News on the topic: administrative prosecution
10.04.2013 Nina Bahinskaya gets fined 2,5 million rubles
On 10 April Maskouski District Court of Minsk considered a civil case against Nima Bahinskaya. Nina Bahinskaya was detained on Freedom Day, 25 March, for a prayer under a white-red-white flag near St. Symon and Alena church in Minsk. This is the traditional prayer, held by the relatives of political prisoners and civil activists near the monument of archangel Michael.
08.04.2013 Homel: incompetency of judges or justice imitation?
For the last six months the Belarusian Themis has been unable to find the issue of bringing a civil case on appeal of the head of Homel regional branch of the Belarusian Leftist Party "Fair World, Ualdzimir Siakerka, against his unlawful detrainment by Homel border guards on 14 October 2012 in the border crossing point "Tsiarukha".
04.04.2013 Fine for hanging out white-red-white flag in Brest
The commission on affairs of under-aged of Maskouski District Executive Committee of Brest fined 18-year-old Uladzislau Barouski 50,000 rubles.
04.04.2013 Vasil Parfiankou fined for violation of the regime of preventive supervision
Vasil Parfiankou has been charged with a violation of the regime of preventive supervision for the first time since the release from the detention facility on 9 February. On 4 April Yury Harbatouski, Judge of Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk, fined him 800,000 rubles.
03.04.2013 Trial of Valery Vusik still not over
On 2 April Aksana Zahorskaya, Judge of Bialynichy District Court, continued the consideration of an administrative case against Valery Vusik.
02.04.2013 Detained Ukrainians made a video report about their trip to Belarus
The members of the Ukrainian organization "National Alliance", detained after the Freedom Day action in Minsk, uploaded to the Internet a video report about their journey to Belarus and return home after the detention.
01.04.2013 Why are detainees kept in jail at weekends?
Brest human rights defender Raman Kisliak filed appeals to the Minister of Interior of Belarus, Ihar Shunevich, and the head of the Supreme Court, Valiantsin Sukala, asking to provide "prompt delivery of administrative detainees to courts for trials".
30.03.2013 Bialynichy resident fined 5 mln over libeling manager of state-owned farm
Judge Uladzimir Huz of Bialynichy District Court sentenced yesterday Valery Vusik, resident of the village of Lebiadzianka, to a fine of 5 mln rubles for allegedly defaming manager of the Lebiadzianka state-owned farm Piotr Bialou and for the distribution of the independent newspaper “Mahiliouski Vybar”. The court considered two administrative charges at a time. Both were based on reports by policeman Siarhei Karytkin. Earlier, the court refused to consider the reports, as they were made in violation of Article 10.2 of the Administrative Code. The police reports were sent back for revision in Bialynichy police department, where they were eventually “finalized”.
29.03.2013 Siarhei Kavalenka fined one million rubles
Vitsebsk Pershamaiski District Court sentenced Siarhei Kavalenka, member of the Conservative Christian Party “Belarusian Popular Front”, to a fine of one million rubles based on police reports saying that the former political prisoner was drunk, used “obscene language” and “waved his arms” on March 25. The activist did not admit any of these charges.
29.03.2013 Homel court fines opposition activists
The court of Homel’s Navabelitski district considered today the charges brought against the UCP deputy chairman Vasil Paliakou and civil society activist Uladzimir Shytsikau. Earlier this morning, the pro-democratic activists were summoned to the police department.
29.03.2013 Homel opposition activists summoned by police over Freedom Day rally
Vasil Paliakou, deputy chairman of the United Civil Party, received last evening a summons to appear in the police department of Homel’s Navabelitski district “for administrative procedures”.
27.03.2013 Nina Bahinskaya taken to hospital from court
A 67-year-old woman fainted at the trial over a picket on Freedom Day.
26.03.2013 Trial against Syarhei Kavalenka postponed until Friday
The trial against Vitebsk opposition activist Syarhei Kavalenka was postponed until Friday.
26.03.2013 Freedom Day in Vitsebsk: detentions, trials, arrests, fines
BPF activist Kanstantsin Smolikau and Leanid Autukhou stood trial that lasted for 9 hours. Judge Ina Hrabouskaya pronounced her verdict at about 9 p.m. yesterday: she ruled to punish the two activists with 5 days of arrest each for alleged violation of the legislation on mass rallies. In addition, four activists of the Belarusian Christian Democracy and head of the BPF’s city office Aliaksandr Kuzniatsou were detained on their way to the court. The latter was eventually sentenced to a fine for an alleged traffic violation.
26.03.2013 Minsk court convicts Freedom Day demonstrators
The Court of Minsk Savetski District sentenced last evening the activists detained during the Freedom Day rally on 24 March, including three Ukrainian nationals and one minor.
