18:57 Court throws out complaint over demonstration venue in Brest

A Brest court on Thursday threw out human rights defender Raman Kislyak’s complaint about a lack of venues for demonstrations in the city.

18:20 Investigators ask not about blast but about opposition organisations

Militia officers go on questionings of opposition activists. Democrats are called to militia departments allegedly in the blast case, but investigators are more interested in their membership in political parties.

14:58 Threats to staff of Charter’97 website

Anti-Semitic insults and physical menace from anonymous visitors of our internet resource have been received by staff of www.charter97.org.

13:41 Action of youth in Minsk: “Ignore election!” (Photo, video)

A performance dedicated to boycott of the oncoming election for the “house of representatives” was held at Independence Square in Minsk yesterday. It is there where the Central Election Commission of Belarus is situated.

11:50 BPF party leader asks Yakubovich to publish conversation with LGB (Audio)

Head of the Belarusian Popular Front party Lyavon Barshcheuski wrote a letter to Pavel Yakubovich, editor of “Savetskaya Belarusiya” newpaperr, asking him to publish a conversation of Alyaksandr Mekh with Kobryn KGB officers.

10:54 Fascist attacked Lithuanian embassy in Minsk

A vandalism act was committed against Lithuanian embassy in Belarus 25 July at night.

9:57 Yarmoshyna wants everything to be like in America

Head of the Central Election Commission of Belarusian Lidziya Yarmoshyna thinks early voting is “an extremely progressive measure”.

9:08 MP Candidate called up for army service

On 24 July member of the Belarusian Popular Front Vital Karatysh was handed in an order to come to military enlistment office to be transferred to army today.

8:13 US President insists on release of Kazulin

US President called on the US diplomats in undemocratic countries to maintain regular contact with opponents of the regime. George Bush said it in his speech in Washington on 24 July. The American president mentioned political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin, who has been in Belarusian prison for 2.5 years.