News on the topic: administrative prosecution
06.03.2012 Uladzimir Katsora appeals fine at UN Human Rights Committee
On 5 March Homel oppositionist Uladzimir Katsora filed an individual communication with the UN Human Rights Committee. The activist is of the opinion that the Belarusian authorities who were represented by the police officers who detained him and fined for the organization of a People's Assembly, violated Articles 19 and 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – the right to disseminate information and freedom of peaceful assemblies.
06.03.2012 Uladzimir Katsora appeals fine at UN Human Rights Committee
On 5 March Homel oppositionist Uladzimir Katsora filed an individual communication with the UN Human Rights Committee. The activist is of the opinion that the Belarusian authorities who were represented by the police officers who detained him and fined for the organization of a People's Assembly, violated Articles 19 and 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – the right to disseminate information and freedom of peaceful assemblies.
05.03.2012 Pavel Vinahradau tried again
Pavel Vinahradau, activist of the civil campaign "Tell the Truth!" was to have been released from jail on 2 March, after serving 10-day arrest for participation in an "unauthorized picket of toys" on Nezalezhnasts Square in Minsk.
05.03.2012 Dziarzhynsk: fines for solidarity with Bialiatski
The activists of the "European Belarus" Uladzimir Dzenisevich and Aliaksandr Tarnahurski were sentenced to pay 700,000 rubles and 350,000 rubles fines for violating part 2 of Article 21.14 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
02.03.2012 Zinaida Mikhniuk applies to Supreme Court
On 8 October 2011 Zinaida Mikhniuk, an organizer of the People's Assembly in Brest, was preventively detained by the police before the event. She was subsequently charged with “using foul language” and fined 70,000 rubles by court, which ignored the testimonies of a woman who saw the detention.
23.02.2012 Young Front activists convicted in absentia
On 22 February, Vitsebsk District Court sentenced four Young Front activists to three days of administrative arrest each for alleged disorderly conduct.
23.02.2012 Alyaksandr Artsybashau sentenced to 10 days in custody
Alyaksandr Artsybashau, who was detained in the building of the Maskouski district court of Minsk, was sentenced to 10 days in custody.
22.02.2012 Pavel Vinahradau sentenced to 10 days of arrest, another activist awaiting charges
Today, Minsk Maskouski District Court has sentenced activist of the “Tell the Truth” civil campaign Pavel Vinahradau to 10 days of administrative arrest for staging an event outside the city’s executive committee on 10 February.
21.02.2012 Does Belarusian Code on Administrative Procedures correspond to international legal acts?
Human rights defender Siarhei Ustsinau has addressed the Constitutional Court of Belarus with an appeal demanding to assess the compliance of the Code on Administrative Procedures with the country’s commitments to secure the right to a fair trial.
16.02.2012 Vitsebsk opposition activists appeal fines
Vitsebsk opposition activists Tatsiana Seviarynets and Iryna Yaskevich have lodged supervisory appeals against a court ruling sentencing them to fines for alleged violation of Mass Events Code during the arrangement of the so-called People’s Assembly back on 8 October 2011.
15.02.2012 Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh still struggles for proper acquittal
On 15 February Aliaksandr Suzhayeu, Judge of the Homel Regional Court, considered the appeal of activist of the United Civil Party and Movement “For Freedom!” Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh against the ruling of the Tsentralny District court of Homel which upheld the dropping of his case because of the impossibility to prove his guilt.
15.02.2012 Hrodna: fine for refusal to be fingerprinted at work
On 10 February Hrodna resident Ruslan Petsko was fined 700,000 rubles (about $83) by Alena Piatrova, Judge of the Leninski District Court of Hrodna.
14.02.2012 Minsk City Court upholds verdict to Valiantsin Stefanovich
On 13 February the Minsk City Court upheld the verdict issued to the to the deputy-head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Valiantsin Stefanovich by the Partyzanski District Court of Minsk.
10.02.2012 Baranavichy: Mikalai Charnavus gets fined by court
On 10 February the Baranavichy City Court considered administrative case against the head of the steering committee of the Ukrainian diaspora association “Kobzar”, Mikalai Charnavus. Judge Stanislau Pivavarau summoned to the trial a representative of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee Siarhei Piatsihorau and police major Vital Dabrachynski.
08.02.2012 Vitsebsk Regional Court upholds sentence to Heorhi Stankevich
Heorhi Stankevich, the editor of the small-circulation newspaper “Kryvinka” applied to the court with the request to review the administrative case according to which he had been fined by the Beshankovichy District Court.
