News for 20 Jan 2012

Resident of Bykhau district demands to prosecute local policeman for forgery

20.01.2012 Resident of Bykhau district demands to prosecute local policeman for forgery

Aliaksandr Shachanok, resident of the village of Dabuzha, Bykhau district, Mahiliou region, has addressed the district’s prosecutor’s office with a demand to re-initiate criminal prosecution against local policeman lieutenant Vashchyla, after his previous demand was dismissed by the police department.

Valiantsin Stefanovich appeals court ruling in tax trial

20.01.2012 Valiantsin Stefanovich appeals court ruling in tax trial

On 19 January, deputy chair of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Valiantsin Stefanovich lodged a complaint with Minsk City Court demanding to reverse an earlier decision of 16 December 2011 by Minsk Partyzanski District Court to exact 56 mln. rubles of fine for alleged tax violations.

20.01.2012 Supreme Court turns down appeals by convicted anarchists

The Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed the appeals lodged by activists of the anarchists’ movement Artsiom Prakapenka and Pavel Syramolatau sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for alleged attack on the KGB Babruisk office, www.belaruspartisan.org reports.

20.01.2012 Vitsebsk police question wife of Siarhei Kavalenka

Mrs. Alena Kavalenka, the wife of Vitsebsk activist of the Christian Conservative Party “Belarusian Popular Front” Siarhei Kavalenka, who is currently facing criminal charges for alleged violation of parole restrictions, has been interrogated by local police, the Nasha Niva newspaper reports.

Swedish Social Democrat denied entry to Belarus

20.01.2012 Swedish Social Democrat denied entry to Belarus

The Belarusian Embassy to Stockholm has refused to issue a visa to member of the Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna Party Mr. Lars-Ove Jansson, who was expected to pay a visit to Brest region.

20.01.2012 French Torture Charge Against Belarus Minister

A group of alleged victims of the Belarus regime have filed a case in a Paris court against visiting Belarusian Interior Minister Anatoly Kuleshov.

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