The UN Committee on Human Rights at the 111th session considered two complaints Vitebsk residents. The verdict Committee: Republic of Belarus had violated the rights of Igor Alexandrov and Valery Bazarov chastise them five years ago, fines for participating in an unsanctioned street procession. According to the committee, the authorities have violated paragraph 2 of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the right to freedom of expression), and in respect of Bazarov was broken yet and the article 21 of the Covenant (right to peaceful assembly).

A member of the Conservative Christian Party BPF Jan Derzhavtsevu again refused to hold two pickets of solidarity with Ukraine. This is the second ban of shares of the same themes, and activist wants to prosecute representatives of organizations that have engaged in "service actions".

In January-August 2014 in the Vitebsk region unprofitable were 160 organizations, or 15.2% of the total number of organizations (in the same period of 2013 - 9.1%). Sum of net losses of unprofitable enterprises in the eight months of this year amounted to 781.3 billion rubles, or 17.9% more than in January-August of last year, according to the National Statistics Committee.

Orsha-Western residents held a meeting with representatives of the authorities. Executive Committee of the West attended the first deputy chairman Sergei Paz, as well as representatives of the Department of Economics and Trade Division. According to residents, the officials of this level have met with people in the area or a long time, if ever. In total, came into the yard №5 Krasnogvardeyskaya the street, which in this day became a platform of dialogue with the government, about 70 people. The main theme of the meeting - the possibility of building in the area of ??high-grade shopping center.

Status balconies, canopies and other elements of houses in the Vitebsk region often does not meet the requirements of the legislation. This was reported by prosecutor in charge of supervising the enforcement of laws and the legality of legal acts of the prosecutor's office of the Vitebsk region Marina Ryzhova.