November 12 Human Rights Center “Viasna” sent to the President of the Supreme Court regarding the request for criminal proceedings founder of the “Platform Innovation” Michael Zhamchuzhny, the hearings of which were held in closed session.

The appeal asked human rights activists Valentin Sukala “speak about the essence of the criminal case against Michael Zhamchuzhny, the nature of the information that in violation of the legal order, he procured, installed motives of the sentence of the convicted person, within the limits that do not entail the disclosure of information protected by law.”

According to the authors of the listed information will affect the assessment of the human rights center “Viasna” reasonableness and motives of the prosecution of Michael Zhamchuzhny and allow to conclude whether this is related to the prosecution of his human rights activities.

Members of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” agreed on the need to make this request after October 23, the Supreme Court in closed session examined the appeal of the convicted person, and, at the request of the prosecutor, decided to increase the sentence to six months.

Recall Michael Zhamchuzhny July 10 this year, was convicted Viciebsk Regional Court to 6 years in a penal colony. He was charged under several articles of the Criminal Code - Art. 376 (Part 1, Part 2), Art. 375 (Part 1), Art. 431 (part 1, part 2). This intentional disclosure of information which constitutes an official secret, illegal acquisition (production) means to obtain secret information constituting official secrets and bribery. Due to the secrecy of the trial The Human Rights Centre "Viasna" did not have sufficient information to assess the cause of Michael Zhamchuzhny.

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