News on 4.06.2012

4.06.2012

Hrodna: Delayed trials 7

16:56, — Politics

Twenty one people were detained on Friday in Hrodna for a picket near the regional executive committee to protect a Polish school.

BPS Bank cash in transit security guard tried to shoot himself

16:37, — Events

A reader of charter97.org reports about a shocking incident in the town of Orsha.

UN high commissioner demanded the to release all political prisoners 7

15:06, — Politics

The UN high commissioner for human rights will recommend the UN to address “urgent human rights issues” in Belarus.

Mikalai Statkevich: Hopes for amnesty are stupidity and trap

13:54, — Politics

Mikalai Statkevich, a former presidential candidate, had a short-term meeting with his father and wife  in Mahilou prison No. 4 on June 1.

Maksim Vinyarski: Water was constantly leaking in cell in detention centre 10

13:38, — Politics

A coordinator of European Belarus civil campaign was thrown into a wet cell with a broken tap as revenge for his hunger strike.

Belarussian mercenaries in Libya were sentenced to 10 years in prison 114

13:11, — Politics

They were found guilty of assisting the army of the former dictator Muammar Qaddafi.

KGB wants on holidays with you 92

12:44, — Politics

The Belarusian KGB proposes new strange initiatives to demonstrate its activity.

Aleh Vouchak: Confinement conditions in detention centre are still horrifying

12:41, — Politics

Human rights activist Aleh Vouchak was freed on June 2  after nine days in custody.

Belarusians taking money from bank accounts 49

12:34, — Economics

A number of big Belarusian banks report an outflow of ruble deposits in the last week of May.

Dictator becomes object of laughter again (Video)

11:59, — Politics

Alyaksandr Lukashenka again became a character in Mult Lichnisti programme on Russian Channel One.

The political prisoner Sergei Kovalenko has problem with legs

11:53, — Politics

A lawyer on Friday met with opposition activist Syarhey Kavalenka in a prison in Mahilyow.

Lukashenka and Hitler in Madonna's video (Video)

11:44, — Politics

The Belarusian head of state was shown in a video at Madonna's performance in Tel Aviv.

Gazeta Wyborcza: Belarusian diesel is exported to Poland illegally 11

11:29, — Politics

Dummy company sells diesel fuel fom Belarus to Poland and not pay VAT.

Zmitser Bandarenka detained on border

11:11, — Politics

A former political prisoner was taken off Vilnius-Minsk train on his way from Lithuania, where he had had a treatment course.

Holocaust monument in Mahilyow targeted in vandal attack

10:56, — Events

Unknown vandals on June 3 threw paint over a memorial boulder in Mahilyow that commemorates victims of the Holocaust.

Lukashenko is going to a friend Hugo

10:54, — Politics

Alyaksandr Lukashenka is to visit Venezuela on June 26.

Ecological catastrophe happened in Talachyn district 17

9:36, — Events

The reason for this was the unsolved issue of waste disposal of the Talachyn starch plant.

Global Forum against Belarusian tyranny 9

9:31, — Politics

Belarus was high on the agenda of the Global Forum held in Wroclaw.

Building was burning in the historical center of Minsk (Photo, video) 4

9:22, — Events

Large-scale fire extinguished in Nyamiha district in Minsk.

The trial on belarusian mercenaries will continue in Libya 4

9:10, — in the world

They are accused of military cooperation with Muammar Gaddafi regime, together with a group of Ukrainians and Russians.