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13/05/2021

Summary of events of May 12, 2021

📌The trial of opposition politician Pavel Seviarynets and six other political prisoners began in Mogilev.
📌Svetlana Tikhanovskaya appointed Syarhey Zikraksy as her legal representative.
📌The court in Grodno decided to close down the cultural facility "Centre of city life" after displaying a painting by Ales Pushkin.
Image: Olga Yakubouskaya

13/05/2021

Summary of events of May 11, 2021

📌Lawyer Maksim Znak was ultimately charged, the case will soon go to court.
📌The Security Service of Ukraine called Belarus a potential ally of Russia in case of an invasion into Ukraine.
Image: https://www.instagram.com/morozovavisualart/

13/05/2021

Summary of events of May 10, 2021

📌Human rights defenders: at least 8 people were detained during the Victory Day celebrations.
📌The text of the decree that Lukashenko signed yesterday was published - in case of the President's violent death, power will be handed over to the Security Council.
📌UE presented to Svetlana Tikhanovskaya a working draft of a comprehensive plan for Belarus.
📌EU diplomatic chief says sanctions against Lukashenko regime will be adopted in coming weeks.
📌The Czech social organisation People in Need awarded four Belarusian human rights activists from the Viasna Foundation.
Image: Artsiom Babounikau (https://www.instagram.com/babounikau/)

13/05/2021

Summary of events of May 9, 2021

📌Lukashenko signed the decree "On protection of sovereignty and constitutional order".
📌 Pro-government rallies were held in various cities to celebrate the Victory Day.
📌Belarusians in many parts of the country and abroad celebrated, honouring the memory of World War II veterans and remembering that the struggle for freedom in the country still continues.
Photo: Alyaksiej Zmaharski

04/05/2021

Summary of events of May 3, 2021

📌 Belarusian justice ministry has refused to register a political party "Soyuz" advocating integration with Russia.
📌 Vilnius-Minsk tickets posted online for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Frank Vyachorka have been identified as genuine by Tsikhanouskaya's staff.
📌 The number of Belarusians studying in Poland has increased by more than 1.3 thousand compared to last year.
Video: https://www.instagram.com/chrysalismagazine/

04/05/2021

Summary of events of May 2, 2021

📌 State TV station ONT aired a video entitled "Kill the President", in which theses regarding the alleged "coup" are presented.
📌 The Main Office for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption said that "the storage of extremist material, as well as subscribing to channels on Telegram and chat rooms considered extremist entails administrative responsibility".
Photo: https://www.instagram.com/jane__korbut/

04/05/2021

Summary of events of May 1, 2021

📌 A group of people with red and green flags protested outside the US embassy against sanctions.
📌 Belarusian Interior Ministry published an interview in which the Minister of Interior describes what happened in August 2020 as an attempted coup and the authorities' reaction as adequate.
📌 A woman from Minsk was detained and fined for her white-red-and-white socks.
Image: https://www.instagram.com/nikaemerald/

04/05/2021

Summary of events of April 30, 2021

📌Minister of Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makey met with the new Ambassador of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Lukyanov.
📌National Anti-Crisis Board presented a draft law on rehabilitation of victims of repression in Belarus.
Image: https://www.instagram.com/ezhi.yorsh/

19/04/2021

Residents of Minsk's Michalov wrote over 200 letters to the political prisoners.
And they also creatively supported the Nivea brand, whose products are used almost by everyone! [After Nivea contributed to the relocation of the hockey's world championship from Minsk, the sale of the brand's products was banned in Belarus].
Translated from https://t.me/belsat/47597

19/04/2021

US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher cannot come to Minsk because she has not yet received a Belarusian visa.
"I was hoping to be in Minsk from the new year. I was approved by the Senate [as an ambassador] at the end of December. But I have not yet been able to come to Minsk. The United States, for its part, is ready. I was ready and we expect the Belarusian side to take appropriate action."
The ambassador said she is currently planning to go to Vilnius and Warsaw.
Source: Euroradio
Translated from https://t.me/belsat/47615

19/04/2021

Maria Kalesnikava's lawyer, Lyudmila Kazak, has been nominated for the international Lawyers for Lawyers award.
For the victory the lawyer receives a commemorative token and 10 thousand euros.
Let's recall that Lyudmila Kazak was deprived of the right to practice law at the end of February.
Source: https://t.me/bel_girls
Translated from https://t.me/belsat/47635

19/04/2021

The ONT television showed seven people allegedly planning an attempt on the live of Alexander Lukashenko and members of his family, as well as a coup.
These are:
- political scientist and literary scholar Alyaksandr Fiaduta,
- activist of the opposition BNF party Ryhor Kastusiou,
- lawyer and the opposition politician Yuras Ziankovich,
- scientist Alyaksandr Pieriepieczko,
- former militia officer Pavel Kuzhanka,
- psychiatrist Dmitry Shchyhielski
- former officer of the special service of the Belarusian Interior Ministry "Almaz" Ihar Makar.
A criminal case under Article 357 - "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim to seize or maintain state power in an unconstitutional manner" - was initiated against the mentioned individuals. They face between 8 and 12 years of imprisonment.
Translated from https://news.tut.by/economics/726997.html?tg, https://news.tut.by/economics/727040.html?tg

19/04/2021

Summary of events of April 18, 2021

📌U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher still hasn't received her Belarusian visa.
📌Lyudmila Kazak, Maria Kalesnikava's attorney, has been nominated for the international Lawyers for Lawyers award.
📌The ONT television has revealed the names of 7 people who allegedly planned an assassination attempt on Alexander Lukashenko. They face up to 12 years in prison.
Image: https://www.instagram.com/symbalby/

17/04/2021

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Summary of the events of April 16, 2021

📌 Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makei met with the ambassadors of France and Germany. During the meeting, the state of Belarusian-European and bilateral relations were discussed.

📌 The Chamber of Representatives of Belarus adopted amendments to the Law "On the Bar and the Activities of the Bar Association". They proposed to close the law offices and introduce legal consultations in their place.

Graphics: Wolha Jakubouska

16/04/2021

Summary of events of April 15, 2021

📌 The constitutional commission has proposed an amendment to the Basic Law that only people between the ages of 20 and 70 will be able to vote.
📌 The number of political cases in courts has exceeded 3,000.
📌 Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Maria Kalesnikava and Veranika Capkala received the "For Peace and Human Rights" Award named after Lev Kopelev, human rights defender and literary scholar.
📌 The husband of detained human rights activist Tacciana Hacura-Jaworska, Uladzimir Jaworski, will be deported from Belarus for 10 years.
📌 Doctor of Legal Sciences Alena Lajeuska, who has been working at the university for 22 years, did not have her contract extended. Her son Dzmitry Lajeuski is a lawyer for Viktar Babaryka and Maxim Znak.
📌 Nasha Niva's photographer Nadya Buzhan took second place in the nomination for Spot news in the World Press Photo contest.
Image: https://www.instagram.com/alenalyss/

16/04/2021

In Cologne, the prize established in memory of Lev Kopelev - the human rights defender and literary scholar, was awarded. The prize "for peace and human rights" was received by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Maria Kalesnikava and Vieranika Capkala.
Translated from: https://t.me/kyky_org/18044

16/04/2021

Nasha Niva's photographer, Nadya Buzhan, came second in the nomination for Spot news in the World Press Photo competition - the world's most prestigious annual award for photojournalists. In Nadya's photo, which made it to the final round, Volha Seviarynets with flowers is waiting for her husband in front of the detention centre on Akrecina.
Translated from: https://t.me/kyky_org/18055

16/04/2021

Yesterday, girls with red and white umbrellas were spotted walking along Prytyckiego Street
Translated from: https://t.me/kyky_org/18061

16/04/2021

The Belarusian State University has not renewed the contract with the associate professor of the Chair of Civil Law, Doctor of Legal Sciences Alena Lajeuski, who has worked at the university for 22 years. Her son Dzmitry Lajeuski is a lawyer for Viktar Babaryka and Maxim Znak.
Translated from: https://t.me/kyky_org/18067

16/04/2021

Summary of the events of April 14, 2021

📌 Secretary of the Union of Poles in Belarus Andrzej Pisalnik and his wife were detained and their flat was searched. After interrogation they were released and taken outside Minsk, from where they were transported, to Grodno.
📌The Brest MP suggested filtering internet content in Belarus as it is done in China, where Western media does not exist.
📌 Brest bloggers Piatruchin and Kabanau were sentenced to serve 3 years in a penal colony.
📌 Alexander Lukashenko met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, to whom he proposed deepening cooperation in the oil industry.
Image: Lilia Kvatsabaya

12/04/2021

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Summary of the events of April 12, 2021

📌Alaxy Lawonczyk and Andrej Stryżak, co-founders of By_Help and By_Sol, were indicted. The Ministry of the Interior allegedly revealed the facts of the organization and the funds they provided for use in "criminal activities".

📌 In Gomel, the trial of members of Tsihanouskaya's initiative group has begun.

📌 Another investigation into the torture of protesters in Belarus has been launched in Lithuania.

Graphics: Uładimir Ciesler

12/04/2021

Summary of the events of April 11, 2021

📌 Today, on the 10th anniversary of the attack, Belarusians commemorated the victims of the terrorist attack in the Minsk metro.
📌 In the state-owned company Kammunarka, workers are fired if they or their relatives participated in the protests.

📌 Tacciana Hacura-Jaworska, a human rights activist, was transferred to a remand center on Waładarski street/

Photo: Radio Svaboda

11/04/2021

Summary of the events of April 10, 2021

📌 In Belarus, a bill was drafted which stipulates that only Belarusian citizens permanently residing in Belarus may be the founders of a political party.

📌 Pavel Latushka appealed to the Norwegian authorities to demand that Yara terminate the contract with Biełaruśkalij.

📌 Belarusians in St.Petersburg have staged garage sales to pay fines for white, red and white flags and lawyers.

Photo: Belsat TV

11/04/2021

Summary of the events of April, 9

📌 The EU countries are considering imposing sanctions on 197 people and several dozen companies. The sanctions will be announced within two weeks' time.

📌 Katiaryna Andrieyeva, Darya Tchultsova and Katiaryna Barysievitch were awarded the Ales Lipay’s “Pride of Journalism” award.

📌 Independent Belarussian Workers Unions were awarded the Arthur Stevensons’s award.

📌 Lukashenka has announced changes in the laws concerning political parties.

📌 Tsikhanouskaya has supported Babaryka’s and Latushka’s plans to create new political parties.

Picture: Lilia Kvatsabaya

11/04/2021

Summary of the events of April, 8

📌 Paviel Latushka has announced the creation of a new political party.

📌 ”Legal Initiative” reports that the International Committee against Torture in Belarus has found itself under pressure.

📌 5 more people have been considered political prisoners.

📌 The BYPOL Initiative has released a recording of a Colonel of the Military Academy instructing cadets to open fire to the protesters.

Picture: Lilia Kvatsabaya

11/04/2021

Summary of the events of April, 7

📌 The number of people considered political prisoners in Belarus has raised up to 337.

📌 Uladzhimir Nyapomnyashchykh, an activist from Gomel, has been sentenced to 2 years and 3 months of prison for calling the prosecutors a “criminal group”.

📌 Uladzhimir Lobach, a doctor of historical sciences, was fired from the State University of Polotsk. He has signed under the white-red-white flag statement.

📌 Employees of Lidahraprammash company have been given an additional contract that forbids them to participate in strikes.

📌 Maria Arancha González, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs has met Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Image: Nasha Niva

11/04/2021

Summary of the events of April, 6

📌 Lviv has resigned from purchasing Belarussian buses in order not to support the regime.

📌 Viktar Babaryka was supposed to testify in court for the first time today. He did not plead guilty and refused to be questioned.

📌 The Ministry of Internal Affairs has refused to initiate criminal proceedings over Aleksandr Taraykouski’s death.

📌 An artist, Alesi Pushkin has been considered a political prisoner.

📌 Makley has informed that Belarus will shut down its embassies in at least several countries.

Picture: Radio Svoboda

11/04/2021

Summary of the events of April, 5

📌 Solidarity meetings were held in Poland, Belgium, England, Russia, USA and Germany.

📌 Players of some football clubs are being forced to sign under a document similar to last year’s pro-governmental letter.

📌 Belarussian banks have suspended accounts of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushka and Anton Matolka. This suspension related to the three politicians being put on a list of agents engaged in terrorist activities by Belarusian authoritires.

📌 An open letter was signed by 1674 officials. It calls for putting an end to the violence, releasing political prisoners, holding security services and central election committee executives responsible for acts of violence, and carrying out new elections.

📌 Lukashenka has appointed a new Minister of Information. The previous one is now the main ideologist.

Picture: Kastuś Suprać

11/04/2021

Summary of the events of April, 4

📌Some Belarussians are not allowed to enter Ukraine. The presence of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border might be the reason behind this. Ukrainian Border Patrol has stated that there were no further limits imposed on Belarussian citizens.

📌 Solidarity meetings were held in Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Dubai, Finland, Germany, Russia and Canada.

📌 Human rights defense center “Viasna”: In march 1139 people were detained, including 36 journalists.

📌 Julia Artsiukh, a STV journalist was added as an “antiukrainian propagandist” to the Ukrainian database of people acting against national interest.

Picture: https://www.instagram.com/symbalby/

11/04/2021

Summary of the events of April, 3

📌 Many Belarussians have received messages in relation to the “Holas” platform, where the voting for negotiations with authorities is being held. The messages call for a willing self-surrender to the police.
📌 ”Holas” platform creators have denied a break-in and a breach of voters data.
📌 Ales Pushkin, a painter, is facing an alleged 12 years of prison for painting the “Portrait of Yauhien Zyharia with a machine gun by his arm”
📌 Tsikhanouskaya has issued a statement to international organizations and institutions, including UN, OSCE, EP, U.S. Dept of State and Council of Europe, calling to support the Coordination Council.

Picture: Lilia Kvatsabaya

29/03/2021

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Summary of the events of March 28

📌 Protests took place in Minsk

📌 Solidarity actions took place in Białystok, Warsaw and Kiev.

📌 Yesterday a German journalist was detained in Minsk. He was released only after the arrival of the German ambassador to the militia station

📌 According to the draft amendment to the Act "On State Protection", security officers and employees of state media will receive a bodyguard if necessary, and even be able to change their appearance.

📌 President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, started international talks regarding the Polish diaspora in Belarus.

Photo: The Village Belarus

29/03/2021

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Summary of the events of March 27

📌 Since the morning, cars with security forces and military equipment were stationed in the center of Minsk.

📌 Numerous protests took place all over the country. Over 180 people were detained.

📌 In Soligorsk, the apartments of local activists were searched.

📌 Journalists of Nasha Niva and the TUT.BY portal were detained.

Image: Lilia Kvatsabaya

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