A trial in the case of Syarhei Lyashkevich is taking place in the court of Shchuchyn district. The prosecutor has demanded to sentence the opposition activist Syarhei Lyashkevich to 6 months of arrest. Syarhei Lyashkevich is charged with violation of the Part 3 Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“Training or other preparation of persons for participation in mass disorders, and financing or other material support of such activities). The verdict is to be passed to the oppositionist on May 29 at 9.30 a.m.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Zavodzki district of Minsk has found legal the actions of Almaz policemen in regard to Alyaksandr Kazulin during the events of March 25. The defense of the ex-candidate for presidency states that it would challenge the decision of the prosecutor’s office.
Two more democratic activists from Homel region, Andrei and Katsyaryna Tolchyn, a husband and a wife, refused to pay fines. They have been fined for their civil activities. As the internet source www.belngo.info informed, last week the administrative commission of Savetski district of Homel ruled to fine Andrei and Katsyaryna Tolnyns 155,000 BYR each for “dissemination of printed materials published in defiance of the legal order and do not have imprint, and which contents is aimed at damaging the state and public order, rights and legal interests of citizens”.
On Thursday Mahilyou regional prosecutor’s office has interrogated a young activist from Shklou Valer Shapalau in the case of the Young Front. On Wednesday the prosecutor’s office interrogated Young Front activists from Mahilyou and Smalyavichy in the action brought up against the Young Front leaders. As we have informed, these days such interrogation took place in Vorsha, Lida, Salihorsk and other cities. A young activist Uladizmir Dubovik is summoned to the prosecutor’s office of Pershamajski district of Minsk on Friday.
On May 24 at the congress of Brest regional branch of the United Civil Party former deputy chairman of Brest regional executive committee Uladzimir Stsyapanau and former chairman ofregional union of trade unions Uladzimir Mirochnik joined the party. Uladzimir Stsyapanau resigned his office protesting against the policy of Vasily Dalhalyou, when he was the head of the region. Uladzimir Mirochnik was fired immediately Leanid Kozik took the position of the chairman of the Trade Union Federation of Belarus.
The report is called “The state of the world`s human rights” and has several parts. One of the parts is devoted to the human rights branch in Belarus. The head of the Moscow department of "Amnesty Inernational" Siarhei Nikitsin explained to Radio Svaboda: “We consider that there are many prisoners of conscious in Belarus. We consider that Belarus is the only country in Europe with legal death penalty. The persecution of people who cannot use their rights for freedom of word and meetings is very sad. All these worry our organization. Human rights fighters meet the facts of false evidences against oppositionists to discrete them in common people’s eyes. The truth has to win. It’s just a matter of time and the number of victims. The publications of addresses and other documents may be of great use. We remember the times of the Soviet Union when a small group of dissidents moved the society towards great changes. The activity of such people as Sakharov was not useless."
On May 22 private distributors of newspapers from Homel Andrei Aksionau and Maria Bahdanovich sent an appeal to the head of the Chyhunachny Borough administration Siarhei Krautsou asking to tell them whether they had the right to distribute independent newspapers "Tovarishch" and "Narodnaia Volia" according to the Law on Press. The distributors have all the necessary documents but the police keep detaining them and forbid free distribution of these editions.
Harry Pahanyajla, a legal representative of mother Volha Zavadskaya and wife Svyatlana Zavadskaya, has submitted an appeal to the head of the investigation group, a deputy chairman of the Prosecutor’s Office of Belarus Ivan Branchel, the UCP press service informs. The document contains an appeal to give the complainants a copy of the decree on suspension of investigation in the criminal case related to abduction of Dzmitry Zavadsky, or to advise of this decree. “Using the decree content we could write a motivated appeal against a possible incompleteness of the investigation and raise a question of resuming the investigation,” Harry Pahanyajla said.
An activist of the workers’ movement from Vorsha Mikalay Razumau is to stand trial for libeling Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The prosecutor’s office brought up a criminal action against Mr. Razumau soon after his speech during the meeting with the leader of the democratic forces Alyaksandr Milinkevich, which took place in Vorsha on February 24. The former leader of the workers’ movement, which is well-known to all Vorsha dwellers, publicly expressed an opinion that the head of the state is implicated in assassinations of oppositionists Yury Zakharanka and Viktar Hanchar, the Radio Svaboda informs.
On May 25 at 10 a.m. a hearing of the criminal case against an oppositionist Syarhei Lyashkevich started in the court of Shchuchyn district (Hrodna region). He is charged with Part 3 Atricle 293 of the Criminal Code (“Training or other preparation of persons for participation in mass disorders, and financing or other material support of such activities). It is the first case when this article of the criminal code is used in Belarus against pro-democracy activists.
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