Violation reports against Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka sent for correction
Tatsiana Reviaka handing out postcards, photo by "Nasha Niva"
Yesterday, 4 August,
marked the second anniversary of the arrest of Ales Bialiatski.
Solidarity actions were held all over Belarus. Round tables, pickets
and public discussions on the occasion of the International Day of
Solidarity with the Civil Society and Human Rights Movement of
Belarus, were held abroad – in Kyiv, Vilnius, Moscow and other
cities.
On 5 August an action of solidarity with Ales
Bialiatski was held by Minsk human rights defenders. They handed out
postcards with his portrait near the department store “TsUM”.
At
12.20 a.m. the police detained human rights defenders Uladz Labkovich
and Tatsiana Reviaka and guarded them to the Savetski District Police
Department. The detainees were given charges under Article 23.34 of
the Code of Administrative Violations, “violation of the order of
organizing and holding mass events”. Their mobile phones were taken
away.
At 4 p.m. Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka were
taken to the Savetski District Court of Minsk.
Reviaka's case
was tried by Judge Maryna Fiodarava, Labkovich's – by Dzmitry
Pauliuchenka. In both cases the judges discovered some defects in the
violation reports and ruled that they were to be returned to the
police for correction.
The trials ended at about 5 p.m.,
after which the human rights defenders were released from custody.
According to the law, the police have one month to correct the
defects in the violation reports.
