News on the topic: administrative prosecution
03.04.2012 International human rights organization “Front Line” protests against unlawful punishment of human rights defender Valery Shchukin
On 30 March 2012, human rights defender Mr Valery Shchukin was condemned to an administrative fine in relation to a protest held on the previous day against the trial of political activists which was about to take place behind closed doors in Orsha.
03.04.2012 Hrodna police drew up false report
An administrative case for refusal to be fingerprinted was brought against Hrodna resident Uladzimir Fianenka. Mr. Fianenka will be tried at the Leninski District Court of Hrodna on 4 April.
02.04.2012 Baranavichy: attempt to protect right to fair election
Baranavichy-based entrepreneur and civil activist Mikalai Charnavus applied to the Baranavichy City Court with a request to find unlawful the re-election of the Council of the central market of Baranavichy. The matter is that the re-election wasn't conducted by the general assembly of the entrepreneurs, but by the administration of the market.
30.03.2012 Valery Shchukin fined BYR 1,190,000
Orsha court has found human rights defender Valery Shchukin guilty of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and fined him BYR 1,190,000.
29.03.2012 Belarus Opposition Activists Freed From Jail, But Passports Held
MINSK -- Three opposition activists in Belarus have been released from jail, a day after they were arrested while trying to travel to Brussels to meet European Union officials.
27.03.2012 Minsk court convicts another person detained in benefit concert
On 26 March Minsk Partyzanski District Court sentenced Mrs. Alena Dubovik to three days of administrative arrest.
26.03.2012 Minsk courts convict attendees of benefit concert
Today, Minsk Tsentralny District Court has considered the administrative charges brought against the teenagers arrested during the “Food Not Bombs” benefit concert held in the city’s MTZ Palace of Culture on 24 March.
26.03.2012 Minsk activists convicted of displaying national flag
Minsk activists Mikhail Narushevich and Zmitser Pshenik have been fined BYR 70,000 each by the city’s Pershamaiski District Court this morning for attempting to hoist a white-red-white flag back on 25 March.
25.03.2012 Two anarchists jailed
Two activists of the Belarusian anarchist movement – Aliaksandr Buhayou and Vital Osimau – were sentenced to administrative arrests of 5 and 3 days respectively back on 23 March.
23.03.2012 Youth activists sentenced to 5-10 days of arrest
Minsk Maskouski District Court has sentenced Young Front activist Mikola Dzemidzenka to 10 days of administrative arrest on charges of disorderly conduct.
23.03.2012 Young opposition activist jailed after being caught pasting up leaflet on Freedom Day demonstration
Young opposition activist Mikita Kavalenka, a member of European Belarus, was sentenced Thursday to six days in jail after being caught pasting up a leaflet on a sanctioned opposition demonstration to be held in Minsk on March 25.
20.03.2012 Vitsebsk resident fined for picketing in support of Siarhei Kavalenka
Judge Alena Tsyhankova of Vitsebsk Chyhunachny District Court has fined Alena Semenchukova BYR 175,000 for staging a picket of support to the imprisoned opposition activist Siarhei Kavalenka in the city center on 20 March, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
17.03.2012 Activist gets 10 days of arrest for ‘garbage heap of history’ action
On 16 March, Minsk Savetski District Court sentenced activist of the Zmena youth opposition movement Uladzimir Bachyla to ten days of administrative arrest for alleged staging an action called “A Garbage Heap of History” in central Minsk back on 14 March.
15.03.2012 Brest Regional Court turns down Dzianis Turchaniak’s appeal
The coordinator of the movement “For Freedom” Dzianis Turchaniak tried to appeal against the verdict of the Leninski District Court of Brest which refused to oblige the head of the Brest City Executive Committee Viachaslau Khafizau to publicize the information about the fate of the building which are registered as monuments of historical and cultural heritage and are in a bad state.
15.03.2012 Preventive supervision established over ex-political prisoner Uladzimir Yaromenak
On 15 March the Pershamaiski District Court established the preventive supervision over former political prisoner, activist of the "Young Front" Uladzimir Yaromenak.
