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Mass Opposition Celebration of the 25th of March - 25/03/2007

Around 6 thousands people took part in mass celebration by Opposition of the Day of Independence (Day of proclamation of the Belarus’ Independent State). On the day the centre of Minsk was blocked by riot police, preventing people from gathering. Several people were pushed or beaten by those police forces. Nevertheless, they moved through the city centre streets with flags. More...

Opposition Candidate at President elections Dr. Alexander Kazulin is sentenced to 5 and a half years in jail - 15/07/2006

"I oppose the system. This ruling system handed down a sentence to itself today. It was obvious that the authorities are in a panic fear of truth, and it had became completely obvious during the trial that they were attempting to cover up the March 25 armed against and inhuman treatment of its own people" Dr. Kazulin’s lawyer passed his client’s statement. "The authorities are so confident of their impunity that they have for the first time ever convicted a presidential candidate on obviously trumped-up charges. Today the entire country is turning into a prison. One should now demand freedom not for Kazulin but for all political prisoners and the entire Belarusian nation." More...

Zmitser Dashkevich sentenced to 1.5 years - 01/11/2006

Zmitser Dashkevich had been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. He was charged with acting within unregistered organization Partnerstva contrary to Section 193 of the Criminal Justice Act. Among other arguments, the Defense argues the unconstitutionality of the said Section of the Act, but this did not make any impact. The received sentence was one of the harshest as the maximum possible sentence under the legislation was 2 years. More...

19 March President Elections result - 22/03/2006

As was expected, Lukashenko's regime has declared stunning result of elections: almost 93 percent of voters have taken part, from which 84 percent said have voted for Lukashenko, 6 percent - for United candidate Milinkevich, some percent received by other candidates. Making comments on such result, independent voices remind, that similar occurred only during elections of times of Stalin, Hussein and Milosevic. To a word, official figures cardinally differ from independent poll, including exit poll. More...

Belarus may be left without gas

After a spectacular gas cutoff in February, a standoff between Gazprom and Belarusian authorities has been somewhat subdued. However, the Russian Courier newspaper reports, the parties, without coming into direct contact, exchanged threats at the beginning of this week. Since the start of this year, Belarus has purchased gas from so-called independent Russian producers, at a price of $46.68 per 1,000 cubic meters. For its part, Gazprom offered its gas for $50 per 1,000 cubic meters, while Belarus's government insisted on prices applied to the fifth zone of Russia. The parties did not make much efforts to bring their positions closer together. More...

Charter'97: Strategy of Civil Actions - 13/01/2005

The session of the Council of Civil Initiatives “Free Belarus” took place in Minsk on January 11. The representatives of civil initiatives “We Remember”, “Freedom to Political Prisoners!”, “Charter’97”, “Volat”, “Veterans For Democracy”, “National Strike Committee of Entrepreneurs”, “TERRA-Convention”, “Anti- t Action” took part in the meeting. More...

Political hunger strike - 03/06/2006

Hunger-strike of oppositional youth. In it participate about 40 activists from Grodno, Zhodzina, Minsk, Soligorsk and other cities. Young people demand to stop criminal prosecution of BPF leaders and to release all political prisoners. More...

The U.S. President about Belarus - 24/05/2005

U.S. President George W. Bush said that people in Belarus live under "the last remaining dictatorship in Europe" and deserve better. George Bush also said that the United States would work with countries in the region to ensure the next elections in Belarus are free. More...

Peter Benenson, founder of the Amnesty International organization died - 01/03/2005

Peter Benenson, the founder of the worldwide human rights organisation Amnesty International, died on the 25-th day of February aged 83 in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford after a long illness. More...

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