On December 24, the Vitebsk regional court hears appeals of journalists and activists fined for photographing birds and cages. The case of six participants photoshoot assorted different judges - Edgar Martirosyan, Svetlana Ivanova and Irina Smolyakova - but the result of their proceedings the same: complaints were not met, the decision of the Court of Zheleznodorozhny District, left unchanged.
Political prisoner Igor Olinevich, sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in a strict regime, met with parents in prison "Vitba-3". It was a long-term meeting, but instead of the usual three days it lasted only a day.
Member of the organizing committee of the party "Belarusian Christian Democracy" Andrew Gaidukova arrested for handing out leaflets on November 21 in Novopolotsk and 24 November in Polotsk. November 25th for one of the shares he was sentenced to 10 days, and after December 5, for another 5 days. Activist told Human Rights Defenders new details of these arrests and the courts, as well as about the conditions in the detention center Novopolotsk.
Vitebsk human rights activist Leonid Svetik appealed to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus with the proposals to consider life insurance and health of prisoners (convicts). Deputies forwarded to offer human rights activist Dr. Department of Punishment and the Ministry of Finance, whence came the answers, which show that public authorities are not interested in the introduction of compulsory insurance of life and health of those who are in prison.
On December 17, Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Vitebsk finished the last trial of the participants in a photo shoot "with cells and birds." The trial of Paul Levinau led Judge Elena Tsygankova. In her decision, Paul Levinau must pay a fine of 25 basic units - 3.75 million rubles.
Human rights activist Paul Levinau appealed to the administration of the Zheleznodorozhny district of Vitebsk, where he said he was going to take a picture with your friends. At the same time stressed that the participants have a photo shoot a single goal - only to be photographed. However, in response to the ban received a letter to say: he did not fulfill the requirements of Executive Committee decision "On mass events in Vitebsk".
Appeal on behalf of more than 1,000 Vitebsk residents were sent by mail to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus. Also, the letters were personally handed in Vitebsk City Executive Committee and the Board of Deputies.
Applications in the three district administrations Vitebsk filed a human rights activist Paul Levinau. He wanted to hold three one-minute rally in different parts of the city on Human Rights Day, December 10th. But was already traditional, formulaic bans.
Orsha activist Igor Kazmierczak appealed to the Minister of information Lilia Ananich asking for an assessment of the actions of responsible persons who have committed the air STV programs popularizing modern figures of fascism.
"The pictures in the internet group of persons with paper cells and birds have generated a large amount of administrative work for the police and judges Zheleznodorozhny District of Vitebsk. It should be noted that in the process of judicial review and there have been changes in the charges of the participants in a photo shoot, and a part of the sentence," - said a series of lawsuits against participants in a photo shoot on a background of graffiti, which took place recently in Vitebsk, a human rights activist Valery Misnikov. He wrote about this in his blog on livejournal.com.