News on the topic: criminal prosecution
11.01.2011 Suspect in 'mass riot' case Vasil Parfiankou is kept in pre-trial prison in Valadarski Street
Vasil Parfiankou is another suspect in the criminal case concerning the 'mass riot' on 19 December 2010 in Minsk.
10.01.2011 Brest: Ihar Sliadzeuski’s apartment was searched and he was guarded to KGB from work
Ihar Sliadzeuski is the father of Katsiaryna Sliadzeuskaya, a civil activist who was sentenced to 10 days of arrest for participation in the protest rally in Minsk on 19 December. He is also the owner of the apartment that is rented by a civil activist Yury Bakur that was searched in connection with the criminal case upon Article 293 ‘mass riot’.
10.01.2011 New suspects in mass riot case
19-year-old student of Minsk Polytechnic College Illia Vasilevich served 10-day arrest for participation in the protest action of 19 December. He was informed that the college administration decided to expel him. On 5 January he was invited for a talk with the administration. However, there he was detained by KGB officers who told that he was a suspect in the criminal case. At first the guy was taken to the pre-trial prison in Akrestsin Street and then – to another one, in Valadarski Street, where he is kept at the moment.
08.01.2011 Three more suspects in 'mass riot' case
The Human Rights Center Viasna learned about three new suspects in the mass riot case concerning the events of 19 December.
06.01.2011 Ninth suspect in 'mass riot' case
Dzimitry Apishau served 11-day arrest in the delinquents' isolation center in Akrestsin Street for participation in the 19 December protest rally. During the arrest he was taken to a building in Niamiha Street for interrogation. On 31 December Dzmitry Apishau was presented a ruling according to which he was declared a suspect in the criminal case instigated upon Article 293, part 2 of the Criminal Code (mass riot).
06.01.2011 Charges presented to Dzmitry Dashkevich and Eduard Lobau
On 6 January the official charges upon Article 339, part 3 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism) were presented to the Chairperson of the Young Front Dzmitry Dashkevich and the head of the Minsk branch of the organization Eduard Lobau.
06.01.2011 Appeal of the civil initiative Vyzvalenne (Release) to the governments of the EU, USA and the Russian Federation and the global community
Hundreds of Belarusian citizens were detained following the recent presidential election and the ensuing peaceful protests.
06.01.2011 Justice Ministry brings Andrei Sannikau's lawyer to administrative responsibility
The Justice Ministry has brought to disciplinary responsibility the lawyer who defends the arrested presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau.
05.01.2011 Activist of Speak Truth hasn't returned from interrogation
At night KGB officers searched the apartment that was renteded by an activist of the Speak Truth civil campaign Pavel Vinahradau and his girlfriend. The search was held by an investigator of the Pershamaiski District Police Department of Minsk Aliaksandr Fitser.
05.01.2011 Siarhei Kliuyeu – one more suspect in ‘mass riot’ case
Siarhei Kliuyeu was informed that he was a suspect in the criminal case started in connection with the mass disorders on his release from the delinquents’ isolation center in Akrestsin Street on 3 January. He had to spend 15 days there.
05.01.2011 Two Russian citizens were given official charges in connection with ‘mass riot’
A representative of the information and public relations department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Viktar Novikau has informed RIA Novosti about it.
04.01.2011 Mikalai Statkevich has been on hunger-strike for half a month already
The politician didn’t make any demands, because the sense of his hunger-strike is clear. He wants the election results to be cancelled due to mass falsifications. Mikalai Statkevich is not going to stop his hunger strike, associates of the political prisoner told belaruspartisan.org .
03.01.2011 Dzmitry Dashkevich and Eduard Lobau transferred to Zhodzina jail
The Young Front leaders Dzmitry Dashkevich, Dzianis Lazar and Eduard Lobau had been detained on 18 December in Minsk on fabricated charges (Article 339, part 3 of the Criminal Code – malignant hooliganism) and have been kept in jail since then. According to the investigation, the accused ‘have groundlessly and deliberately beaten a man with fists and a crowbar.
03.01.2011 20-year old Nasta Palazhanka is left in KGB jail
The deputy chairperson of the Young Front Nasta Palazhanka stays in jail. The term of her detention in the KGB jail has been prolonged for two months. The deputy chairperson of the Young Front (registered in the Czech Republic) made a speech in the square and said that the youth supported a democratic Belarus where everything was done according to the law and where dictatorship did not exist, reports Arche.
03.01.2011 Ex-presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski also released under recognizance
On 1 January the presidential candidate Vital Rymasheuski was released from the KGB pre-trial detention centre on a written undertaking not to leave the place. He had also written a letter of explanation to Lukashenka.
