Will investigator of Bialiatski’s case get disciplinary punishment?
Human rights defender
Siarhei Ustsinau appealed against the standard refusal to change the restraint
to Ales Bialiatski, issued by Tatsiana Kasynkina, an investigator of the
Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee. The Minsk
City Procuracy stated that the investigator had chosen the right restraint.
On the other hand, the procuracy proposed the head of the preliminary
investigation department of the FID SCC to consider the question of
disciplinary punishment of investigator Kasynkina for giving no explanations
about the order of appealing against her rulings.
Siarhei Ustsinau says he will appeal against the answer of the city procuracy
at the General Procuracy. “I think that Kasynkina’s ruling is groundless.
Keeping an accused in custody solely on the basis of the gravity of the crime,
without such reasons as the possible escape from the criminal prosecution
organ, contradicts to the Constitution and the international agreements of the Republic of Belarus. Moreover, the accusation
article doesn’t belong to the list of crimes against humanity and the state.
This is an economical article, and the procuracy could change the restraint,
taking into account numerous personal guarantees and the essence of the
charges. Moreover, we mustn’t bear the legal nihilism of duty officials towards
us, such as the absence of Kasynkina’s signature in the submitted answer,”
commented the human rights activist.