Managed Lawlessness: Lyabedzka Was Rejected Suit Against Belarusian TV 13:38, 10/04/2006
The court of Pershamajski district of Minsk reject suit of the chairman of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka against the Belarusian TV and Radio Company and authors of the TV film “Managed Chaos. Conspiracy Theory”. As the Interfax correspondent told, the court decided that “information in the film represent the facts truly, and cannot be called discrediting honour, dignity and business reputation”.
A.Lyabedzka had filed a lawsuit to protect his honour, dignity and business reputation in connection with the film demonstrated on February 20 (“Managed Chaos. Conspiracy Theory”).
In particular, the UCP leader found the phrases insulting: “Anatol Lyabedzka wants to take to the streets madding crowds,” and the statement that the opposition “won’t stop short at thousands of victims”.
These statements are libellous and do not correspond to reality,” A. Lyabedzka said.
The UCP leader wanted Br 1 billion as a compensation of moral damage. He demands the Belarusian State TV and radio company and the authors of the film to pay this sum.
He says that he hadn’t said the words attributed to him. “I have never said that,” A. Lyabedzka said during the proceedings.
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