Case against Aksana Novikava Is Stopped

On 8 September A. Novikava was detained by the police near the building of Minsk Frunzenski Borough Court where on that day the liquidation case of the human rights organization “Legal Assistance to Population” was considered. She held the poster “We Demand Independent Trial”. According to the police report, A. Novikava was charged with violation of part 2 of Article No. 167 of the Code of Administrative Violations.

On 6 October Uladzimir Kornaw, Judge of Minsk Frunzenski Borough Court, familiarized with the administrative case materials and stopped the case against Aksana Novikava because of absence of corpus delicti in her actions.