Digest March 25, Will be Updated
25 March 2017
The office of HRC Viasna detained
At 1 pm, special squad burst into the office of the human rights center Viasna. The people were laid down face to the floor, the authorities started searches. Around 30 people were detained.
The human rights organization, whose leader is the famous human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, conducts monitoring of mass events. observance of civil rights etc.
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Human rights defenders of Viasna were set free after 3 pm, and are now working near the police departments. The office of Viasna wasn’t searched. Among the detainees (57 people), there were observers, including international observer organizations and mass media (Maria Rode, Tatsiana Haurylchyk, Hanna Badziaka).
One person suffered brain concussion and bruises.
http://spring96.org/be/news/86439
Around several dozen journalists have been detained during the day while covering the action on the Liberty Day, March 25. The journalists were detained indiscriminately together with other people in the streets (among which were ordinary passers-by). In most cases, correspondents have been taken to the police department, where their documents are checked, then they are set free. The exact list of names and situations will follow later.
Three journalists were beaten during detention (Katsiaryna Bakhvalava, Ihar Iliyash, Volha Davydava) at Kastrychnitskaya Square.
There are incidents with broken equipment (Liubou Luniova, Dzmitry Buyanau).
A reporter form Komsomolskaya Pravda v Belarusi Iryna Kozlik described to the Euroradio how their credentials had been verified. She told that journalists have been treated differently from other detainees, but only at the police department.
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1 |
detention |
Minsk |
Zinaida Tsimoshak |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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2 |
detention |
Minsk |
Stanislau Ivashkevich |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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3 |
detention |
Minsk |
Dzianis Ivashyn |
he is detained till judicial proceeding |
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4 |
detention |
Minsk |
Anton Karliner, photographer (Russia) |
he was detained for several hours, now he is free |
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5 |
detention |
Minsk |
Uladzimir Hrydzin (photographer) |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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6 |
detention |
Minsk |
Artsiom Shraibman (TUT.BY) |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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7 |
detention |
Minsk |
Aliaksandr Barazenka (Belsat.eu operator) |
he is detained till judicial proceeding |
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8 |
detention |
Minsk |
Liubou Luniova |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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9 |
detention |
Minsk |
Buyanau Dzmitry |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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10 |
detention |
Minsk |
Zakhar Shcharbakou |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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11 |
detention |
Minsk |
Dzmitry Karenka |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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12 |
detention |
Minsk |
Iryna Kozlik (KP.BY in Belarus) |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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13 |
detention |
Minsk |
Darya Putseyka |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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14 |
detention |
Minsk |
Hanna Rybchynskaya |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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15 |
detention |
Minsk |
Andrei Lyaukouski |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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16 |
detention |
Minsk |
Henadz Barbarych (BelaPAN.by) |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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17 |
detention |
Minsk |
Iryna Arakhouskaya (NN.BY) |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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18 |
detention |
Minsk |
Artiom Harbatsevich |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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19 |
detention |
Minsk |
Volha Bykouskaya |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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20 |
detention |
Minsk |
Hanna Badziaka |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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21 |
detention |
Minsk |
Tatsiana Haurylchyk |
he/she was detained for several hours, now he/she is free |
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22 |
detention |
Minsk |
Maria Rode |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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23 |
detention |
Minsk |
Mikita Yarash |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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24 |
detention |
Minsk |
Andrey Dubinin |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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25 |
detention |
Homel |
Alena Bychkova (TUT.by) |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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26 |
detention |
Homel |
Ivan Yaryvanovich (TUT.by) |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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27 |
detention |
Homel |
Alena Hermanovich |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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28 |
detention |
Homel |
Larysa Shchyrakova |
current location is unknown |
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29 |
detention |
Viciebsk |
Volha Chaychyts (Belsat.eu) |
she was detained for several hours, now free |
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30 |
detention |
Viciebsk |
Andrei Kozel |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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31 |
detention |
Viciebsk |
Artsiom Sizintsau |
current locatiuon is unknown |
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32 |
beaten by police |
Minsk |
Volha Morva (France) |
she was beaten by police |
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33 |
beaten by police |
Minsk |
Katsiaryna Bakhvalava |
she was beaten by police |
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34 |
beaten by police |
Minsk |
Volha Davydava |
she was beaten by police |
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35 |
beaten by police |
Minsk |
Ihar Ilyash |
he was beaten by police |
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36 |
detention |
Minsk |
Sergey Kozlovskiy |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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37 |
detention |
Minsk |
Henadz Sharypkin |
he was detained for several hours, now free |
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38 |
detention |
Minsk |
Filip Warwick (Britain) |
he was detained for 6 hours, beaten by police, now he is free |
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