[CivilSoc] Belarus--pre-election attacks on civil society

Sun, 19 Aug 2001 17:57:53 -0700 (PDT)

This item is from Mikhail Doroshevich <[email protected]>. It was
recently posted to the list, [email protected]
BELARUSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2001
A basic chronology of incidents of pre-election harrassment of
newspapers and NGOs. For more details on these stories (only as
regards newspapers), see the relevant monthly digests.
Date		Newspaper/NGO		Event
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16 August, Aslon (NGO), Inspection of financial documents
16 August, Novaya Gazeta, Smorgoni (Smorgon'), Inspection of
financial documents
15 August, Vilenshina (NGO), Police search and attempted confiscation
of computers
14 August, Kutseyna (Orsha), Equipment confiscated
14 August, Region-Vesti (Svetlogorsk), Threats from KGB to
confiscate equipment
13 August, Civic Initiatives (Gomel NGO), Police search and equipment
confiscated
10 August, Gart (Gomel NGO), Police search.
10 August, Ratusha (Grodno NGO), Equipment confiscated in relation to
financial inspection
8 August, Pagonya (Grodno), Threats from KGB and local prosecutor to
shut paper down
7 August, Pagonya (Grodno), Attempted recruitment (?) by KGB and
threat to shut paper down
24 July, Den', Office burgled and hard disks stolen again!
23 July, Belaruskiy Uschod (Mogilev), Equipment confiscated under
decree N.8
16 July, Den', Office burgled and hard disks stolen
12 July, Volny Gorad (Krychev), Equipment confiscated under decree
No. 8
5-19 July, Kontur (Vitebsk NGO), Inspection of financial documents in
relation to decree No. 8
for for more info, see: http://www.article19.by/index.html (in
Russian) or http://www.article19.by/indexe.html (in English)