On April 3 an opposition leader Andrei Klimau was arrested in Minsk. For publishing on the web and article the politician in charged with violation article 361 Part 3 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (appeals to overthrow or change of he constitutional regime of Belarus committed with the use of mass media). At the moment Andrei Klimau stays in the remand prison in Valadarski Street in Minsk. He faces a sentence from 1 to 5 years of imprisonment.

Almost a year ago the Committee for Defence of the Repressed “Salidarnasc” was set up. Its main aim is to help civic activists. To those who actively take part in democratic movement and through this are repressed by the government. Today we want to analyze the results of our yearly activities.

Another letter has been received from a human rights activist Katsyaryna Sadouskaya who is serving the sentence in Homel women colony. The human rights activist writes that a new group of women has been taken to the colony.

The “house of representatives” adopted amendments to the law of the Republic of Belarus on extremism countering in the second reading on 17 June. The amendments will reduce the activity of political parties during the electoral campaigns, opposition politicians believe.
The laws on Non-Governmental Organisations and on Political Parties are added the provisions, forbidding creating and activity of associations and parties, whose aim is any extremist activity.