News for 29 May 2015
29.05.2015 Brest Regional Court dismisses appeal by freelance journalist
The Brest Regional Court has considered a cassation appeal by freelance journalist Tamara Shchapiotkina, who asked to cancel the decision of the court of Brest’s Lieninski district and send the case for retrial.
29.05.2015 Independent journalist detained on border with Ukraine
Freelance journalist and activist from Homel Kanstantsin Zhukouski has been detained on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border for the third time in the past two months.
29.05.2015 Human rights activist urges border officials to return seized laptop
Human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka has complained to the Chairman of the Customs Committee Yury Sianko urging him to return the laptop seized from the activist at the border checkpoint Kamenny Loh on May 24. The human rights activist also complains about the systematic violation of his rights by the Ašmiany customs.
29.05.2015 Independent publisher to stand another trial in Kryčaŭ
Uladzimir Kudrautsau, publisher of the independent newspaper Volny Horad, received a summons from the court of Kryčaŭ district, saying that the examination of his administrative case will be held on June 3.
29.05.2015 Two more fines for BCD banner
An activist of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, Dzmitry Dziakau, said that besides him two others were fined for a banner posted on May 19 in Navapolack. According to him, both his friends did not have any relation to the incident.
29.05.2015 Pavel Sapelka: Trials in prisons actually held behind closed doors
Lawyer Pavel Sapelka, who was not allowed to attend a circuit trial held in Škloŭ penal colony No. 17 to address the issue of changing the regime of detention of political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich, has lodged a complaint with the Mahilioŭ regional office of the Department of Corrections. Since the consideration of criminal cases in all courts shall be open, except in certain cases, Pavel Sapelka believes that the incident limited his rights.
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