On April 20, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Viciebsk passed a trial of another participant in an unauthorized action in the city. It is noteworthy that, accused of violating the administrative code, Lynsh Yuri Alexandrovich, is not a resident of Viciebsk, but came from Minsk and, he said, happened to be in the center of the city on the day of the action.
The trial of a member of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee took place in the already familiar place for consideration of cases of mass events in the court of Oktyabrsky district of the city of Viciebsk. Judge Inna Grabovskaya considered the participation of human rights defenders in unauthorized actions held on March 25 and 26 as proven, and decided to subject him to a penalty in the form of administrative arrest.
On April 12, in the Viciebsk regional court, journalist of Belsat TV channel Yekaterina Bakhvalova and correspondent of Radio Liberty Galina Abakunchik tried to appeal against the decisions of the judges of the court of Vorša district and the city of Vorša on March 13 of this year. Representatives of the press were detained the day before and fined for covering the rally and the procession of non-homeless people in Vorša.
The incident occurred on March 27 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Viciebsk, where Judge Inna Grabovskaya was to examine the case of journalist Kastus Mardzvincau, who was detained – the day before. Before the beginning of the process, she stated that she wanted to hold a meeting in her office, and therefore would not allow anyone to consider it.
On Monday, March 27, trials were held in Viciebsk over people who were detained the day before, on March 25 and 26, during mass actions that took place in the city.
The Połacak regional executive committee banned holding a rally on the city square on March 26 at 12 o'clock. The application for the event was filed by a resident of the city Eugene Parchinsky. About refusal to satisfy an application officials of regional executive committee have informed Evgenie directly in a hall of executive committee during consideration of this application. The written prohibition was issued to Parchinsky signed by the deputy chairman of the district executive committee.
In Połacak, human rights activist Yury Belsky on March 23, policemen tried to deliver a summons. Yuri was invited to come to the Investigation Committee on March 24 by 4:00 pm.
Both applicants received the refusals. The administration of Zheleznodorozhny district of Viciebsk banned a two-hour rally for CCP BPF member Jan Derzhavtsev, and the Viciebsk regional executive committee denied Kastus Smolikov, chairman of Viciebsk regional organization of the party BPF, permission to hold a protest rally on March 25 and march.
Viciebsk center will be one of three such agencies, which will be created in the country. The center will be foreign nationals, which are awaiting deportation from the territory of Belarus.
On March 21, the Oktyabrsky District Court examined administrative cases against two participants of a protest rally held in Viciebsk on February 26. The result of consideration: 50 base units (1150 rubles) of fine Tatiana Severinets, and 30 base (690 rubles) – Kirill Tatarevich.
Such words are opened by another letter to the Vitebsk human rights activists, a political prisoner who is serving a sentence in the correctional colony No. 14. Further, Mikhail Zhamchuzhny reveals what the "fine" is.
This was stated by Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Igor Starovoitov on February 28 at a meeting of the Council for the Improvement of Labor Legislation. The reason for the control was violation of the General Agreement by the Belkhimprofsoyuz. At the plant, Belkhimprofsoyuz's primary (BHP) refusal to implement the General Agreement and create a unified representation of employees together with the Belarusian Free Trade Union (SPB).
The action of the "no-assailants", which local opposition leaders intended to hold in Viciebsk on March 15, on Constitution Day, did not take place, but several activists were temporarily detained.
Training for journalists of the region to create a regular smartphone news video was held on March 3 and 4 in Połacak. The training was conducted by the experienced video operator of Belsat TV channel, photographer, head of the Barysaŭ branch of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Alexander Zenkov. Journalists from Viciebsk, Hłybokaje and Połacak took part in the training.
After five months in SIZO No. 2 in Viciebsk, British citizen Alan Smith was finally allowed to meet with relatives. On a visit from London to Viciebsk came his sister. After the meeting, "Viciebsk Spring" talked with Tanya Smith. Our conversation took place right in the remand center, in the reception room of the programs.
In the evening of March 6 at Krasnoarmeyskaya, 13 democratic activists gathered to discuss current issues. The "March of the Non-Monkeys", planned in Vorša on March 12, was also discussed. During the discussion, policemen came into the house and asked "to talk to the person in charge of the premises." Igor Kazmerchak, editor of the site orsha.eu, talked to the police. After some time, the representatives of the Investigative Committee arrived in the house with a resolution to conduct a search.
The meeting is scheduled for March 15. The purpose of the event: to publicly celebrate the Day of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, which is set by decree of President of the Republic of Belarus # 157 from 26.03.1998 city as a public holiday. The application submitted to the administration of Railway area.
In 2017, 80 years the so-called "Great Terror", which is directly linked to the personality of Stalin. Stalin died long ago, but the memory of Stalin's victims is still not revered. Viciebsk civil initiative "Chajsy" is looking for a place repressed graves in the vicinity of the city and returns to society-forgotten testimony of our tragic history. Our correspondent spoke with the head of the initiative "Chajsy" Jan Dzyarzhautsau.
When we read a book on the Internet, view photos, or enjoy your favorite movies, you do not always think about what might violate someone's rights. In fact, each of the content in the network and each creation has a creator who has to his work copyrighted. And not always respected this right. That is the problem and the seminar was dedicated in Viciebsk.
Day of February 26, 2017 Viciebsk citizens will remember for a long time. Indignation decree №3 withdrew to protest a large number of citizens. Such manifestations of dissent among the citizens was not, perhaps, since the time of the restructuring.
Back in September 2014, during the acute phase of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, Viciebsk human rights activist Leonid Svetik appealed to the Viciebsk city executive committee. It asked him the address of the nearest bomb shelter equipped. To get a plausible answer, it took time.
"January 24 suddenly, for no reason, I was summoned to the commission and said that would send the case to court on placing me in jail for three years. Probably, it will be Harodnia, so the address can be changed", – said after the two-month silence, Viciebsk human rights activists political prisoner Mikhail Zhamchuzhny.
On the eve of the next meeting of citizens opposed to the decree number 3, Viciebsk coalition of Belarusian National Congress has extended the appeal to the people of the city, which supported the protest. It is assumed that the meeting will take place in Victory Square on 26 February. In the first such meeting a week earlier, none of the local leaders of opposition parties and movements did not participate.