Minsk authorities have rejected three requests for permission to demonstrate, by representatives of the Belarusian LGBT movement.
Founder of Info Belarus, comments on TeliaSoneras debate article in Dagens Nyheter, about their cooperation with dictatorial regimes. ”By ”only following laws” in countries with no rule of law, where even clapping hands in public is forbidden (Belarus), TeliaSonera is doing a great job in being the dictators henchman” says Isabel Sommerfeld.
The former presidential candidate and political prisoner Andrei Sannikau has been released from a prison. Sannikau was arrested on December 19th, 2010, in connection with the protests against electoral fraud in Minsk, after the presidential election. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
The mother of Vladislav Kavaliou has recieved a letter from the Supreme Court in Belarus dated the 16th of March, informing her and the family that the death penalty against Kavaliou had been carried out.
”Two young men, Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev, will be murdered by a European state. Yesterday, the Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Luashenka said that he refuses to pardon the two men. Of course, my thoughts go to the young men’s families in this sad moment. One can not imagine the pain their families feel right now. Belarus is the only European country that still allows the death penalty and the European Parliament has repeatedly condemned the death sentences against Kovalev and Konovalov. It is disgraceful, it’s disgusting and it is inhuman that death penalty [...]
The diplomatic war between Lukashenka (Belarus) and the EU continues. Lukashenka on Sunday stated: ”Better a dictator than gay”, as a response to the German foreign minister Westerwelle’s comment on Lukasjenka being Europes last dictator.
”We were shocked by the verdict. We are afraid. Vlad is not involved in this crime, they could shoot a completely innocent person, it is terrible. They lied about everything, what Fedartsov read today is not true to the preparatory stage . They turned everything into what they needed, they ignored entirely what the FSB (Russian security Service) said in [...]
Two young men could be executed in three days. The probability is high that the two are completely innocent of what they are accused of. Read the letter of the mother of one of the accused, sign the petition and spread the words!
Ales Byalyatski, the head of the belarusian human rights center Viasna stands trial in Minsk today. Why? Simply for being in charge of the human rights center Viasna. This is the reality and ”justice” in dictator Lukashenko’s society. He is threatened with 7 years in prison, and the official reasons for charging him is tax evasion/ economical crimes. By tricking [...]
Info Belarus project manager Isabel Sommerfeld will today take part in a seminar organized by Amnesty International in Sweden, where you will be able to hear her talk about her trips to Belarus and the presidential election in 2010. Since today is the International Day Against Death Penalty, Amnesty will be informing about Belarus, the only state in Europe and [...]
