Volha Zavadzkaya’s Attorney Accused Of Libel :: Charter'97 :: News

A criminal action brought up against attorney Ihar Aksionchyk on charges relating Article 188 Part 2 of the Criminal Code is being investigated at the moment. This information was confirmed by press secretary of the Republican public prosecutor’s office Alyaxej Taranau. Aksionchyk was not interrogated jet, as he went underground in Moscow. Soon he will be summoned to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for interrogation.

You must remember that attorney Ihar Aksionchyk represented interests of Zmitser Zavadzky’s mother in the court over Ihnatovich’s group. On February 13 after the court hearings relating Ihnatovich’s band ended, Ihar Aksionchyk declared to the TV reporters that those who had masterminded the crime evaded the trial. Main suspects involved to abductions of Viktar Hanchar, Yuri Zakharanka, Anatol Krasousky are top Belarusian officials. The investigation of loud cases was stopped on personal order of Lukashenka, the attorney said. After these scandalous statements Aksionchyk disappeared from Belarus for four months. The Public Prosecutor’s Office reckons that this statement is a libel, and instigated a criminal action against the attorney, while the Bar expelled him from its ranks.