News on the topic: administrative prosecution
13.07.2011 Hrodna: fine to journalist Hrazhyna Shalkevich
On 13 July the Leninski District Court of Hrodna fined Hrazhyna Shalkevich, a journalist for Radio Racyja, 1,050,000 rubles for alleged participation in the silent protest action of 6 July.
12.07.2011 Vileika: priest fined for refusal from dactylography
A father with many children, archpriest Ihar Prylepski serves masses in the St. Paul and Peter church in the village of Kasuta in the Vialeika district. Like the majority of the Belarusian men, he received a summons to the police in order to get fingerprinted.
12.07.2011 Fine to Radio Liberty's correspondent
The Leninski District Court of Hrodna fined Mikalai Karnevich, the Hrodna correspondent for Radio Liberty, 1,050,000 rubles for “participation in the unauthorized action” held there on 3 July. The court ignored the document confirming that the journalist worked there.
12.07.2011 Tatsiana Seviarynets got fined
Tatsiana Seviarynets, the mother of the political prisoner Pavel Seviarynets and a member of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, was detained in Vitsebsk in the evening of 8 July and taken to the police where she was interrogated. She spent the weekend at the police station.
12.07.2011 Navapolatsk: newspaper distributor fined for “obscene language”
Mikalai Chartkou, a distributor of the Tut i Zaraz bulletin, was fined 70,000 rubles under Article 17.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, “disorderly conduct”.
11.07.2011 Valery Klimichenka sentenced to 15 days of arrest
The activist was detained at the silent protest action in the town of Maladechna on 6 July. However, at the trial he demanded to summon additional witnesses. As a result, the proceedings were postponed to 11 July. However, it didn’t help the defendant, who was sentenced to 15 days of arrest, a maximal sentence provided by Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences, “violation of the rules of organizing or holding a mass event”.
11.07.2011 Case concerning protests at Bruzgi is getting even more absurd
36 people who have been already punished for blocking the road at the border crossing point Bruzgi in order to protest against the fuel export restrictions are called to court again. The trial will take place on 20 July.
08.07.2011 Minsk: trials of 6 July silent protest participants
The people who were detained during the 6 July silent protest action, were taken to different district courts of Minsk on 7 July.
08.07.2011 Homel region: list of civil activists punished for participation in silent protests
Many people are fined and imprisoned in the Homel region these days.
08.07.2011 One-armed man fined for applauding
Belarusian judges continue to demean themselves in the eyes of the world.
08.07.2011 Many beaten people were brought to Frunzenski District Police Department of Minsk
Human rights activists from the Human Rights Center Viasna told Euroradio about detentions in the Frunzenski district of Minsk.
07.07.2011 Trials in Mahiliou
On 7 July afternoon the Leninski District Court considered the administrative cases of some participants of yesterday’s silent protest action.
06.07.2011 Homel: UCP member Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh detained and fined
A former policeman, member of the United Civil Party Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh was detained on Peramoha street on 5 July.
05.07.2011 Minsk: trials of participants of 3 July silent revolution
Over 160 people were detained during the silent protest actions in Minsk on 3 July, the official “Independence Day”. The trials of some of them have taken place already, while there is still no information about the fate of the rest. All defendants are charged under Article 17.1, “disorderly conduct”.
05.07.2011 Minsk: journalist detained at court
On 4 July the cameraman of the satellite TV channel BelSat Siarhei Kavaliou was detained in the corridor of the Frunzenski District Court of Minsk. He was preparing a report about the trials of the detained participants of the 3 July silent protest action when he was approached by three people in civvies who took him away in unknown direction.
