Uzbek Businessman Receives 5 Days of Jail for Protesting
https://spring96.org/en/news/12635
2004
2004-05-07T10:00:00+0300
2004-05-07T10:00:00+0300
1970-01-01T03:00:00+0300
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The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
According to “Charter-97”, a businessman from Uzbekistan was arrested in Hrodna at the protest action of 1 May and sentenced to five days of jail. He was detained while trying to defend a girl whom the police tried to pull into their car. The businessman was found guilty of having violated two articles of the Administrative Code of Belarus – 166 (disobedience to police) and 167 (participation in unauthorized mass actions) and sentenced to five days of jail.
