On April 15 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approved the resolution which among other things calls upon Belarus to reverse Article of the Criminal Code which envisages accountability for activities on behalf of an unregistered organization. Cyprus
Two events took place in Warsaw on 16 April, dedicated to Solidarity Day. A picket near the Belarusian embassy was held. And a gig of freestyle musicians was played in Warsaw.
Members of the Belarusian diaspora, as well as other Washington dwellers and guests welcomed Pope Benedict XVI, who paid his first visit to the U.S. After pontiff's motorcade drove down the streets of the U.S. capital, the activists went to
On April 16 a meeting was held in the framework of the Day of Solidarity with victims of political repressions in Belarus organized by youth movements "Inititsiativa", "Oborona" and others. Policemen allowed holding the rally with difficulties.
17-year-old Viktorya and Krystina Chyzh sisters and Yulia Mikhailava were taken to Kastrychnitski district militia department from Freedom Square. Yesterday, 16 April, the Vitsebsk oppositional youth organised there an action of solidarity with political prisoners.
The trial over participants of the protest of small businessmen on January 10 continues in the court of Tsentralny district of Minsk. Questions asked in Belarusian were answered in Belarusian by a traffic policeman Alyaksandr Subach. However Judge Alena Illyina
The 11th congress of the United Civil Party (UCP) is to take place in the office of the Belarusian Popular Front Party in Minsk on 20 April. This decision was taken 17 April on the session of the UCP political
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus hasn't received a reply to its demand on cutting staff of the U.S. embassy in Minsk. Andrei Papou, MFA spokesman, said it on briefing on 17 April answering journalists' questions.
An important feature of the PACE resolution is a call to officers of the law enforcement and legal bodies to understand they disregard law when organise political repressions.
Solidarity actions with Belarusian political prisoners and participants of rally of entrepreneurs held 10 January in Minsk took place in Vilnius (Lithuania) and Narva (Estonia).
