News on the topic: administrative prosecution
12.05.2011 Homel: fine to Vasil Paliakou left standing
On 11 May Dzmitry Uloha, Judge of the Homel Regioon Court considered the appeal of Vasil Paliakou, Chair of the Homel region organization of the United Civil Party, against the fine that had been imposed on him by the Savetski District Court of Homel, and left the previous verdict in force.
12.05.2011 Navapolatsk: three civil activists detained, one of them – fined for “using obscene language”
At 7 p.m. on 11 May the police detained three Navapolatsk activists, Illia Bahdanau, Viktar Kalesnik and Yauhen Parchynski, and guarded them to the Navapolatsk Town Police Department.
12.05.2011 Courts give runaround to appeal against picket ban
Mikalai Ulasevich, a civil activist from the village of Varniany (situated in the Astravets district of the Hrodna region), received a negative reply to his appeal against the ban of the anti-nuclear picket Chernobyl-Fukushima-Astravets: do we need it? The letter is singed by Aliaksandr Hrynkevich, Chair of the Hrodna Region Court. According to the document, the appeal was forwarded to the Astravets District Court.
10.05.2011 Vitsebsk: journalist decided not to attend his “trial” and was fined in absentia
Uladzislau Staraverau was to have been tried at the Kastrychnitski District Court of Vitsebsk in connection with his detention at the Chernobyl Way action held in Vitsebsk on 26 April.
06.05.2011 Political confrontation in Ivatsevichy
Kazimir Karzhyneuski, a member of the United Civil Party from the village of Liubishchytsy in the Ivatsevichy district, addressed the Ivatsevichy district prosecutor with a request to check the legality of the court verdict concerning his administrative case.
05.05.2011 Organizer of Stop Petrol-2 action fined
The Stop Petrol-2 action took place on 28 April at three Minsk motorway filling stations of the Belnaftakhim concern and at other motorway filling stations in more than ten towns and cities of Belarus.
05.05.2011 Hlybokaye: democratic activist Yaraslau Bernikovich got fined
On 5 May the democratic activist Yaraslau Bernikovich was tried for “violation of the rules of holding and organizing mass actions” (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The violation was that a tent was installed at the picket. The trial was lead by the Chair of the Hlybokaye District Court, Stanislau Trapuk. He fined the activist 700,000 rubles. Mr. Bernikovich admitted his guilt, but explained that he put the tent there because of bad weather.
29.04.2011 “European Belarus” activist fined for solidarity
The court of Tsentralny district of Minsk has sentenced a “European Belarus” activist Alyaksandr Kudlaeu to a fine of 50 basic units.
27.04.2011 Seven foreign nationals to be deported from Belarus
Six German nationals and a citizen of Poland will be deported from Belarus, after they stood trials and were fined for involvement in a picket of protest at the construction of a nuclear power plant.
26.04.2011 Polatsk court convicts activists
Polatsk court sentenced two local activists Viktar Kalesnik and Aliaksandr Kalintsau to two days of administrative arrest each for alleged using foul language yesterday evening.
25.04.2011 Ales Kalita sentenced to 10 days of arrest
Today, Homel Chyhunachny District Court sentenced Ales Kalita, former leader of the BPF Youth, to 10 days of administrative arrest for alleged disorderly conduct.
22.04.2011 BPF Vitsebsk activist Kavalenka arrested
On 21 April, Siarhei Kavalenka, Vitsebsk activist of the Belarusian Popular Front Party, was taken to local detention center to serve 12 more days of administrative arrest awarded to him in March.
22.04.2011 Mahiliou court turns down complaint by BelaPAN reporter
On 21 April, Mahiliou regional court dismissed a complaint by BelaPAN news agency reporter Uladzimir Laptsevich against an earlier decision by Leninski District Court, which sentenced him to 7 days of administrative arrest for alleged resisting arrest on 28 March.
21.04.2011 Hrodna civil activist Staneuski sentenced to 8 days of arrest
Pavel Staneuski, detained together with Pavel Levinau, Volha Karach and Aleh Barshcheuski, has been sentenced to 8 days of administrative arrest by Minsk Frunzenski District Court.
21.04.2011 Verdicts in 20 April trial: two arrests, a fine and a rehearing
Yesterday late evening, Judge Volha Komar of Minsk Frunzenski District Court pronounced verdicts to three Vitsebsk and Hronda civil activists, charged with disorderly conduct (using foul language).
