Court throws out complaint over demonstration venue in Brest
18:57, — Politics
A Brest court on Thursday threw out human rights defender Raman Kislyak’s complaint about a lack of venues for demonstrations in the city.
As Mr. Kislyak told, the Leninski District Court said that the matter did not fall within its jurisdiction.
The activist went to court after the Brest authorities banned an opposition rally at the center of the city, referring to a directive whereby the city’s mass events may be held at the remote Lakamatyw stadium surrounded by a high fence.
“It is a problem to draw public attention to anything there,” Mr. Kislyak said.
Commenting on the ruling, he noted that “there are no efficient means of defending human rights if the violation has been the result of a regulation.” “Courts of general jurisdiction are not authorized to handle such matters, which has been evidenced by today’s session, and Belarusian laws provide for no legal procedure of an individual’s appeal to the Constitutional Court,” Mr. Kislyak said. //BelaPAN
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