News on the topic: criminal prosecution
30.01.2016 Minsk court ends ‘graffiti case’ trial with lenient sentence
Judge Ala Skuratovich of Minsk’s Frunzienski District Court announced yesterday evening her verdict in so called ‘graffiti case’ trial, sentencing the three defendants to fines ranging from 6.3 to 10.5 mln rubles (USD 300-500).
25.01.2016 KGB Suspends Criminal Case against Alesin
The Committee for State Security (KGB) informed Aliaksandr Alesin last week, the prosecution against the journalist had been suspended.
11.12.2015 Activists involved in ‘graffiti case’ face final charges
Maksim Piakarski, Vadzim Zharomski, Yaraslau Ulyianenkau, and Viachaslau Kasinerau, have been invited to the Investigative Committee’s Minsk office to face final charges in the so-called “graffiti case”.
10.12.2015 Criminal Charge Against Graffiti Artist Maxim Piakarski Reduced
Now Piakarski is accused under Article 341 of the Criminal Code “Desecration of facilities and property damage.”
23.11.2015 Authorities to investigate police-related violence in ‘graffiti case’
Viachaslau Kasinerau, an activist accused in the so-called ‘graffiti case’, has been told that a criminal case was opened to investigate the injuries he suffered when brutally detained by employees of a special detachment of the Interior Ministry on August 11 this year.
12.11.2015 Viasna seeks details in case of Mikhail Zhamchuzhny
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” has written to the Chairman of the Supreme Court asking to disclose details of the criminal case of Mikhail Zhamchuzhny, a co-founder of the Platform Innovation NGO, who stood trial behind closed doors.
04.11.2015 Ex-political prisoner Eduard Lobau wanted by police
Former political prisoner Eduard Lobau may face new criminal charges, according to the website of the Belarusian Documentation Center.
23.10.2015 Supreme Court increases sentence for Mikhail Zhamchuzhny
On October 23, Tatsiana Reviaka, a representative of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", attended the announcement of a decision taken following the consideration of an appeal by Mikhail Zhamchuzhny, founder of the human rights organization “Platform Innovation”.
22.10.2015 Ex-presidential candidate Ales Mikhalevich still accused in 2010 ‘rioting case’
Former presidential candidate Ales Mikhalevich has lost an appeal sent to the Prosecutor’s Office to challenge an earlier refusal to drop criminal charges in the December 19, 2010 post-election protest case.
07.10.2015 Investigation of case of graffiti artists extended until November
These days, a suspect in the “graffiti case” Yaraslau Ulyanenkau has received a notice from the Investigative Committee about the extension of the preliminary investigation.
29.09.2015 Activists involved in ‘graffiti case’ complain about offensive publication by Investigative Committee
The defendants and suspects in the so-called ‘graffiti case’ have written to the head of the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General’s Office to complain about a publication on the website of the Investigative Committee under the title “Investigative Committee continues investigation of criminal case on hooliganism and damage to property in the capital.”
25.09.2015 Lawyer Pavel Sapelka comments on charges against Ales Mikhalevich
On September 20, it was reported that the Investigative Committee refused to drop charges against Ales Mikhalevich, former presidential candidate who returned to Belarus after nearly five years the Czech Republic. The criminal case was opened in December 2010 after his involvement in a peaceful protest in Minsk.
25.09.2015 Suspects in graffiti case: We face six years in prison
According to one of the accused, Maksim Piakarski, the Investigative Committee continues the investigation. Last week he was questioned again. He stated that graffiti makers plead not guilty, Radio Svaboda reports.
11.09.2015 Supreme Court to consider Mikhail Zhabchuzhny's complaint on October 6
The consideration of the appeal will begin at 9.30 a.m. on October 6. This was reported by the founder of the cultural-educational institution "Platform Innovation” in a letter to the human rights activist Leanid Svetsik. On July 10, Mr. Zhamchuzhny was sentenced to six years in a high-security correctional facility. In his letters he emphasizes that the verdict is politcally motivated.
08.09.2015 Aliaksei Mikhalevich detained on Belarusian border and released under “non-leave recognizance” (updated)
As learned by the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, this morning a former presidential candidate in 2010, Aliaksei Mikhalevich, has been detained while crossing the border by train Vilnius-Minsk.
