Dashkevich again put under police supervision

Dzmitry Dashkevich

The former political prisoner has been placed under police supervision for a year.

“The police came yesterday to congratulate me on the expiration of the term of preventive supervision and imposing a new type of police supervision,” the activist says. Read more.. »

U.S. delegation meets relatives of Belarusian political prisoners

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“Improvement of relations between the United States and Belarus is dependent on improving the human rights situation and standards of democracy in Belarus,” Radio Liberty’s Belarus service said quoting Thomas Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary from Department of State, who spoke at a press conference on the results of the official visit of the United States government interagency delegation to Belarus. Read more.. »

Yury Rubtsou to be tried for insulting judge

Прысуд Юрыю Рубцову: паўтары гады "хіміі"

The hearings on the criminal case will start at 3 p.m. on September 16 at the Tsentralny District Court of Minsk. The case will be considered by Judge Natallia Vaitsekhovich. Read more.. »

Lawyer: Political prisoner Parfiankou thin and pale, held in solitary confinement

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Volha Bezbarodkina, the counsel of political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou, visited him in the Horki penal colony, Radio Liberty’s Belarus service said. Before that, there was no news from the prisoner for two months. During the meeting, the lawyer agreed on the text of a supervisory appeal against the sentence and learned about Vasil Parfinakou’s detention conditions. Read more.. »