15:39 World Ice Hockey Championship as leverage over Belarusian regime

European politicians want to exert pressure on official Minsk through the Ice Hockey Championship in 2014.

14:21 Ministry of Justice freezes process of BCD registration

The Ministry of Justice has suspended a process of registration of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party for a month.

14:14 Harry Pahanyaila: Conditions in prison are much stricter

“There have not been cases of transferring an inmate from a penal colony to a prison. The case of Mikalai Statkevich is the first one.”

14:12 Migalski: EU policy in Belarus always lacked consistency

Such an opinion has been expressed by a deputy of the European parliament Marek Migalski.

13:36 Lawyer denied access to Sannikov again

Treatment of political prisoner becomes more and more cruel.

12:47 Dictator calls mediators spongers

And demands to regulate their activity.

12:24 Jerzy Buzek: Ice hockey championship in Belarus is a mistake

The president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, is disappointed with the position of the International Ice Hockey Federation, which confirmed its decision to hold the 2014 world championship in Minsk.

12:08 Statkevich sentenced to three years in prison

A former presidential candidate stood trial today in a penal colony in Shklou.

12:03 Russian urban explorers to be deported from Belarus

Seven Russian urban explorers, earlier arrested in Minsk for disorderly conduct, are to be deported from Belarus on January 12.

11:53 Aleh Myatselitsa: “Attention from Belarusian special services is a reality”

The head of the Belarusian political office in Lithuania Aleh Myatselitsa says that representatives of the office really feel attention on the part of Belarusian special services.

10:49 Letter from Sannikov: Not a single word about himself

Iryna Khalip, the wife of imprisoned presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov, has received a letter from him.

10:32 Krambambulya under ban as well

On January 11 in the evening it became known that a concert of “Krambambulya band planned for February 11 in Re:Public club in Minsk is cancelled.

10:20 Former political prisoner expelled from university

Young Front activist Uladzimir Yaromenak has learned about his expulsion from a university after serving 15-day arrest for an action of solidarity near the Read Church on December 19.

10:20 OSCE representative condemns arrest of Barazenka

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, condemned the arrest of independent Belarusian journalist Alyaksandr Barazenka.

10:15 Syarhei Kavalenka placed into isolation ward

As the mother of the political prisoner from Vitsebsk, Syarhei Kavalenka who is on a hunger strike for 24 days, has found out, he was placed in an isolation ward a week ago.