News on the topic: administrative prosecution
22.06.2011 Blogger from Lida fined 700,000 rubles
The judgement as delivered by the Lida district court to a user of Vkontakte social network Yauheny Kutsko for insulting former chairman of the Lida district executive committee Andrei Khudyka, now deputy chairman of the Hrodna region executive committee.
21.06.2011 Trial of Navapolatsk activist put off over boozy prosecution witness
The administrative trial of Navapolatsk activist Yauhen Kanstantsinau facing charges for alleged disorderly conduct has been postponed after a witness for the prosecution, who had been allegedly insulted by the activist, appeared in the courtroom in state of intoxication.
17.06.2011 Isolation from Internet
Democratic activist Ivan Stasyuk from Brest has been sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest.
17.06.2011 Ruslan Ustsimenka fined 770 thousand rubles
Homel Central District Court has decided that he used bad language at the silent action of solidarity on June 15.
16.06.2011 More “Bruzhi” participants stand trial
People who were noticed in photos and videos will stand trial today.
14.06.2011 Hrodna: participants of protest action at Bruzgi sentenced to huge fines
According to information from the Hrodna Region Court, about 15 cases were considered on 14 June. The exact number of cases and amounts of fines is still unknown. Participants of the protest rally against the unlawful customs fee, held at the border crossing point Bruzgi on 12 June, were fined 2,450,000-2,625,000 rubles.
13.06.2011 Spontaneous protest of drivers at Bruzgi border crossing point
The spontaneous rally of protest against a new customs fee took place on 12 June evening at the border crossing point Bruzgi in the Hrodna region. The action was dispersed by the riot police with the use of tear gas and police gear. 15 protesters were detained.
08.06.2011 Minsk: trial of detained participants of Stop Petrol! action
Participants of the drivers’ protest action are standing trial at the Tsentralny District Court of Minsk. One of the detained, Pavel Hruzdzilovich, informed about it by SMS. He didn’t specify how many detained will be there, informs Radio Liberty.
03.06.2011 Hrodna: human rights defender Rutkouskaya appeals fine
On 25 May Sviatlana Rutkouskaya, a member of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee from Hrodna, was fined by the head of the Leninski District Police Department, lieutenant colonel Yauhen Yarmantovich. The matter is that Rudkouskaya, being the head of a local housing cooperative, had allegedly failed to issue the complaint book to a citizen, thus violating Article 9.24 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus.
23.05.2011 For Freedom Homel leader appeals fine in Supreme Court
Piotr Kuzniatsou, leader of For Freedom Homel regional office, has lodged a complaint with the Supreme Court, appealing an earlier fine for distributing leaflets back in January 2011.
17.05.2011 Yauheny Lipkovich fined 525,000 rubles
A famous blogger was punished for “insulting” the head of the Belarusian Union of writers, General Mikalai Charhinets.
17.05.2011 Pinsk resident fined for resisting fingerprinting
Pinsk resident Andrei Asavets has been fined BYR 700 for resisting compulsory fingerprinting, after he demanded to provide official grounds for the examination, the Vecherniy Brest newspaper reports.
16.05.2011 Young Front deputy leader sentenced to 15 days of arrest
Minsk Partyzanski District Court sentenced Mikola Dzemidzenka, deputy chair of the Young Front youth opposition movement, to 15 days of administrative arrest for attempting to use a white-red-white flag back on 14 May, when he was detained outside Minsk Maskouski bus terminal.
16.05.2011 Vileika: Valiantsin Susla fined for refusal from dactylography
On 13 May the Vileika District Court fined a local activist Valiantsin Susla 1,050,000 rubles for refusing to be fingerprinted, which was qualified as “insubordination to a legal order or demand or a public agent”.
16.05.2011 Vileika: court turned down appeal against ban of solidarity action
Yauhen Parchynski, an activist of Free Region, appealed the ban of the Freedom Day action, signed by Viachaslau Durnou, Deputy Chair of the Navapolatsk Town Executive Committee.
