Counsels Toustsik and Harayeva fail to get their licenses back

Lawyers Uladzimir Toustsik and Tamara Harayeva, who used to defend figurants of the 19 December “mass riot” criminal case appealed the decision of the Ministry of Justice concerning their deprival of licenses. The court declined their appeals. "The decision has not come into force yet, probably, they will appeal it in the higher instance court", said Justice Minister Halavanau.

He also confirmed that the Ministry of Justice received a letter from the European Bar Association with regard to revocation of some Belarusian lawyers' licenses: "We received the letter and we will answer it. However, when we took our decision, we acted in accordance with our legislation, international legal norms and professional ethics. These lawyers committed violations.”