16:58 Blackmailing of pro-opposition participants of “elections”

Some oppositionists received telephone calls from people, who introduced themselves as members of the district election commission and demanded them to withdraw from elections.

16:22 Prosecutor asks three years in prison for Aleh Surhan

Hearing of Aleh Surhan’s criminal case ended in the Kastrychnitski district court of Vitsebsk. Surhan was detained on suspicion of hanging out a national white-red-white flag.

13:35 New detentions of Union of Poles’ activists. Polish house seized (Photo)

The leader of the Union of Poles in Belarus Andzelika Borys and activists of the union were detained on their way to Valozhyn.

12:47 Search in “Narodnaya Volya” editor’s office (Photo)

A computer and materials of journalist Maryna Koktysh have been seized from editor’s office of the independent newspaper “Narodnaya Volya”.

12:32 Lies that carry shoulder-straps

The Interior Minister has recently said the people in mufti who hinder filming demonstrations are “unidentified persons”.

12:10 “Sovetskaya Belorussia” about Union of Poles: “Before this Andzelika is nailed down, nothing would change”

Another opus by Dmitry Kryat (Dzmitry Krat) about the conflict in Ivyanets has been published in the newspaper owned by Lukashenka’s administration and was called “Ghosthouse”.

11:30 Harry Pahanyajla: “What is happening in Belarus today, happened under dictatorial regimes in Argentina and Chile”

A prominent human rights watchdog, a lawyer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Harry Pahanyajla comments on the brutal disband of the solidarity rally on February 16 in Minsk.

9:58 Action of solidarity with prisoner of conscience Yan Mikhailau held in Minsk (Photo)

Young Front activists handed round leaflets with information about arrested church goer Yan Mikhailau near the Kamarouski Market on Solidarity Day February 16.

9:05 Catherine Ashton upset and concerned by situation in Belarus

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice Chair of the European Commission Catherine Ashton has made a statement on February 16.

8:41 Milinkevich against isolation of Lukashenka’s regime

Returning to isolation “would be a tragedy for Belarus”, the leader of the For Freedom movement said.