16:33 Mikalai Statkevich tells about his cellmate

Mikalai Statkevich, a presidential candidate, in his letter to his father confirmed the reports previously appeared in the media.

16:26 Russia continues selling TOR M2E missile systems to Belarus at discount prices

Russia plans to continue supplying TOR M2E air defence missile systems to Belarus in 2012 at reduced prices, Russian Minister of Defence Anatoly Serdyukov said.

16:22 Marieluise Beck and Marek Migalski called to release the remaining political prisoners

Joint Statement of Marieluise Beck, Member of German Bundestag, and Marek Migalski, Member of European Parliament.

16:04 Zmitser Bandarenka put under supervision

The recently released political prisoner has been placed under supervision at the penal office of the Leninski district of Minsk.

14:37 Scarlett Johansson says she has Belarusian roots

The actress said  at presentation of The Avengers her family was originally from Minsk, Belarus.

14:18 Vyachaslau Dziyanau’s girlfriend detained in Minsk

Today at about midday Marharyta Lavyshyk, a girlfriend of Vyachaslau Dziyanau, Revolution through Social Networks’ coordinator, was detained in her own flat in Minsk.

14:16 Communists file suit against Young Front

They demand Young Front activists to pay moral and material compensation for an egg attack on the monument to Lenin.

13:36 Appeals by “travel banned” politicians dismissed

The Court of the Vitebsk Region upheld verdicts against Lyabedzka, Kalyakin and Atroshchankau.

11:56 Dictator blackmails EU with smuggling and illegal migration

The Belarusian authorities threaten to open borders for criminal  in response to the EU sanctions.

11:03 Christian Associations Forum of Slovakia welcomed release of political prisoners

Christian Associations Forum (FKI) has warmly welcomed information on the release of the political prisoner Andrei Sanikov on 14 April 2012 from a Belarus prison.

10:59 Non-committal replies to complaints at torture (Photo)

Young Front member Ivan Shyla received an answer to his complaint at confinement conditions in the detention centre in Akrestin Street.

10:28 Stefanovich: Pressure on political prisoners amounts to tortures

Pressure on political prisoners to make them write petitions for pardon will be viewed as torture.

9:44 Belarusian TV threatens to return Sannikov and Bandarenka to prison

A report about the released political prisoners was shown on Belarusian television in the evening of April 17.

9:24 Zmitser Bandarenka: System has ground to dust dozens thousand people

The former political prisoner Zmitser Bandarenka has compared mass arrests of officials and businessmen in Belarus with the repressions of 1937.

8:54 Austrian Foreign Minister urges to release all political prisoners

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger welcomes release of political prisoners Andrei Sannikov and Zmitser Bandarenka.

8:10 Changes in Belarus are possible any time

And one should be ready for that.