16:49 Submitted documents to be registered as candidate? Go to police!

Mikita Krasnou, a candidate for deputy of the European list, was summoned for interrogation in half an hour after he brought his documents for registration as a candidate.

15:57 Pardon does not overturn Kazulin’s conviction

Alyaksandr Kazulin has been pardoned buy a decree of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Interfax was informed by Aleh Slyapenka, an interim head of information and PR department of the Interior Minister of Belarus.

14:43 Europe shouldn’t forget about its own proposals

The only way of democratic reforms in Belarus is step-by-step fulfillment of 12 recommendations of the European Union: immediate release of all political prisoners, cessation of any political repressions, changing the conditions of carrying out elections, believes one of the leaders of the civil campaign “European Belarus”, a former political prisoner Mikhail Marynich.

14:12 Andrei Sannikov: “Cessation of repressions and holding really free elections are to follow on the agenda”

“I greet the release of Alyaksandr Kazulin. He and his family have demonstrated incredible fortitude when defending their rights and views in life,” stated the leader of the civil campaign “European Belarus” Andrei Sannikov.

13:56 Tatsyana Kim: “I am waiting for Lukashenka to release my son too”

“I am waiting for Lukashenka to release other political prisoners, my son Andrei Kim and Syarhei Parsyukevich,” Tatsyana Kim said in an interview to the Charter’97 press-centre.

12:41 EU expects “immediate release of all political prisoners”

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, welcomed release of the oppositional politician Alyaksandr Kazulin and stated that she counts on “immediate release of other Belarusian politicians”.

12:26 Political prisoner Kazulin released

On August 16, on the Day of Belarusian Solidarirty, the former candidate for presidency in Belarus, a political prisoner Alyakasndr Kazulin, was relsed. Alyaksandr Kazulin’s press-conference is to take place on Wednesday. The Charter’97 press-centre has been informed about that by the daughter of the politician Volha Kazulina.

12:21 Rallies of Solidarity in Minsk: pickets held in centre of city (Photo)

Several rallies dedicated to the Day of Solidarity were held in Minsk on August 16. Activists of the civil campaign “European Belarus” gathered in the streets of the city with portraits of political prisoners and abducted leaders of the opposition.

12:17 Football under white-red-white flags (Photo)

On August 16-17 a neighbourhood football teams’ tournament was held in the town of Barysau (Minsk region) by a youth centre “Volat”. Prizes had been provided by the civil campaign “European Belarus”.

11:40 Flash-mob near Central Elections Commission: Boycott to Electoral Farce (Photo)

On August 16 young activists held a flash-mob near the Central Elections Commission in Independence Square in Minsk.

10:44 Alyaksandr Kazulin: “Other political prisoners must be released in short term”

The press-service of Alyaksandr Kazulin has distributed a press-release on the occasion of the politician’s release.

9:57 Lukashenka went to Sochi to meet with Medvedev

At the moment Alyaksandr Lukashenka stays on a working visit in Sochi, where he is to meet with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on August 19.