Criminal Charges Brought against Nasta Azarka

In the beginning of July mass media reported, investigator of Minsk regional prosecutor’s office Vitold Aliakseyeu separated materials against youth activist Nasta Azarka into a separe case. The materials were sent to prosecutor of Minsk region for consideration.

It’s worth mentioning, on March 5, 2006 Nasta Azarka was charged unmder Article 193.1 of the Criminal Code (activities on behalf of an unregistered organization). Later the charges were dropped. Today, as the Human Rights Center “Viasna” found out, another criminal case with the same charges has been instigated against the youth activist. The first interrogation of Nasta Azarka is to take place on Friday.