in Minsk // English // Новости
Moscow is "deeply disappointed" at a Belarusian court's refusal to order the release of several Russian citizens jailed after the...
- 11:02 German MP calls on EU to ease visa rules for Belarusians // English // Видео
Marieluise Beck, a member of the German parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, on Tuesday called on the European Union...
- 10:57 Polish education minister asks universities to enroll expelled Belarusian students // English // Новости
Polish Education Minister Barbara Kudrycka has urged Polish universities to offer enrollment on a non-fee-paying basis to citizens of Belarus who...
- 10:55 Mother alarmed over health condition of Natallya Radzina // English // Новости
The mother of Natallya Radzina, editor of the Charter’97 news site, has expressed alarm at the health condition of her daughter who is held in...
- 10:29 Myasnikovich appointed prime minister // English // Статьи
Mikhail Myasnikovich, formerly head of the National Academy of Science, was appointed prime minister instead of Syarhey Sidorski...
- 10:23 KGB raids office shared by Belarusian PEN Center and private weekly Nasha Niva // English // Новости
KGB officers raided the office of the Belarusian PEN Center and the private weekly Nasha Niva in downtown Minsk on Tuesday evening. The officers,...
28 декабря 2010
- 15:50 Belarusian Christian Democracy describes attempt to storm House of Government as provocation // English // Видео
The attempt to storm the House of Government during the post-election protest in Minsk on December 19 was a provocation by state security agencies,...
- 15:43 Court in Minsk to consider former presidential candidates' appeals against detention // English // Новости
The Tsentralny District Court in Minsk will hold hearings on December 29 to consider appeals contesting the detention of former presidential...
- 15:39 German MP calls on EU to simplify visa rules for Belarusians // English // Новости
Marieluise Beck, a member of the German parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, on Tuesday called on the European Union...
- 15:36 West is shocked by events in Belarus, German MP says // English // Статьи
The Belarusian authorities' brutal crackdown on the opposition's post-election street protest and former presidential candidates has "shocked" the West...
- 11:39 Lawyers finally meet with Nyaklyayew // English // Статьи
Uladzimir Nyaklyayew's lawyers Tamara Sidarenka and Uladzimir Bukshtynaw finally managed to meet with the former presidential candidate...
- 11:29 Belarus to continue purchasing Venezuelan oil, vice premier says // English // Новости
Minsk will not abandon plans to purchase oil from Venezuela in spite of the fact that Russia has decided to abolish its duty on oil exports to...
- 11:25 Khalip`s parents have one month to get custody of her small son // English // Статьи
The grandparents of the small son of prominent journalist Iryna Khalip have a month to get legal custody of the child, Antanina Druhakova...
- 11:19 December 19, 2010 will go down in history as «bloody Sunday,» opposition party says // English // Новости
The 19th of December 2010 will go down in history as "bloody Sunday," the Central Committee of the Spravedlivy Mir (Just World) Belarusian...
- 11:17 KGB questions New Life Church lawyer over post-election protest // English // Новости
The Committee for State Security (KGB) questioned Syarhey Lukanin, a lawyer of a Protestant community called New Life Church, in connection with the...
27 декабря 2010
- 17:28 Editor in chief of major private newspaper to be questioned by KGB // English // Новости
Iosif Syaredzich, editor in chief of Narodnaya Volya, a leading private newspaper critical of the government, told BelaPAN on Monday that the...
- 17:25 Canada demands immediate release of opposition leaders in Belarus // English // Новости
Canada demands the immediate release of opposition leaders in Belarus, the Canadian foreign minister, Lawrence Cannon, said in a statement issued on...
- 17:20 Russian writers grant civil courage prize to Nyaklyayew // English // Новости
Russia’s Krasnoyarsk-headquartered Viktor Astafyev Foundation has awarded its Civil Courage Prize to poet Uladzimir Nyaklyayew, who was a...
- 17:19 National Writers' Union of Ukraine outraged at beating, arrest of Nyaklyayew // English // Новости
The writers of Ukraine are outraged by the unprecedentedly brutal beating and arrest of poet Uladzimir Nyaklyayew, who was a candidate in Belarus'...
- 13:15 Тwo opposition activists in Brest released from jail, another said to have been taken by authorities to Minsk // English // Новости
Two of the three opposition activists grabbed by police in Brest on December 21 were released on Sunday. Yury Bakur, Andrey Sharenda and Dzmitry...
- 13:12 Top election official attacks OSCE // English // Новости
Lidziya Yarmoshyna, head of the central election commission, revealed in an interview aired on Belarusian television on Sunday that she had not...
- 13:07 Wife urges authorities to prove that Nyaklyayew is alive // English // Статьи
The wife of Uladzimir Nyaklyayew and three prominent cultural figures have demanded that the authorities "show" the 64-year-old former presidential candidate...
26 декабря 2010
- 17:32 Minsk offices of two Warsaw-based broadcast media outlets raided // English // Новости
Law enforcement officers raided the Minsk offices of two Warsaw-based broadcast media outlets on December 25. The raids targeted the office of...
- 17:30 Top CIS observer defends Belarus’ vote, attacks OSCE monitors // English // Новости
The head of the CIS observation team in Belarus’ presidential election has described the vote as transparent and attacked OSCE observers....
- 17:25 KGB seizes seven computers, Ramanchuk’s campaign material from United Civic Party office // English // Новости
Officers of the Committee for State Security (KGB) conducted a search for more than four hours at the Minsk office of the United Civic Party (UCP),...
- 17:23 Milinkevich urges EU not to restore relations with Minsk until release of all opposition figures // English // Статьи
The opposition politician urges the EU to express solidarity with the arrested people and demand their immediate release and an impartial inquiry into the brutal...
- 17:17 Statkevich’s campaign manager put into KGB jail // English // Новости
Syarhey Martsalew, ex-presidential candidate Mikalay Statkevich’s campaign manager, has been arrested and is held in the detention center of the...
- 17:15 KGB, police raid dozen homes over mass riot case // English // Новости
Officers of the Committee for State Security (KGB) and police raided the apartments of at least 12 people in Minsk and other cities on Saturday in...
- 17:11 Three leaders of Belarusian Party of Left interviewed by KGB over mass riot case // English // Новости
Three leaders of the Spravedlivy Mir (Just World) Belarusian Party of the Left who spearheaded the Campaign for Fair Elections were interviewed by...
25 декабря 2010
- 16:21 Renowned Russian writers demand Nyaklyayew’s release, end to persecution of opposition figures // English // Новости
A group of renowned Russian writers have demanded that the Belarusian authorities release immediately former presidential candidate Uladzimir...
- 16:17 Several people arrested after rally near jail // English // Новости
Several people were arrested after a rally held near the detention center on Minsk's Akrestsina Street on Friday evening in solidarity with those...
