News on the topic: administrative prosecution
07.08.2013 Mikashevichy: provocations against members of independent trade union at “Granite” continue
Unidentified provocateurs spread information on internet forums and websites of Mikashevichy and Luninets and that activists and of the independent trade union at the “Granite” plant receive money and orders to discredit the plant from the abroad.
07.08.2013 Observatory for the Protection of Human Rigths Defenders: Sentencing of human rights defenders who took part in an action of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
06.08.2013 Human rights defenders Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka punished with fines
The members of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Uladzimir Labkovich and Tatsiana Reviaka were familiarized with the new violation reports at the Savetski District Police Department of Minsk. 40 minutes after it they were taken to the Savetski District Court of Minsk.
05.08.2013 Court upholds eviction from historical house in central Brest
Leninski District Court of Brest dismissed the complaint of residents of the house in Ostrovsky Street, 10 who challenged the decision of Brest City Executive Committee, according to which the it was declared that the house was in the state of emergency.
04.08.2013 Head of Mahiliou Regional Court reverses ruling for punishment of Valery Vusik for libel and distribution of independent press
On 3 August Valery Vusik, civil activist from the village of Lebiadzianka in the Bialynichy district, received by mail a ruling of Ihar Prashko, the head of the Mahiliou Regional Court, to his review appeal against the ruling of the Bialynichy District Court, which entered into legal force and according to which he was punished with a fine of 5 million rubles.
02.08.2013 Baranavichy: court returned the case against Mikhail Charnavus to police
Baranavichy entrepreneur and social activist Mikhail Charnavus received a letter signed by the chairman of the Baranavichy City and District Court, Mikalai Kmita. The official writes that according to the court ruling of 29 July 2013 the administrative case against him was returned to the police so that they could correct the defects in it.
01.08.2013 Baranavichy activists gets fined for “participation” in canceled public event
Katsiaryna Hruda, Judge of the Baranavichy City and District Court, fined the head of the Baranavichy organization of the Belarusian Language Society, activist of the “For Freedom” movement Viktar Syrytsa 2 million rubles.
29.07.2013 Minsk activists sentenced to short prison terms for displaying white-red-white flags
The Court of Minsk Partyzanski district considered today the cases of three activists of the Alternatyva opposition campaign, Aleh Korban, Zmitser Silchanka and Aleh Keral, who were detained on Friday while displaying the national white-red-white flags on a bridge near the Partyzanskaya metro station.
22.07.2013 Baranavichy activist to stand trial over entrepreneurs’ protests
Baranavichy entrepreneur and civil society activist Mikalai Charnavus is accused of committing two administrative offenses. The charges he is facing are based on a police report that was handed over to the activist at his workplace by police major Dzmitry Mizher.
18.07.2013 Organizer of Milavidy Festival faces third administrative penalty
The organizer of the Milavidy Festival in honor of the rebels of 1863, Viktar Syrytsa, is facing another administrative charge for preparing and carrying out an unauthorized open-air event.
15.07.2013 Baranavichy court supports ban on Milavidy feast
On 15 July the proceedings on the appeal of an activist of the civic campaign "Tell the Truth!" Viachaslau Bolbat against the actions of the Baranavichy Distrit Executive Committee continued at the Baranavichy City and District Court.
15.07.2013 Vitsebsk Regional Court dismisses Antanina Pivanos' complaint
The pensioner Antanina Pivanos is the author of an embroidery with the words "Our Father," who received an administrative punishment for coming to the center of Vitsebsk with this embroidery in 2008.
15.07.2013 Ashmiany: hearing on the confiscation of personal belongings from Mikalai Ulasevich postponed to 25 July
On 16 July the Ashmiany District Court was to have considered the lawsuit of Mikalai Ulasevich, a civic activist from the Astravets district, concerning the personal belongings which had been confiscated from him at the border crossing "Katlouka" back on 10 April 2011.
12.07.2013 Baranavichy: trial on the prohibition of Milavidy feast postponed to 15 July
On 12 July the hearings on the appeal of an activist of the civic campaign "Tell the Truth" Viachaslau Bolbat against the bans on the Milavidy fest in the memory of insurgents of 1863, issued by the Baranavichy District Executive Committee on 3 and 20 May, took place at the Baranavichy District and City Court.
12.07.2013 Trial of Vitsebsk journalist Alena Stsiapanava delayed
The Kastrychnitski District Court of Vitsebsk returned the charges against her for review by the Kastrychnitski District Police Department of Vitsebsk.
