News on the topic: criminal prosecution
30.03.2011 Several participants of 19 December 2010 events face milder charges
The preliminary investigative department of Minsk City Department of Internal Affairs has brought new charges against Uladzimir Niakliayeu, Aliaksandr Fiaduta, Siarhei Vazniak, Andrei Dzmitryeu, Vital Rymasheuski and Nasta Palazhanka.
30.03.2011 Analytical review of the trial of Mikita Likhavid
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” believes that: 1. The verdict pronounced by Minsk Partyzanski District Court, sentencing Mikita Likhavid to 3.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, is illegal and politically motivated. 2. Mikita Likhavid should be considered a prisoner of conscience and therefore the Human Rights Center “Viasna” demands his acquittal and immediate release.
29.03.2011 Mikita Likhavid sentenced to 3.5 years in high-security prison in mass riot trial
Judge Natallia Pykina of Minsk Partyzanski District Court found Mikita Likhavid, activist of the For Freedom opposition movement, guilty of involvement in the 19 December 2010 mass riot and sentenced him to 3.5 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.
28.03.2011 Aleh Hnedchyk arrested and charged
Aleh Hnedchyk has been charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (“mass riot”), human rights defenders report.
28.03.2011 Journalist Poczobut charged with libel of President
Andrzej Poczobut, reporter of the Gazeta Wyborcza Polish newspaper, is facing charges for libel of President, reports www.belaruspartisan.org, quoting Hrodna Regional Prosecutor Mr. Marozau.
28.03.2011 KGB defines three more Square case suspects
It is said in the report distributed by the KGB Information and Public Relations Centre on March 26.
25.03.2011 Andrei Sannikau officially accused today
Ex-presidential candidate is accused of mass riots organization. The Interior Ministry's administration of information and public relations has informed this.
25.03.2011 Pavel Seviarynets meets with his lawyer for first time in 3 months
"He said he felt well and held on, and nothing more, by the phone", — the prisoner's mother Tatsiana Seviarynets has said.
25.03.2011 Verdict to Parfiankou upheld
On 25 March, Minsk City Court considered the cassational appeal by Vasil Parfiankou, convicted of involvement in the 19 December 2010 mass riot, and upheld the 4-year sentence by an inferior court.
24.03.2011 Liabedzka's lawyer meets with her client for the first time
Anatol Liabedzka's lawyer met with her client for the first time on March 22. The meeting lasted for more than an hour.
24.03.2011 Concise analytical review of the trial of Zmitser Dashkevich and Eduard Lobau: Concluding Part
On 23 March, Minsk Maskouski District Court continued hearing the malicious hooliganism case of Zmitser Dashkevich and Eduard Lobau. The court session was opened by the examination of witness Mrs. Sviatlana Harbachova, employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
24.03.2011 Trial of Likhavid postponed till 29 March
The trial of Mikita Likhavid, facing charges for involvement in the 19 December mass riot, has been postponed till 29 March, after the defense lawyer Mrs. Darya Lipkina said she could not appear in court due to the illness of her child.
24.03.2011 Dashkevich sentenced to 2 years, Lobau -- 4 years in high-security prison
At about 12 a.m. today, Judge Alena Shylko of Minsk Maskouski District Court found the Young Front leaders Zmitser Dashkevich and Eduard Lobau guilty of committing a malicious hooliganism. Zmitser Dashkevich has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment, Eduard Lobau -- four years in a high-security prison.
23.03.2011 Concise analytical review of the trial of Zmitser Dashkevich and Eduard Lobau: Day 1
On 22 March 2011, Minsk Maskouski District Court hosted the trial of the Young Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich and the organization’s Minsk city office head Eduard Lobau. The activists face charged of malicious hooliganism (Par. 3 Art. 339 of the Criminal Code), namely an attack on two persons, allegedly committed on 18 December 2010. They are also accused of using a crow-bar during the attack.
22.03.2011 KGB bans meeting of Mikalai Statkevich with father
Viktar Statkevich, 84-year-old father of former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich, who has been in custody in the KGB pre-trial prison since 19 December 2010, has not so far been allowed to have a meeting with his son, despite an application submitted to the prison’s administration.
