Today in the night a political prisoner, the leader of the “Young Front” Zmitser Dashkevich was transferred to the corrective colony of Shklou. The authorities again breach the current law, according to which Zmitser Dashkevich can be transferred to the colony only after the final judgement, after a cassation appeal, the Young Front states.

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A democratic activist Alesya Yasiuk, beaten up by a police major, filed a complaint to the prosecutor’s office. She demands to bring up a criminal action against the policeman.

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The administrative case against the human rights activist Aleh Vouchak has been dismissed because of expiry of period of limitation. This decision has been passed by Judge of Kastrychnitski district of Minsk Syarhei Herasimovich on December 7. The action against A. Vouchak had been brought up under Article No. 193-5 of the Administrative Code (violation of the order of economic policy measures and other restrictions while transporting goods through a border). The human rights activist faced a fine of 50 to 300 basic units.

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Belarus considers as valid an independent valuation of its gas transportation system Beltransgaz by the Dutch bank ABN AMRO. “Examination of the documents has shown that calculations of experts are, from the Belarussian point of view, economically valid and rest on a concrete economic rationale,” Belarussian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said in the parliament on Thursday.

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The chamber of representatives has approved the proposed budget for the year 2007 in the first reading. 100 “parliamentarians” supported the proposed budget, while one was against.

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The leader of the Young Front Zmitser Dashkevich was sent to serve a sentence to a medium-security correctional labour facility No.17 in the town of Shklou, Mahilyou region. The Charter’97 press-center has been informed about that by a young leader Artur Finkevich. Previously Zmitser Dashkevich has spent a few months in a remand prison in Minsk. The leader of the Young Front had been sentenced to a year and a half of imprisonment for “activities of behalf of an unregistered organization”.

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The former presidential candidate in Belarus, a political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin continues his hunger strike for 49 days. “A hunger strike is very often the last resort for prisoners. When information about a hunger strike becomes known, the government faces a problem of image, bit an image of prisoners, but its own image, whether they are mild enough to listen to the demands of people who use such actions,” told Hernan Reyes, an expert of the International Red Cross in medical problems if prisoners.

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Yesterday an editorial office of the independent socio-political newspaper “Vitsebskij Kurjer” received a written order from its lessor, a joint stock company “Elsan” to vacate premises within two days, until the noon of December 8. The news agency BelaPAN was informed about that by the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Uladzimir Bazan.

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The chairperson of the Belarusian People’s Republic Ivonka Survila addressed a former candidate for presidency in Belarus, political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin, with a call to stop the hunger strike.

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On December 6 leaders of the democratic movement of Belarus made a joint address to the UN Human Rights Council, and to the heads of the countries member of the UN Security Council with an appeal to consider the issue of gross human rights violations in Belarus.

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An international theatre company hasn’t been allowed to enter Belarus with a play on Svyatlana Aleksievich’s book “Chernobyl Prayer”. The visit of the theatre to Homel region was planned for December 6-7. For two times Belarusian customs officers prohibited actors of Polish theatre "Teatr Biuro Podrozy" and “Arabeski” theatre from Ukraine to cross the border.

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The leader of the united democratic forces of Belarus Alyaksandr Milinkevich has addressed open letters to the leaders of G8 countries George Bush, Angela Merkel, Jacques Chirac and Vladimir Putin relating the hunger strike of Alyaksandr Kazulin. Alyaksandr Milinkevich informed the leaders of the US, Germany, France and Russia that the former presidential candidate in Belarus, a political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin, who continues the hunger strike for the 49th day, promises to stop the hunger strike when at least one country of the G8 would announce intention to bring up the issue of human rights situation in Belarus in the UN Security Council. “I call upon you to do everything in power to save the life of Alyaksandr Kazulin and to release political prisoners in Belarus,” Alyaksandr Milinkevich told to presidents of the countries.

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