Monthly Archives: August 2012

Today the world celebrates the International Day of the Disappeared

30/08/2012

Today the whole world, for the 29th time, celebrates the International Day of the Disappeared. Four famous persons were subjected to involuntary disappearance in 1999-2000 in Belarus. Their fate still remains unknown. Yury Zakharenko Ex-minister of Internal Affairs, General of Police Forces Yury Zakharenko was kidnapped not far from his house in the evening of… Read More »

The International Day of the Disappeared celebrated in the Netherlands

30/08/2012

On Wednesday August 29 an action in memory of involuntary disappeared Yury Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky and Dmitry Zavadsky took place in the Hague, Netherlands. The action was dedicated to the International Day of the Disappeared which is celebrated all over the world on August 30. The event went on for one hour in… Read More »

Dmitry Zavadsky would have turned 40 today

28/08/2012

On August 28 cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky would have been forty. Dmitry was subjected to involuntary disappearance on July 7, 2000. Since then his whereabouts remain unknown. Tonight action of memory of the disappeared journalist took place in Brest: posters with information about Dmitry were spread in the city. Dmitry Zavadsky was born on August 28,… Read More »

Zmitser Dashkevich sentenced to one more year in penal colony

28/08/2012

A closed-door trial over imprisoned Young Front leader was held in a penal colony in Hlybokaye, charter97.org reports. “For now, only the sentence is known – a year in a penal colony. The new sentence covers the remaining four months of his current prison term. So, he is supposed to be released not earlier than… Read More »

August 29, the Hague: action in memory of the disappeared Belarusians

23/08/2012

On Wednesday August 29 an action in memory of involuntary disappeared Yury Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky and Dmitry Zavadsky is set to take place in the Hague, Netherlands. The action is dedicated to the International Day of the Disappeared. The event will happen from 15:00 till 16:00 local time in front of the Belarusian… Read More »