News on 3.12.2012

3.12.2012

Boris Grebenshchikov supports Ales Byalyatski 12

16:59, — Politics

Amnesty International has launched the Write for Rights 2012 marathon.

Independent journalist detained near Vitebskdreu 39

16:20, — Politics

The editor of the Narodnyia Naviny Vetebska web-site Siargei Serabro was taking pictures of the yards and street in the city’s outskirts before the visit of Lukashenka.

Candles against death punishment across Belarus

16:09, — Politics

Cities for Life/Cities Against the Death Penalty event was held on November 30 in many countries across the world.

Belarusians injured in Moscow fight

16:03, — Events

Football fans of Moscow "Dynamo" and English visitors started fighting in one of the bars near the Irish Embassy.

Ministry of Economy: No miracle possible without solvents 73

15:33, — Economics

The authorities admitted that the foreign trade balance slumped due to the cessation of “solvents” export.

Doctor from Vitebsk fired for criticising Kasinets

14:40, — Politics

Pediatrician Ihar Pastnou was dismissed after criticising head of the Vitesbk region Alyaksandr Kasinets in public.

Department of Financial Investigations refused to unfreeze Arche’s accounts   3

14:08, — Politics

The Belarusian Association of Journalists’ motion for unfreezing the accounts of the Arche magazine was not satisfied.

Prison staff refuse to pass hat for Dashkevich

13:28, — Politics

Political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich wrote about his life in a solitary confinement cell in the Hrodna prison.

MFA calls Germany’s decision absurd   26

13:25, — Politics

The Ministry of International Affairs of Belarus called farfetched the decision of the German authorities to withdraw their military attaché from Minsk.

Pressure on Granit workers increases every day 7

12:35, — Politics

At the Granit enterprise the prosecution of the activists of an independent trade union continues.

Lukasheka went for Maybach? 220

12:09, — Politics

This car has been coursing around Minsk for several weeks already in the ruler’s procession.

They burn Dashkevich’s letters in the prison to warm up 10

12:01, — Politics

The Vitebsk coordinator of the organizational committee of the BChD party Tatiana Seviarynets received a letter from Dzmitry Dashkevich from the Grodno prison No 1.

Andrei Haidukou found in Vitebsk detention centre 11

11:09, — Politics

The mother hopes to see her son, an activist from Navapolatks who is suspected of spying.

Voluntary but compulsory 118

11:06, — society

Teachers were made to work as construction workers at weekends in the town of Hlybokaye.

Makei asks to ignore the political prisoners 36

10:56, — Politics

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Uladzimir Makei believes that at the current stage the issue of normalizations of the relations between his country and the European Union depends on the EU’s position.

Navapolatsk ticket collector: I can not go out

10:05, — society

Lyudmila Shakhryna is on the sick leave now.

The cross commemorating Polish officers stolen from Kurapaty again 32

8:19, — society

It was re-installed on 29 November and lasted for only three days.

Berlin recalls military attache from Belarus 61

8:15, — Politics

German authorities have made it because of massive violations of human rights in Belarus.

Torture in police department: Threats of killing to get confession 126

0:36, — Politics

The police department of Minsk's Leninski district again found itself in the middle of a torture scandal.