News on the topic: criminal prosecution
15.11.2012 Valiantsin Stefanovich: KGB has violent imagination
The human rights activist does not believe that the youth activist Andrei Gaidukou worked for foreign intelligence.
15.11.2012 No suspects in case of bomb explosion near KGB office in Vitsyebsk
No one is currently suspected of detonating a homemade explosive device near the regional office of the Committee for State Security (KGB) in Vitsyebsk on November 11, Pavel Traulka, spokesman for the Investigative Committee, told BelaPAN.
15.11.2012 Pavel Sevyarynets: Belarus has new political prisoner
The co-chairman of the organising committee to create Belarusian Christian Democracy party demands to release Andrei Haidukou.
14.11.2012 Navapolatsk resident suspected of “treason”
Andrei Haidukou, deputy head of the youth association "Union of Young Intellectuals" was detained in Vitsebsk on November 8. Soon, he was moved to Minsk, and now he is in the KGB jail. Reports say that another resident of Navapolatsk was questioned in the case – activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party Ilya Bahdanau, but he was later released on recognizance.
08.11.2012 Complaint of Brest customs officers registered at UN Human Rights Committee
22 former inspectors of the “Western Buh” customs office and 7 former mechanics of the terminal of the “Westauto” enterprise filed individual communications to this international structure back in March 2011. They pointed at violation of their right to fair trial.
31.10.2012 Zhlobin: trial of Fair World member still underway
A court in Zhlobin has once again adjourned the trial in the case of Yauhen Basareuski, member of the "Fair World" Left-wing party, charged under Article 424 of the Criminal Code ("abuse of power or of a position of authority"). Judge Ina Sharshniova of Zhlobin District Court put off the hearing till November 14, without giving any reason.
29.10.2012 Zmitser Dashkevich to stand new trial tomorrow
The court of Mozyr is expected to arrive in penal colony on October 30 to hold trial against a political prisoner. The Young Front leader may receive a more severe sentence, Belsat TV reports.
26.10.2012 Arche Editor may face criminal charges
The case against the Arche magazine is a political order to destroy the edition, says its founder Andrei Dynko. According to him, the Belarusian authorities are looking for any reason to stop the printing of the independent magazine.
25.10.2012 Amnesty International: Urgent action needed as charges sustained against journalist Andrzej Poczobut
Charges against journalist Andrzej Poczobut of “libelling the President” have not been dropped. He still faces a prison sentence in Belarus of more than seven years. He has been targeted for his work as a journalist and for the legitimate exercise of his right to freedom of expression.
22.10.2012 Investigative Committee drops criminal charges against Mikalai Petrushenka
Vitsebsk regional office of the Investigative Committee has closed a criminal case against Mikalai Petrushenka, activist of the Nash Dom civil campaign, under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (“insulting a representative of the authorities”).
22.10.2012 Investigation of Poczobut’s Defaming Lukashenka Extended
The Hrodna regional office of the Investigative Committee of Belarus has prolonged its investigation of a libel case against journalist Andrzej Poczobut until November 21.
16.10.2012 Orsha investigators keep harassing civil activist
Mikalai Petrushenka, activist of the Nash Dom civil campaign, is due to appear tomorrow for questioning at the Investigative Committee’s Orsha office.
15.10.2012 Belarusian border gurads tortured Indian migrants to obtain false testimonies against civil activist Vital Koush
On 4 September the civil activist from Brest Vital Koush received charges under Article 371-1, part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus – organization of unlawful migration, which envisages up to 7 years of imprisonment.
21.09.2012 Investigation of libel case against journalist Andrzej Poczobut extended until October 21
The Hrodna regional office of the Investigative Committee of Belarus has prolonged its investigation of a libel case against journalist Andrzej Poczobut until October 21.
29.08.2012 Investigation into Poczobut's case extended until September 21
Investigation into the case of Hrodna-based journalist Andrzej Poczobut, a correspondent for Gazeta Wyborcza, has been extended until September 21 “to carry out additional investigative procedures”.
