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Vyachaslaw Siwchyk
- 19-09-11 15:42 Anti-Lukashenka organization launched in Ukraine's Lviv // English // Новости
An organization seeking to contribute to "fight against Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime" has been launched in Ukraine. Called Belaruski Tsentr (Belarusian Center), the Lviv-based group is...
- 26-12-10 17:15 KGB, police raid dozen homes over mass riot case // English // Новости
Officers of the Committee for State Security (KGB) and police raided the apartments of at least 12 people in Minsk and other cities on Saturday in connection with the mass riot case opened following...
- 20-09-10 10:59 Opposition activists demonstrate against plans to convert former monastery complex into hotel // English // Медиа-видео
More than 50 opposition activists staged a demonstration near a former Bernardine monastery complex in downtown Minsk on Thursday evening against the city government’s plans to convert a former...
- 24-08-10 18:15 Belarusian pro-democratic supporters visit site of Polish president’s crash // English // Медиа-видео
A group of Belarusian pro-democratic supporters on August 23 visited the crash site near Russia’s Smolensk where Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 other members of the...
- 06-08-10 11:02 Opposition activists arrested in Minsk on July 27 sentenced to fines // English // Новости
The four opposition activists who were arrested in Minsk on July 27 were sentenced to fines in their trials on Thursday, BelaPAN reports. Vyachaslaw Siwchyk, leader of a movement called Razam...
- 28-07-10 11:10 Opposition activists mark 20th anniversary of state sovereignty declaration by flower-laying ceremonies // English // Медиа-фото
Opposition activists and public figures on July 27 marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty by laying flowers at the graves of Vasil Bykaw, Henadz Karpenka,...
- 28-07-10 11:04 Police break up opposition march commemorating anniversary of state sovereignty declaration // English // Статьи
Some 30 people gathered in downtown Yakub Kolas Square on Tuesday evening with a view to laying flowers at the monument to Belarusian literary great Yakub Kolas...
- 27-07-10 12:22 Twenty years since adoption of State Sovereignty Declaration // English // Статьи
On September 19, 1991, the Supreme Soviet adopted a law that changed the name of the country for the Republic of Belarus and introduced new state symbols...
- 13-07-10 12:58 Activists discuss celebration of 20th anniversary of State Sovereignty Declaration // English // Медиа-видео
The organizing committee for festivities marking 20 years since the adoption of the State Sovereignty Declaration on July 27, 1990 was held at the Minsk office of Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD)...
- 04-06-10 12:11 Opposition set to stage march in Minsk to celebrate 20th anniversary of State Sovereignty Declaration // English // Статьи
The organizers will apply to the Minsk city government for permission to stage the march on July 27, its route has not yet been decided upon.
- 07-05-10 15:05 Civil society activist demands immediate release of Awtukhovich, Asipenka, Kazlow // English // Медиа-видео
“Political prisoners Awtukhovich, Asipenka and Kazlow should be immediately released,” prominent civil society activist Vyachaslaw Siwchyk told reporters in Minsk on Thursday after the...
- 21-04-10 11:59 Sentences in Awtukhovich case expected to be pronounced on May 6 // English // Новости
Sentences in the trial of Mikalay Awtukhovich and others will be handed down on at 2:30 p.m. on May 6, Vyachaslaw Siwchyk, a civil society activist who attended Tuesday’s court session, told...
- 19-04-10 12:38 Group bestows award on embattled entrepreneur Mikalay Awtukhovich // English // Медиа-фото
Spadchyna, a Minsk-based cultural and educational organization, has bestowed its Kastus Kalinowski Medal on Mikalay Awtukhovich, a Vawkavysk businessman currently on trial on a terrorism charge. ...
- 17-04-10 12:45 Prosecutor demands 20 years for Awtukhovich // English // Статьи
The prosecutor also demanded that Uladzimir Asipenka and Alyaksandr Laryn be sentenced to 11 years in a medium security correctional institution...
- 25-03-10 23:28 Opposition marks Belarusian National Republic anniversary by rally in Minsk // English // Статьи
Opposition activists staged a demonstration in Minsk on Thursday evening to mark the 92nd anniversary of the proclamation of the independence...
- 17-12-09 14:22 Opposition activists demonstrate in downtown Minsk against political persecution // English // Медиа-видео
About 50 people staged an unauthorized demonstration in Minsk's downtown Kastrychnitskaya Square on December 16 to demand an end to alleged political persecution and commemorate the unsolved...
- 22-07-09 20:54 Council formed to coordinate research into Communist crimes in Belarus // English // Новости
A council was established in Minsk on Tuesday for coordinating NGOs’ work to study Communist crimes in Belarus and efforts to commemorate their victims. The council comprises representatives...
- 23-05-09 12:31 Former presidential candidate Kazulin set to establish Association of Political Prisoners // English // Статьи
Dr. Kazulin will apply to the justice ministry for registration. He said that if denied it, he would seek a legal status for his organization abroad.
- 22-05-09 18:12 RFE/RL Belarusian service launches book about political prisoners in Minsk // English // Медиа-видео
A launch party for the 15th book of the RFE/RL Belarusian service’s series, Library of Freedom, was held in Minsk on May 20. The new book, titled One Day of a Political Prisoner, features 41...
- 07-12-08 19:30 Belarus’ civil society activists condemn police raid on Russian human rights group’s office in St. Petersburg // English // Новости
The Memorial section of the Belarusian Voluntary Society for Historic and Cultural Heritage Protection has condemned a police raid on the St. Petersburg office of Memorial, a prominent Russian human...
- 30-05-08 17:51 Book about politically motivated convictions launched in Minsk // English // Медиа-видео
A launch party for a Polish-printed book about the people convicted for their political activities in 2007 took place in the Belarusian Popular Front’s office in Minsk on May 29. Titled Praha...
- 03-04-07 15:47 Board of Minsk City Court quashes suspended prison term against Kanstantsin Lukashow // English // Новости
The board of the Minsk City Court on Tuesday quashed a two-year suspended prison sentence against opposition activist Kanstantsin Lukashow. The board remitted the case for reconsideration to the...
- 27-03-07 18:15 Entrepreneurs' rights advocate gets five days in jail on obscene language charge // English // Новости
Ihar Lednik, an activist advocating small business owners' rights, was sentenced to five days in jail on March 27. A judge of the Barysaw City Court found the activist guilty of using foul language in...
- 24-03-07 21:46 Police in Minsk grab opposition leader Vyachaslaw Siwchyk // English // Новости
Prominent opposition leader Vyachaslaw Siwchyk was arrested in Minsk on the evening of March 24. As his mother Halina Siwchyk told BelaPAN, he was grabbed on Zakharava Street at the center of the...
- 14-03-07 16:31 Milinkevich set to participate in March 25 demonstration despite Tuesday's arrests // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Milinkevich is set to go ahead with his plans to participate in an opposition demonstration on March 25, the anniversary of the short-lived 1918 Belarusian National Republic (BNR), despite...
- 14-03-07 08:33 Opposition leader Vyachaslaw Siwchyk arrested in Minsk // English // Новости
Prominent opposition politician Vaychaslaw Siwchyk was arrested by police at the center of Minsk on March 13. As his half brother, Kanstantsin Lukashow, told BelaPAN, the arrest took place on Yakub...
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