News on the topic: administrative prosecution
13.08.2013 Justice Bureau admits that Vitsebsk judges overstep the law
The appeals of the human rights defender Pavel Levinau to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus were considered at a working meeting of the main justice bureau of the Vitsebsk Regional Executive Committee.
12.08.2013 Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka appeal their fines at the Minsk City Court
The human rights activists appealed against the verdict of the Savetski District Court, according to which they were found guilty of violating Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Violations and fined 3 million rubles each.
12.08.2013 Dzianis Sakhar is tried for insubordination to police
On 12 April Dzianis Sakhar, an activist of the Belarusian National-Bolshevik movement, was tried for alleged insubordination to the police (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Violations).
12.08.2013 Officers of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee get confused in the case of the Milavidy festival
On 9 August the second hearing on the lawsuit of the activist of the “For Freedom” movement Viktar Syrytsa against the actions of the newspaper of the Baranavichy District Executive Committee “Nash Krai” took place at the Baranavichy City and District Court. The proceedings were held by Judge Volha Apanovich in the Belarusian language.
08.08.2013 Case of Milavidy festival to be considered by Brest Regional Court
On 8 August social activist Viktar Syrytsa filed an appeal to the Brest Regional Court against the verdict of the Baranavichy City and District Court concerning the Milavidy festival.
08.08.2013 Member of United Civil Party will be tried for action against dislocation of Russian military base in Belarus
A member of the Mahiliou branch of the United Civil Party Mikalai Hladyshau, who on 4 July held a picket agaianst the plans to place a base of the Russian air forces in Belarus, will be tried on 15 September.
07.08.2013 Baranavichy: prosecutor's office is required to discriminated in the case of the Milavidy festival
Baranavichy human rights defenders and social activists are outraged at the biased and hasty decision of Judge Katsiaryna Hruda. On 6 August they filed a collective complaint to the prosecutor's office in the administrative case of Viktar Syrytsa.
07.08.2013 Mikashevichy: provocations against members of independent trade union at “Granite” continue
Unidentified provocateurs spread information on internet forums and websites of Mikashevichy and Luninets and that activists and of the independent trade union at the “Granite” plant receive money and orders to discredit the plant from the abroad.
07.08.2013 Observatory for the Protection of Human Rigths Defenders: Sentencing of human rights defenders who took part in an action of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
06.08.2013 Human rights defenders Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka punished with fines
The members of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka were familiarized with the new violation reports at the Savetski District Police Department of Minsk. 40 minutes after it they were taken to the Savetski District Court of Minsk.
05.08.2013 Court upholds eviction from historical house in central Brest
Leninski District Court of Brest dismissed the complaint of residents of the house in Ostrovsky Street, 10 who challenged the decision of Brest City Executive Committee, according to which the it was declared that the house was in the state of emergency.
04.08.2013 Head of Mahiliou Regional Court reverses ruling for punishment of Valery Vusik for libel and distribution of independent press
On 3 August Valery Vusik, civil activist from the village of Lebiadzianka in the Bialynichy district, received by mail a ruling of Ihar Prashko, the head of the Mahiliou Regional Court, to his review appeal against the ruling of the Bialynichy District Court, which entered into legal force and according to which he was punished with a fine of 5 million rubles.
02.08.2013 Baranavichy: court returned the case against Mikhail Charnavus to police
Baranavichy entrepreneur and social activist Mikhail Charnavus received a letter signed by the chairman of the Baranavichy City and District Court, Mikalai Kmita. The official writes that according to the court ruling of 29 July 2013 the administrative case against him was returned to the police so that they could correct the defects in it.
01.08.2013 Baranavichy activists gets fined for “participation” in canceled public event
Katsiaryna Hruda, Judge of the Baranavichy City and District Court, fined the head of the Baranavichy organization of the Belarusian Language Society, activist of the “For Freedom” movement Viktar Syrytsa 2 million rubles.
29.07.2013 Minsk activists sentenced to short prison terms for displaying white-red-white flags
The Court of Minsk Partyzanski district considered today the cases of three activists of the Alternatyva opposition campaign, Aleh Korban, Zmitser Silchanka and Aleh Keral, who were detained on Friday while displaying the national white-red-white flags on a bridge near the Partyzanskaya metro station.
