Another Criminal Case For Public Insult of Lukashenka :: Charter'97 :: News

Another criminal case for public insult of Alyaksandr Lukashenka could be brought up against an independent newspaper in Belarus soon. It follows from the answer of he Prosecutors’ Office of Partyzanski district of Minsk sent to editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper “Zgoda” Alyaksei Karol. A. Karol tried to bring to justice policemen who in the end of March this year stormed one of the apartments rented by him, and where journalists were working. Office equipment was seized by policemen.

It was written in the letter of the prosecutor’s office that the policemen had not done any infringements of the law during the search of the apartment and confiscation of the equipment. On the contrary, policemen have found in the apartment materials (collages) which demonstration could be classified as public insult of the president (Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecutor Ramanouski, the computers were confiscated by police because collages could have been made with the help of computers.

According to the prosecutor’s office of Partyzanski district, they keep all the materials on this case for further investigation. The question of computers’ return is to be considered after further investigation.

A.Karol is going to challenge the ruling of the prosecutor’s office at the prosecutor’s office of Minsk. On April 27 he plans to hold a press conference on the occasion of the confiscation, the Belarusian Association of Journalists informs.