News on the topic: criminal prosecution
26.06.2013 Deputy Prosecutor General Stuk refuses to say whether charge of high treason against Haydukow has been or will be changed to another one
Deputy Prosecutor General Alyaksey Stuk refused to tell reporters in Minsk on Tuesday whether the charge of high treason against young opposition activist Andrey Haydukow had been or would be changed to another one.
24.06.2013 “Spy” trial: Haidukou’s mother gives evidence
Volha Haidukova said she was a witness for the defence at the trial against her son who is charged with “treason”.
21.06.2013 “Spy case” is falling apart despite trial’s being secretive
The “spy case”, which KGB was so encouraged to lead against an operator of Navapolatsk’s Naftan Andrej Hajdukou, has come to an end, it seems. Another case will be there instead. Vakulchyk informed journalists about that on 19 June.
20.06.2013 Shchuchyn resident faces criminal charges under Art. 193.1
Aliaksei Shchadrou, a Catholic believer of the village of Aliaksandrauka, Shchuchyn district, is facing charges under Art. 193.1 of the Criminal Code (activities on behalf of an unregistered organization). The criminal case was initiated after Aliaksei Shchadrou opened an asylum for the homeless in his home village.
19.06.2013 Charges changed for Haidukou?
KGB chief Vakulchyk said Andrei Haidukou may be tried not for violating article 356 of the Criminal Code (treason).
18.06.2013 Andrei Haidukou's mother to witness in court
Vicebsk activist Tatsyana Sevyarynets has informed this to Euroradio.
17.06.2013 Chairman of Vitsebsk court suggests prosecuting civil society activist over insult of judge
Vitsebsk civil society activist Piotr Ivanov asked the authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against Judge Valiantsina Kismiaroshkina, who, in his opinion, knowingly violated the law and unjustly punished him with a fine of 4 million rubles in the administrative case. However, it seems that it is the activist himself who may face criminal charges: such a proposal to the head of the Investigative Committee of Vitsebsk region, Uladzimir Shalukhina, was made by the Chairman of Pershamaiski District Court of Vitsebsk Andrushchanka.
14.06.2013 Espionage case: trial of Andrei Haidukou postponed
As stated by Andrei's mother Volha Haidukova, his counsels told her that the trial would continue on Monday.
13.06.2013 Pavel Levinau demands change of restraint for Haidukou
Vitsebsk human rights activist addressed such a request to a judge of the Vitsensk Regional Court Halina Urbanovich, who leads the trial on the "espionage case". Pavel Levinau also filed a complaint to the Investigative Committee and applied to the head of the Vitsebsk Regional Court Miakali Khamichonak concerning the noticed violations.
13.06.2013 Vitsebsk activists lose their case and fail to get to trial over Haidukou
A member of the Conservative Christian Party BPF Yan Dzyarzhautsau and the head of the Vitebsk branch of the BPF Leanid Avtukhou came to the Vitsebsk Regional Court where their appeals against verdicts of lower courts. They weren't allowed to the second floor where the second hearing on the criminal case against civic activist Andrei Haidukou was about to begin. The cassation appeals were considered for just 15 minutes. Judge Iryna Smaliakova stated that the appeals were to be dismissed.
13.06.2013 Vitsebsk: second day of trial of "spy" Haidukou
According to the information from the Vitsebsk Regional Court, where the hearings on the criminal case against Andrei Haidukou are taking place, the defendant is kept in a cage. "It can be a gross violation of his right to defense, as keeping him in a cage can hinder him to contact with his counsel during the trial", stated the Vitsebsk human rights defender Pavel Levinau.
13.06.2013 Review of criminal case against member of "Fair World" starts at Zhlobin District Court
On 7 December 2012 Judge of the Zhlobin District Court Ina Sharshniova found a member of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World" Yauhen Sharshniou to three years of imprisonment with a two-year determent, and his colleague Valiantsina Kastsiukevich – to four years of persona; restraint without sending to an open penitentiary. The defendants appealed the verdict at the Homel Regional Court, after which the case was returned for review. Basareuski and Kastsiukevich are charged under Article 424 of the Criminal Code ("abuse of power or office position").
12.06.2013 Closed hearings on "espionage case" against Haidukou being at Vitsebsk Regional Court
At 10 a.m. the hearings on the case of Andrei Haidukou, 23-year-old Navapolatsk resident, who is accused of "high treason", started at the Vitsebsk Regional Court.
31.05.2013 Trial in Andrei Haidukou’s case scheduled for June 12
According to Andrei Haidukou’s relatives, the case will be heard at 10 a.m. on June 12 in Vitsebsk Regional Court with presiding Judge Halina Urbanovich.
30.05.2013 Andrei Haidukou’s mother: Trial should be open
Reports say that it is Vitsebsk Regional Court who is expected to hear the case of Andrei Haidukou, a 23-year-old employee of the Navapolatsk-based “Naftan” refinery, who is accused of “high treason”. Volha Haidukova, his mother, hopes that the trial will open for all to learn the details of the case. After all, the espionage charges brought against the Navapolatsk guy seem absurd to many.
