A/HRC/19/44 10 II. Communications sent and replies received A. Communications sent between 1 June 2011 and 30 November 2011 and replies received by 31 January 2012 12. Communications are sorted in chronological order. Copies of the full text of the communications sent and Government replies received may be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the website of the Human Rights Council. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable. Date Type Case No Country BLR 7/2011 01/06/2011 Belarus JAL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 10/06/2011 Alleged arrests, detentions and sentencing of human rights defenders following the Presidential elections. According to the information received, on 16 March 2011, Mr. Andrey Yurov was arrested at his apartment in Minsk. On 25 March, Mr. Zmitser Dashkevich and Mr. Edward Lobau were reportedly sentenced to two and four years respectively in a labour colony. Mr. Dashkevich was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/13/39/Add.1, para 16). Also on 25 March, up to seventy persons were allegedly detained in order to prevent them from participating in activities to mark the anniversary of the Belarusian National Day. On 29 March, Mr. Mikita Likhavid was reportedly sentenced to three years and six months in a labour colony on charges of mass disorder. A journalist from STV reportedly linked Mr. Ales Bialiatski and Ms. Elena Tonkacheva to the terrorist attack at the Minsk metro station. Mr. Bialiatski was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/18/51, BLR 2/2011). On 19 April, a number of human rights defenders reportedly gathered in Minsk to celebrate the birthday of Mr. Valery Shchukin when police officers reportedly arrived, carried out a search without producing a warrant, and arrested up to 14 people. 11 of them were reportedly released some hours later. However, Mr. Pavel Levinau, Ms. Olga Karach and Mr. Pavel Staneusky were reportedly detained. On 20 April, Mr. Levinau allegedly appeared before Frunzensky district court, Minsk and was sentenced to ten days administrative detention. Ms. Karach was reportedly fined 700,000 BLR. Mr. Staneusky was allegedly released. On 20 April, Ms. Marina Tsapok, a Ukrainian national, was allegedly refused entry to Belarus. On 4 May, police officers and officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs allegedly visited the offices of Human Rights Centre Viasna. A member of Viasna was reportedly detained briefly. Viasna was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/18/51, BLR 2/2011). In the evening of 4 May, the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus was allegedly scheduled to present a report on the current human rights situation in the country. The police allegedly arrested