The trial of a member of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee took place in the already familiar place for consideration of cases of mass events in the court of Oktyabrsky district of the city of Viciebsk. Judge Inna Grabovskaya considered the participation of human rights defenders in unauthorized actions held on March 25 and 26 as proven, and decided to subject him to a penalty in the form of administrative arrest.
On April 12, in the Viciebsk regional court, journalist of Belsat TV channel Yekaterina Bakhvalova and correspondent of Radio Liberty Galina Abakunchik tried to appeal against the decisions of the judges of the court of Vorša district and the city of Vorša on March 13 of this year. Representatives of the press were detained the day before and fined for covering the rally and the procession of non-homeless people in Vorša.
The incident occurred on March 27 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Viciebsk, where Judge Inna Grabovskaya was to examine the case of journalist Kastus Mardzvincau, who was detained – the day before. Before the beginning of the process, she stated that she wanted to hold a meeting in her office, and therefore would not allow anyone to consider it.
On Monday, March 27, trials were held in Viciebsk over people who were detained the day before, on March 25 and 26, during mass actions that took place in the city.
The Połacak regional executive committee banned holding a rally on the city square on March 26 at 12 o'clock. The application for the event was filed by a resident of the city Eugene Parchinsky. About refusal to satisfy an application officials of regional executive committee have informed Evgenie directly in a hall of executive committee during consideration of this application. The written prohibition was issued to Parchinsky signed by the deputy chairman of the district executive committee.
In Połacak, human rights activist Yury Belsky on March 23, policemen tried to deliver a summons. Yuri was invited to come to the Investigation Committee on March 24 by 4:00 pm.
Both applicants received the refusals. The administration of Zheleznodorozhny district of Viciebsk banned a two-hour rally for CCP BPF member Jan Derzhavtsev, and the Viciebsk regional executive committee denied Kastus Smolikov, chairman of Viciebsk regional organization of the party BPF, permission to hold a protest rally on March 25 and march.
Viciebsk center will be one of three such agencies, which will be created in the country. The center will be foreign nationals, which are awaiting deportation from the territory of Belarus.
On March 21, the Oktyabrsky District Court examined administrative cases against two participants of a protest rally held in Viciebsk on February 26. The result of consideration: 50 base units (1150 rubles) of fine Tatiana Severinets, and 30 base (690 rubles) – Kirill Tatarevich.
Such words are opened by another letter to the Vitebsk human rights activists, a political prisoner who is serving a sentence in the correctional colony No. 14. Further, Mikhail Zhamchuzhny reveals what the "fine" is.