News on 9.02.2012

9.02.2012

Belarus supplies weapons to Darfur 29

15:50, — Politics

Weapons from China, Russia and Belarus are fueling are fuelling serious human rights violations in Sudan's Darfur region.

Business: What elections? You can be jailed 7

15:45, — Politics

Representatives of business community show little interest in participating in the parliamentary elections.

Europe tries to come to terms with dictator again 90

15:22, — Politics

European politicians hope that someone of the political prisoners could be released one of these days.

Minsk does not need German “couriers” 24

14:57, — Politics

The MFA does not consider necessary a visit of the German human rights commissioner to Belarus.

Statkevich taken out under guard with dogs 18

13:50, — Politics

Mikalai Statkevich, a presidential candidate and political prisoner, writes from Mahilyou prison, that he is kept there as an especially dangerous criminal.

Traffic police in Brest started hunt for “Pahonya” coat-of-arms

13:39, — Politics

Some cases have been recorded in Brest when traffic policemen threaten with fines to those car owners who place stickers with the national Belarusian coat-of-arms “Pahonya”.

Zmitser Dashkevich remains optimistic 8

12:57, — Politics

Barys Vyrvich, a journalist from Byalynichy, received a letter from political prisoner Zmirtser Dashkevich on February 8.

Anarchist Alyaksnadr Frantskevich denied short-term meeting with his mother 1

11:33, — Politics

Tatsyana Frantskevich passed a 30kg parcel to her son, who serves sentence in penal colony No. 22 “Volchyi Nory”.

German ombudsman banned entry to Belarus

10:57, — Politics

The Belarusian authorities denied entry to Belarus for Germany’s human rights commissioner Markus Loening.

Political prisoners to be left in behind bars 64

10:53, — Politics

(updated) A lawyer has visited Zmitser Bandarenka in the Mahilou penal colony today.

OSCE chief calls to return organization to Belarus 2

10:21, — Politics

The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Eamon Gilmore, has called for the reinstatement of an OSCE presence in Belarus.

Riot police squad stormed into “Litvins’ Club”

10:13, — Politics

About 40 participants of the event in “Litvins’ Club” were detained in Minsk.