News on the topic: administrative prosecution
08.07.2014 Police deny activist's hunger-strike and refuse to return him T-shirt
Head of Minsk centrel for Minsk detention center, Lieutenant Colonel I. Sakalouski refused to recognize the 25-day hunger strike of an activist from Homel Yury Rubtsou, charging him 1,650,000 rubles for the prison food. The man who didn't eat anything during his stay in the detention center applied to the Maskouski District Court of Minsk.
07.07.2014 Korban, Siarheyenka and Zhylko punished with arrest
July 4, the Partyzanski District Court of Minsk tried the “Alternative” activists Aleh Korban and Uladzimir Siarheyenka, detained on July 2, and activist of the United Civil Party Anton Zhylko, detained in his apartment in the morning on July 3, were tried and sentenced to arrest.
17.06.2014 Journalist Andrei Mialeshka fined 4.5 mln
On June 16, Andrei Mialeshka, a journalist from Hrodna, was convicted of illegal manufacture of media products. This is the third similar lawsuit in the region, says the press service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
11.06.2014 The trial of journalist Andrei Mialeshka protracts
On 11 June, another session on the administrative case against freelance journalist Andrei Mialeshka, who is accused of producing and distributing information products illegally, was held in the Kastrychnitski district court of Hrodna.
03.06.2014 Fine of 750,000 roubles for the poster “Death to Kremlin’s Invaders!”
Minsk resident Volha Zhurauliova was fined for the amount of five base values (750,000 Belarusian roubles). On Friday 31 May, she went on a picket at Kastrychnitskaya Square with a slogan “Death to Kremlin’s Invaders!”
30.05.2014 Another journalist to stand trial over work for Radio Racyja
Andrei Mialeshka, a freelance journalist of Hrodna, has been summoned the Kastrychnitski District Court. Last evening, he received a phone call from the district court’s secretary who said that he should have appeared in court. It later turned out that the subpoena was held in the post-office. Now Andrei Mialeshka will have to appear in court today, on May 30.
28.05.2014 Belsat Journalist Fined for Work
Ales' Zaleuski, author and anchorman of several programs on Belsat TV, was fined by local court for 30 basic amounts under charges “unlawful production and dissemination of mass media products”.
26.05.2014 National Bolshevik activist Aliaksandr Paliakou fined
On May 26, an administrative case of Aliaksandr Paliakou, an activist of the National Bolshevik movement, was considered in Minsk Tsentralny District Court.
26.05.2014 Human rights results of Ice Hockey Championship: Repressive machine shows its power in action
Valiantsin Stefanovich, Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, in his interview for spring96.org, tells about the human rights results of the Ice Hockey World Championship, which was held in Minsk from 9 to 25 May.
26.05.2014 Football fan fined over national symbols
Aleh, 24, a resident of Minsk, was detained at Minsk-Arena in the evening of 22 May, where he had come to see a match between Belarus and Sweden. The youth attracted attention by a white-red-white flag painted on his cheek.
26.05.2014 Yury Rubtsou declares hunger strike against fresh arrest
On May 22, the Court of Homel’s Chyhunachny district sentenced opposition activist Yury Rubtsou, who was released after 25 days arrest, to five days of administrative arrest. The activist is expected to be released on May 27. In protest against arbitrary actions by the police and the judiciary Yury Rubtsou has declared a hunger strike.
22.05.2014 Klimavichy resident appeals against biased decision of administrative commission
Alena Marchanka, a resident of the village of Domamerychy, Klimavichy district, filed today a complaint with the Court of Klimavichy district against the decision of the administrative commission of the Klimavichy District Executive Committee of May 13, 2014.
21.05.2014 Another detention in Minsk
Football fan Yauhen Manko, 20, was detained on May 8. The Savetski District Court of Minsk sentenced him to 20 days of administrative arrest. The young man is now serving the sentence in the detention center in Akrestsin Street.
20.05.2014 Journalist Ales Zaleuski to stand trial for working for Belsat TV
The journalist will stand trial in Karelichy District Court on May 28.
20.05.2014 Journalist Sentenced to Ten Days' Arrest for “Hooliganism”
Yauhen Skrabets, a member of BAJ, journalist for the Belarusian Radio Racyja and activist of the Young Front movement, was detained on Saturday, May 17, not far from his home in Brest and accused of minor hooliganism (article 17.1 of the Administrative Code).
