An official document, which regulates the right of passage in an office building, does not exist. This follows from the response received from the officials a freelance journalist Dmitry Lupach, which on March 2 missed the executive committee with a camera in the bag.
On that day, an independent journalist Dmitry Glubokskiy Lupach walked in the economics department of district executive committee to resolve the issue concerning individual entrepreneurship. At the entrance of a police officer, a security guard asked him to show the contents of the bag, saw the camera and not allowed to enter the building. The police officer said that "with professional photo and video cameras held at the forbidden" and referred to the disposal of the Administrative Department of the Executive Committee of Ina Pochopko.
One of the types of business activities Dmitry Lupach – it just photography, including weddings. A Glubokskiy registry office located in the building of the executive committee. Therefore, on March 3, Mr. Lupach went to see business manager executive committee. She said that those responsible are ready to explain everything in writing when a journalist and entrepreneur turn to them an official appeal.
The appeal was. Mr. Lupach requested clarification on what grounds he was forbidden to enter the building with a camera, and also some photo and video is considered "professional", according to a police guard the building.
The answer came exactly 15 days, and it implies that the police guard has been arbitrariness, Mr. Lupach:
"The letter said that no official documents that govern the rules of admission to the executive committee does not exist. There is only" opinion ", which I believe should be read. According to officials, the man who is going to photograph something in the executive committee, I must warn district administration and ask for permission. "Opinion", as it is known, the document is not. Therefore, the ban on entry into the building, I believe a violation of their rights. With regard to the definition of "professional" photo and video equipment, the deputy chairman of the executive committee Joseph Pachkovsky do not explain anything become – advised to contact the experts. It turns out that an expert in this matter – a policeman, a security guard who at first glance, that my "Nikon" is a professional camera."
Also in response to the deputy chairman said that the police guards guided by "legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus, the internal rules of the executive committee, as well as instructions for maintaining order in the protected object."
Specific references to legal requirements or internal documents of the letter no. Said only that the guard of the building shall be entitled to limit the right of entry and exit persons "in a state of drug, alcohol or substance intoxication, aggressive behavior or in an excited state, in the presence of increased interest in certain aspects of the object during photo and video, drawing plans and schemes, and so on."
According to Dmitry Lupach such wording suggests unlimited possibilities for arbitrary guards of the building:
"Can a police officer professional to determine the degree of excitation visitor? What lies behind the phrase" increased interest in certain aspects of the object? Such formulations allow a police officer to the executive committee not to miss almost everyone who anything to go overboard ... How policeman knew my intentions something to photograph inside the building, if I had no such intentions, and it is this did not ask, just not allowed to enter with a camera and everything. "
Dmitry Lupach going to challenge the official response and require that the policeman-guard prosecuted for abuse of office. He did not rule out that the ban is not general in nature, and concerns him personally, because officials claim to his photographs have been – for example, when he took a picture of the state flags, hung upside down over the building Glubokoe prosecutors and the executive committee.
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