Online publications to be registered

It has been stated at the final session of the board of the Information Ministry by Information Minister of Belarus Aleh Pralyaskouski.

"We have been working according to the new Law on Mass media for two years. Over this time its weaknesses have become obvious. They do not allow us to use legal mechanics in full measure for effective state control over the mass media market," he noted. He added that in connection with this the law and regulations should be amended, and primarily in what concerns the state registration of media outlets, BelTA informs.

Thus, the law currently in

Russia doesn’t pay Belarus for military bases

Russia doesn't pay anything to Belarus for maintenance of Russian military bases in the country's territory.

As a correspond of REGNUM information agency reports, this statement was made by First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrei Denisov on January 26. Denisov introduces the Belarusian-Russian intergovernmental agreement "On Ensuring of Mutual Supplies of Military, Civil and Dual-Purpose Production in Case of Threats of Aggression or Warfare" offered for ratification of the State Duma.

Answering questions of MPs Denisov noted there are a range of military objects relating to air defence, radio location, long distance communication that remained in Belarus from the

The 37th

Artsyom Hrybko is the 37th accused person in the so called criminal case of "mass riot".

This information was spread by the family of 22-year-old arrested guy, who has been thrown in the detention facility of the main internal affairs department in Valadarski Street, Viasna human rights centre says.

Relatives of Artsyom Hrybko have letters from him to his mother to prove his location.

Artsyom Hrybko was detained on Independence Square on December 19 and served 10 days of arrest. On January 12, he was detained in connection with the criminal case of mass riot and placed in custody.

Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus

A military man ran away from a special mission unit in Minsk

Troops patrols of Interior Ministry of Belarus are searching for soldier in Minsk District.

The soldier ran away from a special mission unit in Uruchcha (military unit 3214). It is known that the area along the highway Kalodzishchy – Zaslawye is being investigated, BelaPAN transmits.

Particular attention is paid to the district of "Paunochnyja cementary" and "Paunochny" firing range where a large crowd of week-end villages is situated. Photographs of the soldier who had deliberately left the military unit hung there, the patrols inspect cottages for signs of unauthorized entry, ask villagers, showing photos of the fugitive. According to the

Belarus Ranks 141th in World Ranking of Life Quality

Belarus ranks the 141th place among 192 countries in the international ranking of quality of life.

The experts compiled this rating, assessing the cost of living in the country, the development of culture and education, health care quality, the economy, the environment, the possibility of civil rights' realization, security of life and so on.

According to experts of International Living publication, the indicators of "political" component prevented Belarus to take a higher position in the ranking, reports IA "REGNUM-Belarus."

The level of civil liberties in Belarus was the lowest - just 8 points. Culture and education got 67 points, health

Belarus Ranks 141th in World Ranking of Life Quality

Belarus ranks the 141th place among 192 countries in the international ranking of quality of life.

The experts compiled this rating, assessing the cost of living in the country, the development of culture and education, health care quality, the economy, the environment, the possibility of civil rights' realization, security of life and so on.

According to experts of International Living publication, the indicators of "political" component prevented Belarus to take a higher position in the ranking, reports IA "REGNUM-Belarus."

The level of civil liberties in Belarus was the lowest - just 8 points. Culture and education got 67 points, health

Belarus Ranks 141th in World Ranking of Life Quality

Belarus ranks the 141th place among 192 countries in the international ranking of quality of life.

The experts compiled this rating, assessing the cost of living in the country, the development of culture and education, health care quality, the economy, the environment, the possibility of civil rights' realization, security of life and so on.

According to experts of International Living publication, the indicators of "political" component prevented Belarus to take a higher position in the ranking, reports IA "REGNUM-Belarus."

The level of civil liberties in Belarus was the lowest - just 8 points. Culture and education got 67 points, health

Walesa says Internet will let Belarus follow Tunisia

Belarussians will use new technologies to follow the Tunisian example and oust Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, anti-communist veteran Lech Walesa said Friday.

"We live in the era of the Internet, mobile telephones and satellite TV. In Tunisia, people communicated freely over the Internet and president Ben Ali ended up having to flee".

"Sooner or later, we'll see the same thing happen in Belarus," Walesa, an ardent Internet enthusiast, whose Solidarity trade union brought down communism, in Poland in 1989, told AFP.

"Lukashenko can lock up people in prison, but he isn't able to stop the struggle for freedom and democracy because we live in an era where technology serves people," said Walesa, who won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize.

Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus

Walesa says Internet will let Belarus follow Tunisia

Belarussians will use new technologies to follow the Tunisian example and oust Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, anti-communist veteran Lech Walesa said Friday.

"We live in the era of the Internet, mobile telephones and satellite TV. In Tunisia, people communicated freely over the Internet and president Ben Ali ended up having to flee".

"Sooner or later, we'll see the same thing happen in Belarus," Walesa, an ardent Internet enthusiast, whose Solidarity trade union brought down communism, in Poland in 1989, told AFP.

"Lukashenko can lock up people in prison, but he isn't able to stop the struggle for freedom and democracy because we live in an era where technology serves people," said Walesa, who won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize.

Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus

UN admits tortures by Belarusian police

The UN Human Rights Committee recorded infringement of civil rights of minor convicted dweller of Homel in the course of proceedings.

As told by human rights activist Raman Kislyak, Hanna Kareba, mother of the convicted, filed an individual complaint to the Committee on December 10, 2004. Her 17-year-old son Dmitry was detained on September 17, 2001, on suspicion of murder of a man, whose body with numerous stab wounds was found in the yard of secondary school #2 on May 24, 2010, "Belorusskie Novosti" informs.

On April 5, 2002, the judicial board for criminal cases of the Homel Region Court

UN admits tortures by Belarusian police

The UN Human Rights Committee recorded infringement of civil rights of minor convicted dweller of Homel in the course of proceedings.

As told by human rights activist Raman Kislyak, Hanna Kareba, mother of the convicted, filed an individual complaint to the Committee on December 10, 2004. Her 17-year-old son Dmitry was detained on September 17, 2001, on suspicion of murder of a man, whose body with numerous stab wounds was found in the yard of secondary school #2 on May 24, 2010, "Belorusskie Novosti" informs.

On April 5, 2002, the judicial board for criminal cases of the Homel Region Court

UN admits tortures by Belarusian police

The UN Human Rights Committee recorded infringement of civil rights of minor convicted dweller of Homel in the course of proceedings.

As told by human rights activist Raman Kislyak, Hanna Kareba, mother of the convicted, filed an individual complaint to the Committee on December 10, 2004. Her 17-year-old son Dmitry was detained on September 17, 2001, on suspicion of murder of a man, whose body with numerous stab wounds was found in the yard of secondary school #2 on May 24, 2010, "Belorusskie Novosti" informs.

On April 5, 2002, the judicial board for criminal cases of the Homel Region Court

Soldiers escaped from military unit in Barysau?

It was reported on November 22 that three soldiers escaped from a military unit in military town Lyadzishcha (Barysau).

The Ministry of Defense and the Belarusian Military Prosecutor's Office deny this information, BelaPAN reports.

The press service of the Ministry of Defense says this information "was untrue". The Belarusian Prosecutor's Office says there were no incidents like that, three soldiers with assault rifles didn't leave the military unit, all arms stays in the arms storage facilities.

However, the website "Borisov Elektronny" managed to find witnesses of the escape, retail sellers in Lyadishcha town district. The witnesses saw patrols and the

Volha Nyaklyaeva received first letter from her husband

Today Volha Nyaklyaeva has received the first letter from Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu. It was sent from the pre-trial detention centre of the KGB on January 12.

- The letter had been written by Uladzimir, it was his style, -- his wife said. – I have notices several things. Firstly, it is clear from the letter that not all my parcels are received by him. Uladzimir asks me to bring a water heater, nail clippers. But I have brought all that before, and these things were admitted. Why haven't they passed them to my husband? There is also another strange phrase in

Jude Low: «Live Belarus!» (Video)

A British actor, Jude Law, appealed to the Belarusians within the scope of Global Artistic Solidarity Campaign.

Jude Law is a famous British cinema and theater actor. His first big success in cinema is considered to be the Anthony Mingella's movie, «The talented Mr. Ripley», where Jude shared the scene with Matt Damon and Gwineth Paltrow. Although two years earlier in 1997 he brilliantly let himself to be known acting a paralyzed disabled role in the science fiction thriller, "Gattaka", where his partners were Uma Turman and Ethan Hawk.

Further career of Jude Law became clearly prominent – he got the

UN admits tortures by Belarusian police

The UN Human Rights Committee recorded infringement of civil rights of minor convicted dweller of Homel in the course of proceedings.

As told by human rights activist Raman Kislyak, Hanna Kareba, mother of the convicted, filed an individual complaint to the Committee on December 10, 2004. Her 17-year-old son Dmitry was detained on September 17, 2001, on suspicion of murder of a man, whose body with numerous stab wounds was found in the yard of secondary school #2 on May 24, 2010, "Belorusskie Novosti" informs.

On April 5, 2002, the judicial board for criminal cases of the Homel Region Court

UN admits tortures by Belarusian police

The UN Human Rights Committee recorded infringement of civil rights of minor convicted dweller of Homel in the course of proceedings.

As told by human rights activist Raman Kislyak, Hanna Kareba, mother of the convicted, filed an individual complaint to the Committee on December 10, 2004. Her 17-year-old son Dmitry was detained on September 17, 2001, on suspicion of murder of a man, whose body with numerous stab wounds was found in the yard of secondary school #2 on May 24, 2010, "Belorusskie Novosti" informs.

On April 5, 2002, the judicial board for criminal cases of the Homel Region Court

UN admits tortures by Belarusian police

The UN Human Rights Committee recorded infringement of civil rights of minor convicted dweller of Homel in the course of proceedings.

As told by human rights activist Raman Kislyak, Hanna Kareba, mother of the convicted, filed an individual complaint to the Committee on December 10, 2004. Her 17-year-old son Dmitry was detained on September 17, 2001, on suspicion of murder of a man, whose body with numerous stab wounds was found in the yard of secondary school #2 on May 24, 2010, "Belorusskie Novosti" informs.

On April 5, 2002, the judicial board for criminal cases of the Homel Region Court

Avtoradio closed down for extremism

The radio station comments on the situation:

"Avtoradio aired agitation materials of presidential candidates Sannikov and Nyaklyaeu during the presidential election campaign. The airing was agreed upon by economic contracts and was held in the following terms: 15-17 December, 2010 – agitation materials of Sannikov, 9-17 December, 2010 – agitation materials of Nyaklyaeu."

Avtoradio didn't receive any complaints from the Central Election Commission in the period of airing the agitation materials. The Ministry of Information didn't send any written warnings, the radio station says.

On January 12, 2011, the radio station received an instruction of the Belarusian State Telecommunication Inspection

Jude Low: «Live Belarus!» (Video)

A British actor, Jude Law, appealed to the Belarusians within the scope of Global Artistic Solidarity Campaign.

Jude Law is a famous British cinema and theater actor. His first big success in cinema is considered to be the Anthony Mingella's movie, «The talented Mr. Ripley», where Jude shared the scene with Matt Damon and Gwineth Paltrow. Although two years earlier in 1997 he brilliantly let himself to be known acting a paralyzed disabled role in the science fiction thriller, "Gattaka", where his partners were Uma Turman and Ethan Hawk.

Further career of Jude Law became clearly prominent – he got the

Jude Low: «Live Belarus!» (Video)

A British actor, Jude Law, appealed to the Belarusians within the scope of Global Artistic Solidarity Campaign.

Jude Law is a famous British cinema and theater actor. His first big success in cinema is considered to be the Anthony Mingella's movie, «The talented Mr. Ripley», where Jude shared the scene with Matt Damon and Gwineth Paltrow. Although two years earlier in 1997 he brilliantly let himself to be known acting a paralyzed disabled role in the science fiction thriller, "Gattaka", where his partners were Uma Turman and Ethan Hawk.

Further career of Jude Law became clearly prominent – he got the

Iryna Khalip’s father taken to hospital

he family of Iryna Khalip faces more and more hard problems. Her farther, Uladzimir, was taken to the hospital yesterday.

He expects difficult eye surgery soon. He had retinal detachment caused by a stress, "Belorusski Partizan" writes.

We remind that Iryna Khalip and her husband Andrei Sannikov, charged with organizing mass riots on December 19, are in the KGB jail now. The authorities used Iryna's little son to put psychological pressure on her.

The lawyer of Sannikov and Khalip plans to visit his clients on January 4.

Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus

Iryna Khalip’s father taken to hospital

he family of Iryna Khalip faces more and more hard problems. Her farther, Uladzimir, was taken to the hospital yesterday.

He expects difficult eye surgery soon. He had retinal detachment caused by a stress, "Belorusski Partizan" writes.

We remind that Iryna Khalip and her husband Andrei Sannikov, charged with organizing mass riots on December 19, are in the KGB jail now. The authorities used Iryna's little son to put psychological pressure on her.

The lawyer of Sannikov and Khalip plans to visit his clients on January 4.

Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus

Iryna Khalip’s father taken to hospital

he family of Iryna Khalip faces more and more hard problems. Her farther, Uladzimir, was taken to the hospital yesterday.

He expects difficult eye surgery soon. He had retinal detachment caused by a stress, "Belorusski Partizan" writes.

We remind that Iryna Khalip and her husband Andrei Sannikov, charged with organizing mass riots on December 19, are in the KGB jail now. The authorities used Iryna's little son to put psychological pressure on her.

The lawyer of Sannikov and Khalip plans to visit his clients on January 4.

Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus

Jude Low: «Live Belarus!» (Video)

A British actor, Jude Law, appealed to the Belarusians within the scope of Global Artistic Solidarity Campaign.

Jude Law is a famous British cinema and theater actor. His first big success in cinema is considered to be the Anthony Mingella's movie, «The talented Mr. Ripley», where Jude shared the scene with Matt Damon and Gwineth Paltrow. Although two years earlier in 1997 he brilliantly let himself to be known acting a paralyzed disabled role in the science fiction thriller, "Gattaka", where his partners were Uma Turman and Ethan Hawk.

Further career of Jude Law became clearly prominent – he got the

Jude Low: «Live Belarus!» (Video)

A British actor, Jude Law, appealed to the Belarusians within the scope of Global Artistic Solidarity Campaign.

Jude Law is a famous British cinema and theater actor. His first big success in cinema is considered to be the Anthony Mingella's movie, «The talented Mr. Ripley», where Jude shared the scene with Matt Damon and Gwineth Paltrow. Although two years earlier in 1997 he brilliantly let himself to be known acting a paralyzed disabled role in the science fiction thriller, "Gattaka", where his partners were Uma Turman and Ethan Hawk.

Further career of Jude Law became clearly prominent – he got the

Iryna Khalip’s father taken to hospital

he family of Iryna Khalip faces more and more hard problems. Her farther, Uladzimir, was taken to the hospital yesterday.

He expects difficult eye surgery soon. He had retinal detachment caused by a stress, "Belorusski Partizan" writes.

We remind that Iryna Khalip and her husband Andrei Sannikov, charged with organizing mass riots on December 19, are in the KGB jail now. The authorities used Iryna's little son to put psychological pressure on her.

The lawyer of Sannikov and Khalip plans to visit his clients on January 4.

Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus

Dear Friends!

We would like to appeal to you, our readers, who were with us at the most complicated periods of our site activities.

Today, all those people who worked developming Charter'97 web-site are under arrest. We can not rebuild our activities and have it at a full-scale very quickly. We need time for it. But it would happen -- we would start to update site within few weeks when all technical problems would be solved.

Natalia Radina is under arrest in KGB's jail. Authorities prepare a criminal case against her. Technical staff of the web-site have received 15 days of arrest

Dear Friends!

We would like to appeal to you, our readers, who were with us at the most complicated periods of our site activities.

Today, all those people who worked developming Charter'97 web-site are under arrest. We can not rebuild our activities and have it at a full-scale very quickly. We need time for it. But it would happen -- we would start to update site within few weeks when all technical problems would be solved.

Natalia Radina is under arrest in KGB's jail. Authorities prepare a criminal case against her. Technical staff of the web-site have received 15 days of arrest

Belarusian Ministry of Defense refused to direct paratroopers for CSTO military exercises

Five officers of the Ministry of Defense of RB will observe the military exercises.

Belarus refused to direct its military contingent for the common operative and tactics military exercises of the Collective Operational Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CORF CSTO), it was informed in the General Staff of the Armed forces of RF.

"Belarus is not directing its military contingent to Russia for participation in the common anti terrorist exercises of CORF CSTO near Chelyabinsk. Instead of paratroopers included into CORF it will direct five officers of the Defense Ministry to the training ground "Chebarkul", who will