18:30 Political prisoner Andrei Klimau released from colony

Political prisoner Andrei Klimau has been released and is to arrive in Minsk on 16 February morning. Wife of political prisoner Tatsyana Klimava said it to the Charter’97 press center. “Andrei phoned home. Our daughter spoke to him. He said he was being guarded to Kalinkavichy from the Mazyr colony. There he will take a train and arrive in Minsk in the morning on 16 February. He didn’t manage to say anything more,” Tatsyana Klimava said.

17:21 Volha Kazulina: “Lukashenka’s words is height of cynicism”

Alyaksandr Lukashenka admitted today he knew well about bad health of political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin’s wife and tried to use that situation for bargaining with the West. Iryna Kazulina is seriously ill, while her husband has been kept in prison for 2 years on political motives. Release of all political prisoners is the main requirement of the EU and the USA.

14:56 Zmitser Zhaleznichenka stays in army

The court of the Savetski district of Homel upheld the decision of the draft commission on calling for military service Zmitser Zhaleznichenka, activist of the Belarusian Popular Front party.

14:34 Entrepreneurs ready pitch tents on October Square

Entrepreneurs are to go to October (Kastrychnitskaya) Square in Minsk at 12.00pm on 18 February. “We are going to struggle for cancelling of the decree 760 unless we win,” Ales Makaeu, member of the coordinating council of entrepreneurs, said to Charter’97.

12:22 Dictatorship deprives Belarusians of cheap Schengen visas

German Bundestag adopted a resolution at the session on 14 February, according to which visa fee for Belarusians remains the same - 60 euro.

11:43 Franak Vyachorka expelled from BSU journalistic faculty

The administration of the Belarusian State University informed the young man about the reasons of his expelling – absence. Son of Vintsuk Vyachorka, the deputy head of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF), got 15 days of arrest for allegedly using of foul language at the action of solidarity on 16 January. The term of arrest was considered to be absence.

10:45 Teachers made to register for “White Rus”

Uladzimir Savitski, head master of the secondary school of the village Vezha (Slutsk district) said last Friday after he had visited a conference there was an order obliging teachers of his school to join the “White Rus” party. He gave them weekends to think over it...

9:37 Website of Belarusian Central Election Commission hacked (screen shorts)

The website of the Central Commission on Election and Referenda (CEC) of the Republic of Belarus was hacked today morning by an unknown hacker under the nickname CATER.

8:49 PACE Rapporteur is to watch entrepreneurs’ action

Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, answers the letter of Ales Makaeu, acting head of the Coordinating Council of entrepreneurs, inviting him to come to Minsk for a rally on 18 February.