Topic: Politics
Ales Byalyatski honored by U.S. State Department
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21:12, — Politics
The U.S. State Department has named jailed Belarusian rights activist Ales Byalyatski a recipient of its annual Human Rights Defenders Award.
Minsk riot police in Helsinki (Photo, video)
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17:00, — Politics
Finnish hockey fans saw what they can meet in Minsk.
Vital Rymasheuski: IIHF continues traditions of cooperation with dictators
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16:34, — Politics
A vivid example of these traditions is holding the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany in 1936.
Alyaksandr Atroshchankau: “Crackdown on oppostion will only grow after IIHF's decision”
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15:25, — Politics
Alyaksandr Atroshchankau, a coordinator of European Belarus civil campaign and former political prisoner, comments on a decision to hold the ice hockey world championship in Minsk.
Mikalai Khalezin: “We will struggle to cancel ice hockey world championship in Minsk”
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15:18, — Politics
Initiators of the campaign to move the ice hockey world championship from Minsk are not going to surrender.
World Ice Hockey Championship will be in the Europe's last dictatorship
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15:07, — Politics
IIHF Congress approved Minsk as a place of World Ice Hockey Championship in 2014.
BAJ: Scale of crackdown against certain journalists and editorial boards was unprecedented
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13:55, — Politics
The presidential campaign of 2010 has drastically changed the situation of independent mass media.
Teenager was beaten by five policemen (Video)
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13:51, — Politics
A Young Front member Raman Pratasevich, who raised a national white-red-white flag in central Minsk, told how the detention was taking place.
No to Minsk 2014 (Video)
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13:45, — Politics
Pickets against hosting the 2014 IIHF World Championship in Minsk are carried out in Helsinki during a IIHF congress.
Ales Byalyatski allowed a 1-day meeting with his wife
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13:32, — Politics
Political prisoner Ales Byalyatski allowed a 1-day meeting with his wife
Zmena: I won't go to “polls”! Ignore 2012 (Photo)
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12:19, — Politics
On May 17, activists of Tell the Truth campaign held an action against taking part in the “parliamentary election”.
Andrei Dzmitryeu: What do we do in the parliamentary elections?
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12:11, — Politics
"Tell the Truth" activists tell Euroradio how they liked the detention center in Smalyavichy and when they plan to return there.
Ivonka Survilla: Amensty International takes Lukashenka's side
12:10, — Politics
Chairperson of the Council of the Belarusian People's Republic (BNR), Ivinka Survilla, comments on a refusal of the Amnesty International to recognize Syarhei Kavalenka prisoner of conscience.
Yury Chyhilejchyk sentenced to supervised release
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11:57, — Politics
He was sentenced to 3.5 years of supervised release without transfer to special institutions.
Syarhei Kavalenka remains in prison
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11:39, — Politics
On May 18, the Vitebsk region court dismissed an appeal against the decision of the Pershamaiski district court, which sentenced Syarhei Kavalenka to two years' imprisonment.
Rene Fasel washed one's hands
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11:25, — Politics
President of MFH proposed policies to solve the problem of human rights violations in Belarus.
Absurdity as deliverance from dictatorship
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10:37, Iryna Khalip for charter97.org — Politics
Everybody finds pursuits after one’s own heart and devotes oneself to it with all one’s oppositional zeal.
Kozik in Granit bullied and lied
10:10, — Politics
Workers shocked by meeting with chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions.
Mikalai Statkevich may be thrown into punishment cell again
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10:06, — Politics
Information about the increased pressure on political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich has been confirmed.
Syarhei Kavalenka's wife detained in Vitebsk
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9:11, — Politics
It happened at 5:40 a.m. near the Vitebsk region court.
Policemen have keys to oppositionists’ flats
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17:43, — Politics
On May 17 Uladzimir Yaromenak was sentenced to a 7 days’ imprisonment. The guy was dragged out of his flat, which had been opened by policemen by their own key.
Syarhei Kavalenka continues hunger strike in Vitebsk detention facility
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17:06, — Politics
A Vitebsk-based activist of the Conservative Christian Party BPF, Syarhei Kavalenka, continues hunger strike since May 8.
Young Front activists thrown into jail again
15:39, — Politics
Uladzimir Yaromenak, a former political prisoner and Young Front member, has been detained for 7 days again.
Babrujsk activist charged with recruiting people for work in Russia
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15:27, — Politics
An activist of the United Civil Party is charged with agitation of people to leave for Russia for work on the grounds of an anonymous letter received by the city executive committee.
KGB threatens Mikhalevich again
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13:58, — Politics
Alyaksandr Antanovich, the head of the information and public relations department at the KGB, denied information published in former presidential candidate Ales Mikhalevich's article “Torture Technology”.
Anatoly Krasouski would have turned 60 today
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12:58, — Politics
Today Anatoly Krasouski, a well-known Belarusian businessman, a friend of Vice Speaker of the Supreme Council of the 13th convocation Viktar Hanchar, would have turned 60.
Amnesty International refuses to recognize Kavalenka prisoner of conscience
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12:56, — Politics
The organization continues to monitor the situation of the political prisoner.
MEP Marek Migalski goes to Helsinki
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12:28, — Politics
Marek Migalski to strive for cancellation of championship in Belarus.
Belarusian dictatorship wants money from the EBRD
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12:12, — Politics
Belarusian MFA displeased "politicization" of the cooperation between Belarus and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Teachers got instructions to smile to Kozik
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11:27, — Politics
Teachers were “asked” to smile and avoid complaints under threat of dismissal ahead of the visit of Kozik to the town of Mikashevichy.
