"Fair World" member Valery Rybchanka appeals to the UN against actions of Zhlobin police
Valery Rybchanka, a member of the "Fair
World" party, filed an appeal with the UN Human Rights Committee
against the refusal of Zhlobin District Court to admit perjury on the
part of the local police during the trials over him in 2011.
"At
first we filed an appeal with the Police Department of Homel Region
Executive Committee. By the way, we had to do it two times, as the
court, for some unknown reason, stated that we hadn't applied to it,"
says Valery Rybchanka. "Then our appeals were directed to
Zhlobin District Police Department and the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Belarus. After this, we went to court again, but received
only formal replies in all cases. That's why we composed explanations
concerning this situation and filed our appeal with the UN Human
Rights Committee."
Bear in mind that after the detention
of Valery Rybchanka during the distribution of printed matter on 3
July 2011, Zhlobin District Court sentenced him to 15 days of arrest.
The policeman who detained Rybchanka wrote in the violation report
that the latter was detained until the clearing of circumstances. Mr.
Rybchanka was left in Zhlobin remand prison (where repairs were being
conducted at the time) till the trial which was held the following
day, on 4 July.