Six years in Belarusian prison for “Learning a rhythm” with street drummers
31-year- old Alyaksey Sanchuk joined a street drummer group during mass protests after election. He also went for several rehearsals to learn drum rhythm but eventually turned out as supporter without playing. During a rehearsal Alyaksey Sanchuk together with the whole group got arrested and detained because of hanging around with them. He even got […]
Employees of the private news agency BelaPAN detained by Belarusian police
On August 18th Belarusian police detained several employees of the agency that has distributed news on the continuously vibrant opposition movement after the crucial election one year ago. BelaPAN’s websites can no longer be reached after police searched both agency’s office and homes. Director and chief editor Iryna Leushyna, accountant katsyaryna Boyeva and former director […]
MEP’s McAllister and Tobé express concern over developments in Afghanistan
Today the chairs of the European parliament committees on foreign affairs and development, David McAllister and Tomas Tobé, issued the following statement on the recent developments in Afghanistan: “We deeply deplore the recent political, military and moral calamity in Afghanistan and express our deep concerns about the situation. The hasty withdrawal of US and NATO […]
Moscow court in spirit of the recently assumed extremist-law
The Russian authorities are zealously to follow the recently assumed extremist-law that judge out citizens supporting a so called “extremist organizations” – such as the Anti-corruption organization jailed opposition-leader Aleksei Navalny started. In the case of Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswomen of named organization, Moscow court has sentenced her to “restricted freedom” for 18 months. The […]
Firing of Russian head of school standing up for civil rights
After students and teachers had taken part in anti-government protest and the head of school Nr.24 in Nizhny Novgorod Yelena Moiseyeva refused to give authorities a list of names over protest participants, she was fired without an explanation. She got informed in a letter that referred to a clause in Russia’s labor code that allows […]
Tsikhanouskaya to establish office in Prague
The leader of democratic Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, will soon open an official office in the Czech capital, Prague. During the recent months, violence, harassment and state sponsored terror have increased in Belarus. The government crackdown on independent media, civil society and political parties together with the hijacking of a civilian aircraft in May has shown […]
Undemocratic law signed against “undesirable” organizations in Russia
The new bill signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin into law on June 28th will criminalize “undesirable” participations with non-governmental organizations, five days after the Federation council approved it. This force of actions in avoiding opposition against Putin regime is a clear sign of what is going on as undemocratic progress in Russia. The bill […]
The European Parliament calls for further sanctions against Lukashenko
Last week, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for further economic sanctions and other measures against Alexander Lukashenko and his regime in Belarus. With 626 votes for and 16 votes against, the European Parliament denounced the hijacking of a civilian aircraft in May, which subsequently made it possible for the authorities of Belarus to […]
The U.S. and the EU stand together towards Russia
After the first overseas trip of president Joe Biden, where he met with the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the president of the European Council Charles Michel, the U.S. and the European Union issued a statement on their common approach towards Russia. In the joint statement, the U.S. and EU […]
Belarusian activist tried to commit suicide in courtroom
Belarusian democracy activist Stsiapan Latypau tried to cut his throat today, as he was faced with charges of staging actions violating public order, with an expected prison sentence of 10 years. Latypau, who has been held in prison for months, was active in the protest movement against Lukashenko during the 2020 falsified elections. One of […]