News on the topic: criminal prosecution
18.11.2013 Vasil Parfiankou to stand another trial on November 28
The Court of Minsk’s Pershamaiski district will hear on November 28 the charges brought against former political prisoners Vasil Parfiankou. He is accused of violating the rules of serving preventive police supervision (Article 421 of the Criminal Code).
25.10.2013 Uladzimir Yaromenak’s appeal to be heard on November 12
The appeal will be considered in the Minsk City Court. If the sentence remains unchanged, Yaromenak will have to serve a 3-month custody.
21.10.2013 Army major stands trial for refusal to take ideology exam
The Border Committee prepares a show trial against major Aliaksei Kastsiukou.
13.10.2013 Assault as a kind of investigative actions
An activist of the Movement "For Freedom" Inha Abramava has come to the village if Tsikhinichy in the Brest region in order to spend her vacation with relatives. At about 2 p.m. on 11 October, when she was peacefully drinking tea and watching TV with her mother, 11-year-old sister and nephews (2 and 4 years old), she heard an explosion in the yard.
08.10.2013 Officers of riot police were stealing money from citizens
A criminal case has been brought against four former riot policemen.
01.10.2013 Criminal charges against Aliaksei Shchadrou get dropped
As it became known, the criminal case which had been initiated this year by the Shchuchyn District Police Department against philanthropist Aliaksei Shchadrou, was dropped in September. The appropriate ruling was issued on 11 September and received by Mr. Shchadrou on 24 September.
24.09.2013 Judge lifts all restrictions on Poczobut's freedom
A judge of the Leninski District Court in Hrodna on September 23 lifted all restrictions on the freedom of journalist Andrzej Poczobut.
23.09.2013 Brest activist sentenced to four years in prison
Brest District Court re-examined the case of civil society activist Vital Koush and found him guilty of plotting the illegal crossing of the Belarusian-Polish border by the citizens of India.
12.09.2013 Criminal case brought against the author of videos about Minsk Automobile Plant and the suburb of Kurasoushchyna
The Kastrychnitski District Police Department of Minsk brought a criminal case against Ruslan Mirzoyeu for a violation of the rules of serving the term of personal restraint. Mr. Mirzoyeu is the author of critical videos about the Minsk Automobile Plant and the suburb of Kurasoushchyna.
28.08.2013 Apart from three-month arrest, Uladzimir Yaromenak sentenced to a fine of 1 million rubles
Judge of the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk Siarhei Bandarenka sentenced the activist of the “Young Front” Uladzimir Yaromenak to 1 million rubles of fine. On 28 August the court considered an administrative case against the activist under Article 24.12, part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
23.08.2013 Seven members of Rada of Belarusian Intelligentsia apply for release of Catholic priest Uladzislaw Lazar
Seven members of the Rada (Council) of the Belarusian Intelligentsia have applied for the release of arrested Roman Catholic priest Uladzislaw Lazar against their personal guarantees that he would not flee from prosecution.
22.08.2013 Criminal proceedings against Ales Mikhalevich will not stop until he returns to the country?
The Investigators gave a negative reply to the request of Ales Mikhalevich, in which the former presidential candidate and the KGB detention center inmate, asks for redemption of the criminal proceedings initiated against him. Mikhalevich to this day is a suspect in the investigation of the organization of “mass riots” in Minsk, December 19, 2010, as the government called a number of organized protests against rigged presidential election.
20.08.2013 Statement by the Human Rights Center "Viasna" on the sentencing of Uladzimir Yaromenak
The sentencing of Uladzimir Yaromenak is an obvious factor that indicates a worsening of the human rights situation in the country and highlights the ongoing negative trend of recent months in this area.
20.08.2013 Former political prisoner Uladzimir Yaromenak sentenced to 3 months of arrest
Uladzimir Yaromenak, activist of the Young Front opposition movement and former political prisoner, was sentenced to three months of arrest on charges of violating preventive supervision restrictions. The verdict was pronounced this morning by Judge Leanid Yarmolenkau of Minsk Pershamaiski District Court.
19.08.2013 Prosecutor wants 6 months of prison for former political prisoner Uladzimir Yaromenak, verdict expected tomorrow morning
The Court of Minsk’s Pershamaiski district considered today the criminal charges (Art. 421 of the Criminal Code) brought against former political prisoner Uladzimir Yaromenak for alleged violation of parole restrictions imposed on him following his release in August 2011.
