Trial of Valery Vusik still not over
Valery Vusik and Barys Bukhel
On 2 April Aksana Zahorskaya, Judge of
Bialynichy District Court, continued the consideration of an
administrative case against Valery Vusik.
The court hearing
started at 3 p.m. Before it, an officer of Bialynichy District Police
Department held talks with the two independent journalists who had
been witnesses of the events on "Lebiadzianka" farm on 28
February 2013.
The video report of the TV channel "BelSat"
about the visit to "Lebiadzianka" farm by independent
journalist, provided to the court by the alleged victim, Mikhail
Bialou, was viewed during the hearing. Bialou's witness Safarau
didn't come to the trial. According to Bialou, he works at
"Lebiadzianka" administration and has gone to Russian for
some personal reasons and will return only after 26 April.
Judge
Aksana Zahorskaya decided to continue the trial at 11 a.m. on 8
April.
Human rights defender Barys Bukhel is surprised that
the judge hasn't issued the verdict: "The testimonies of
witnesses completely disprove the charges against Valery Vusik. He
didn't threat anyone with physical violence and hasn't committed any
other unlawful actions. The police inspector composed the violation
report with violations, without questioning the eyewitnesses who
confirmed the innocence of Mr. Vusik. The "BelSat" report,
presented by Mikhail Bialou, again disproved all charges. To my mind,
the judge could have made the necessary conclusions on the spot and
issue an adequate verdict. However, she decided to postpone the
delivery of the sentence, which is quite surprising," commented
Mr. Bukhel.
According to the administrative report drawn up by
police inspector Siarhei Karytkin, on 28 February Valery Vusik paid a
visit to "Lebiadzianka" far together with a group of
independent journalists, during which he "insulted tractor
driver Mikhail Biakou (nephew of "Lebiadzianka" head) with
foul language and didn't react to the proposals to calm down".
Mr. Vusik also allegedly "waved his hands and threatened him
with the use of physical violence".
