election day

On March 16, Tsentralny district court started hearing the case of a young man who was hit by a prison truck not far from Minsk Hero City Stele during post-election protests, TUT.by reports. The case is being considered by judge Viktoryia Shabunya who has been repeatedly involved in politically motivated trials.

Alyaksei Melnikau was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime penal colony.

A month has passed since post-election protests broke out in the country.

Street resistance and conditions in the Homiel jail

The riots took place in Minsk and some other regions of the country, the Investigation Committee (IC) said on Monday.

We continue our special post-election broadcast on August, 10.

In the wake of Sunday’s presidential election, OMON riot police made every efforts to disperse peaceful protesters who took to the streets of the Belarusian capital to express outrage over the authorities’ allegedly vote rigging.

Residents of the capital report the low Internet speed. A number of services are down and some websites cannot be reached.