RFE/RL BELARUS, UKRAINE, AND MOLDOVA REPORT
12/20/2011 9:15:41 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. For more stories on Eastern Europe, please visit and bookmark our Eastern Europe page . |
BELARUS
 Detained Belarus Activist On Hunger Strike Detained Belarusian activist Syarhey Kavalenka has started a protest hunger strike in the eastern city of Vitsebsk. More  Femen: Belarus KGB 'Kidnapped' Activists Kyiv is investigating claims by a Ukrainian women's rights group that three of its members were kidnapped and terrorized by Belarusian security forces after staging a protest in Minsk against the regime. More Belarusian police have detained dozens of people who took part in a candle-lit protest to mark the first anniversary of the crackdown on mass protests against President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's reelection. More  Byalyatski Denied Visit To Dying Father A prominent jailed Belarusian rights activist has been barred from visiting his dying father -- a day after he was given permission to do so. More  Belarusian Politician 'Abducted' Unidentified men in plainclothes forced former presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski into a car near his Minsk home on December 19 and drove him to an unknown location. More  Ailing Havel Issued Belarus Appeal In one of his last public messages before his death on December 18, longtime dissident writer and former Czech President Vaclav Havel expressed solidarity with political prisoners in Belarus. More  Belarus Tense On Vote Anniversary Critics of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's reelection last December mark the first anniversary of that divisive vote, which ushered in rare mass protests and a ruthless crackdown through beatings, jailings, and targeted harassment. More  Trial Opens For Deadly Belarus Blasts Court hearings have started in western Belarus into the explosions last year at a plywood plant in the town of Pinsk that killed 14 workers. More  Lawyer Denied Access To Belarus Activist The lawyer of jailed former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau has again been blocked from seeing her client at a labor camp in the eastern city of Vitsebsk. More  EU Announces New Belarus Sanctions The European Union has imposed sanctions on two Belarusian officials involved in the trial of human rights activist Ales Byalyatski. More  Belarusian Activists Detained Ahead Of Party Congress Two leaders of the unregistered Belarusian Christian Democratic party's (BKhD) branch in western Belarus have been detained by traffic police.More  Belarus President: Western Leaders 'Have No *****' You'd think that Lukashenka might back away from the brink a little bit and try to mend some fences with the West. But you'd be wrong. More Belarus Ex-Candidate Can't See Lawyer Human rights activist Paval Levinau told RFE/RL that when he asked warden Vital Ahnistykau at the Vitsebsk labor camp why jailed former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau's lawyer was unable to see his client, Ahnistykau said Sannikau wrote a letter to the labor camp's administration when he arrived at the penitentiary stating that his life is under threat. More  Transdniester Leader Out Of Race Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region has announced it will hold a presidential runoff on December 25. More  Moldova Fails To Elect President Moldova's parliament has failed to select a new president. More  Tymoshenko Jail Film Denounced A political scandal has broken out in Ukraine over a video showing jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko angrily protesting over being filmed against her will while lying in her prison bed. More  Ukraine Drops Case Against Kuchma A district court in Kyiv has dismissed charges against former President Leonid Kuchma in connection with the 2000 killing of investigative journalist Heorhiy Gongadze. T More  Stalin 'Beheaders' Sentenced In Ukraine Nine Ukrainian nationalists charged in the decapitation of a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhya last year have received suspended sentences. More  Podcast: Eyewitnesses Recall U.S.S.R.'s Dying Days, Plus St. Petersburg Surf Rock Eyewitness histories as we mark the 20th anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union; plus surf rock from St. Petersburg and "Sesame Street" makes its debut in Afghanistan. More |
