Mahilou police carries out fingerprinting at home without any formal procedures.
Our reader sent us a video of compulsory fingerprinting. A plainclothes officer of the Kastrychnitski district militia department simplified the procedure and decided to conduct fingerprinting not requiring people to show their IDs.
Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus
A sum of more than Br 458 millions has been received on the account of Minsk city executive committee intended for relief assistance to victims of the blast.
Donations are also received at the charitable accounts of Minsk city executive committee to help survivors and victims of the tragic events of April 11 at Kastrychnitskaya (Oktyabrskaya) metro station in Minsk, the press-service of Minsk city executive committee reports.
As of April 13, the sum of donations was equal to Br 6 million 817 thousand, and for today – more than Br 458 million.
Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus
On April 13 mourning over 12 victims of the bloody terrorist attack in metro was declared.
On April 13 the first funeral ceremonies for the killed in the terrorist act, are to take place. Yesterday evening a report was received that all the 12 victims of the Minsk metro blast had been identified. They are 5 women and 7 men, the youngest of them, Syarhei Hyarasimchyk, was 17, and the oldest one, Alyaksandr Parfuntsau was 47 years old. Most of them were Minsk dwellers, though citizens of Baranavichy, Lyuban and Pukhavichy districts had been killed in metro. Two of them
The International Monitoring Mission of Committee of International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus has published its analytical review on situation with human rights defenders and human rights organizations based upon research of testimony of 205 citizens detained during the protest rally in Minsk on December 19, 2010.
The document has been prepared in cooperation with the Center for Legal Transformation and other national NGOs.
Press release
The findings draw on 205 testimonies of citizens detained at a public action in Minsk 19 December 2010
This aide memoire was drafted by the HR Watch International Monitoring Mission in Belarus in conjunction with the Law Trend Center and other national NGOs based on the testimony filed by 205 individuals in Minsk between 3-21 January 2011.
The study analyzed 205 questionnaires the respondents (aged 18-61; 43 females and 162 males), detained at a public action in Minsk on the night of 19-20 December 2010, filled out personally.
Study conclusions and recommendations
We assert that the authorities were most brutal when detaining citizens. Violence was demonstrated with every fourth detainee, with humiliation and derogation on top. We also admit, that the bulk of the detainees did not counter detention, and rather raise their arms showing submission to the authorities. The authorities themselves did not have any insignia and even would mask their faces.
The number of violent actions against the detainees held in specialized vehicles, stations and courts curve down, while the number of derogatory and brutal treatment cases curve up. This is proved by the fact that the authorities kept the detainees for a long time in crammed vehicles in most degrading postures—face down; propped up against the wall with arms behind—and without access to potable water or facilities, or healthcare assistance to those with serious injuries.
American actress Olympia Dukakis appealed the Belarusians and the world community as part of a campaign of solidarity with Belarus.
Olympia Dukakis (born in 1931) as an American theatre and film actress.
She started her career as a film actress in the mid 1960-s. in the beginning, she had small roles in such movies as Lilith, John and Mary, Sisters. She gained popularity in 1987 after a film Moonstruck. For her role in the film, she won three most valuable awards in the American movie industry, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA.
Olympia Dukakis worked with such actors as Peter O'Toole, Maximilian
American actress Olympia Dukakis appealed the Belarusians and the world community as part of a campaign of solidarity with Belarus.
Olympia Dukakis (born in 1931) as an American theatre and film actress.
She started her career as a film actress in the mid 1960-s. in the beginning, she had small roles in such movies as Lilith, John and Mary, Sisters. She gained popularity in 1987 after a film Moonstruck. For her role in the film, she won three most valuable awards in the American movie industry, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA.
Olympia Dukakis worked with such actors as Peter O'Toole, Maximilian
American actress Olympia Dukakis appealed the Belarusians and the world community as part of a campaign of solidarity with Belarus.
Olympia Dukakis (born in 1931) as an American theatre and film actress.
She started her career as a film actress in the mid 1960-s. in the beginning, she had small roles in such movies as Lilith, John and Mary, Sisters. She gained popularity in 1987 after a film Moonstruck. For her role in the film, she won three most valuable awards in the American movie industry, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA.
Olympia Dukakis worked with such actors as Peter O'Toole, Maximilian
