Yearly Archives: 2012

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 »

Twelve years without Dmitri Zavadsky

07/07/2012

On July 7 2000 Dmitry Zavadsky was subjected to involuntary disappearance on his way to the Minsk-2 airport. His fate still remains unknown. The Belarusian authorities, after having conducted an official conviction process, where nothing was reveald in direct connection to what had happened to dmitry Zavadsky, refuses to cope with the case. Dmitry Zavadsky… Read More »

Stolen baby hails ‘liberating’ verdict

06/07/2012

Two former military leaders in Argentina have been found guilty of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners. Relatives of the stolen children cheered as a court in Buenos Aires sentenced Jorge Videla (shown in this photo) to 50 years in prison and Reynaldo Bignone to 15 years. At least 400 babies are… Read More »

Solidarity with Belarus in the Netherlands

17/06/2012

On June 16th an action of solidarity with the numerous Belarusian political prisoners, with the family members of the involuntary disappeared and executed Belarusians, with all the victims of the totalitarian regime of Lukashenko will took place in The Hague, Netherlands, in front of the Belarusian embassy. The participants of the action hold posters with… Read More »

Prague against Lukashenka’s dictatorship

17/06/2012

In Prague, the Association for Modernization held a rally of solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners. The purpose of the rally was to tell the Czechs about the crimes of the Belarusian dictator regime. The participants of the rally gathered on Staroměstské Square in Prague and raised national white-red-white flags and portraits of the political prisoners.… Read More »

U.S. extended sanctions against Belarusian officials

16/06/2012

Barack Obama has extended for one year sanctions against Lukashenko supporters, which were introduced on June 16, 2006. This is stated in a letter of the President of the United States to the Congress, the press service of the White House informed. ‘In 2011, the Government of Belarus continued its crackdown against political opposition, civil… Read More »