On February 17, the Moscow district court of Minsk held trials Yaskevich entrepreneur Irina from Viciebsk and chairman of the United Civil Party Anatoly Lebedko per share on January 18 at the Independence Square in the capital. Absentia and sentenced to fines activists Artur Adamyan and Nina Boginskaya.

The concern of the authorities about the state among the Catholic clergy in our country to a certain extent we can understand – each State acting in accordance with their political views. This was stated by the Catholic bishop of Viciebsk Oleg Boutkevitch.

The founder of the "Platform Innovation" Michael Zhamchuzhny in July 2015 was convicted of the Viciebsk regional court to 6 years imprisonment in a penal colony. October 23 the judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court considered an appeal and appointed Zhemchuzhny more severe punishment – six and a half years in prison.

January 4 chairman of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski filed a complaint with the prosecutor of Leninski district of Minsk in connection with the fact that his appeal on the case of Michael Zhamchuzhny, the Supreme Court has not yet given an answer. Message from the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus was sent November 12, 2015.

The UN Committee on Human Rights issued another decision taken on the complaint resident of Viciebsk. According to this decision, Belarus has violated the rights of Taras Surhan, which are provided by Part 2 of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.