Trial of 14: trial postponed till 26 May

The trail over the participants of the protest of entrepreneurs, called the trail of 14, has been postponed till 26 May. The trial is to begin at 9.30am.

Paval Vinahradau, Mikhal Subach and Maksim Dashuk will appear in court. Another participant of the process – Alyaksandr Barazenka, is abroad now. V. Yesman will judge the case.

14 opposition activists are involved in the case on participation in the protest actions of entrepreneurs. 10 of them were convicted earlier. Youth activist Andrei Kim is sentenced to one and a half year in penal colony by the court of the Central district of Minsk. Other participants of the trial of 14 – Alyaksei Bondar, Artsyom Dubski, Mikhal Kryvau, Mikhal Pashkevich, Ales Straltsou, Ales Charnyshou, Tatsyana Tishkevich are sentenced to correctional labour without sending them to penitentiary institutions. They must charge the state 20 per cent of their wages. Anton Koipish and Uladzimir Syarheeu are fined of 100 basic units. The judgement was read by Alena Illina.

It should be reminded that about 5 thousand people attended the protest action on 10 January. They blocked off Independence Avenue protesting against discriminative decrees of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.