LIST OF JOURNALISTS, PROSECUTED FOR CARRYING OUT PROFESSIONAL DUTIES

29.03.2006.

1. Aleksandrovich, Vadzim (Belorusy i Rynok newspaper), sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 22;
2. Bantsar, I0har (Glos znad Niemna na Uchodzstwie newspaper, Hrodna), sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 21;
3. Vanina, Tatsiana (BAJ member). The trial will take place on March 27. We still don’t know the result. She was detained on Kastrychnitskaya Square in the night of March 23-24;
4. Vasilkou, Vital (Deutsche Welle, Mahilou), sentenced to 7 days of jail on March 23.
5. Herdziy, Mikalai (Volny Horad newspaper, Krychau), sentenced to 2 days of jail on March 18. (he was released after he had served the term)
6. Dzemchanka, Volha (Odnako newspaper, Minsk), fined 20 basic units on March 21;
7. Dynko, Andrei (Nasha Niva newspaper, Minsk), sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 22;
8. Kaznacheyeu, Badzim (free-lancer), sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 27; He was detained on Kastrychnitskaya Square in the night of March 23-24;
9. Kastenka, Daria (free-lance reporter, cooperates with Asveta i Adukacya magazine, author of “March diary” LiveJournal http://bullochka.livejournal.com/186406.html), sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 27;
10. Laurouskaya, Iryna (Brestski Kuryer newspaper), fined 2 basic units on March 23;
11. Lukashevich, Alena (free lance reporter), fined 2 basic units on March 23;
12. Liava, Artsiom (Nasha Niva, photo editor), sentenced to 15 days of jail on March 24;
13. Mazheika, Pavel (Milinkevich’s spokesman) detained on March 25 and released the same day;
14. Niarouny, Siarhei (Volny Horad, Krychau), sentenced to 3 days of jail on March 18; (was released after he had served the term)
15. Pachobut, Andrei (Magazyn polski na Uchodzstwie magazine, Hrodna). sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 14; was released on March 24, the same very day the police made an attempt to detain him again;
16. Pisalnik, Andrzej (Glos znad Niemna na Uchodzstwie newspaper, Hrodna), sentenced to 12 days of jail on March 21; he was detained on the day when he was released from jail after serving a previous term of 5 days (the first trial took place on March 15);
17. Rads, Alaksei (web-site forum.grodno.net, Hrodna), sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 21;
18. Roman, Ivan (free-lamcer cooperating with Salidarnasts newspaper, Hrodna), sentenced to 13 days of jail on March 23 for “hooliganism”; on March 20 fined 2 basic units by Lida court;
19. Salash, Siarhei (reporter of Barysau Offside, activist of Milinkevich’s HQ). sentenced to 13 days of jail on March 23;
20. Salei, Alaksei (Pahonia web-site, Hrodna), sentenced to 6 days of jail on March 27;
21. Snitko, Tatsiana (free-lancer cooperating with Nasha Niva, reporter for Russian human rights news agency PRIMA-News). She was detained on Kastrychnitskaya Square in the night of March 23-24 and fined on March 27;
22. Taras, Anton (free-lancer), sentenced to 11 days of jail on March 23;
23. Shantarovich, Andrei (Mestnaya Gazeta newspaper, Vaukavysk), sentenced to 3 days of jail on March 18; was released after he had served the term
24. Shchukin, Valery (Narodnaya Volya, Vitebsk), was detained in the evening of March 24; on March 27 he was released until the trial which will take place on March 31. One day before that, on March 23 he was released from jail after serving a 7-day term.
25. Shein, Alaksei (Milinkevich’s press-group, Minsk) sentenced to 5 days of jail on March 20;
26. Chavusau, Yury (reporter of the web-site of the Assembly of the Democratic NGOs, author of Arche and Political Sphere magazines). sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 20;
27. Charniauka, Iryna (www.euramost.org web-site, Hrodna) detained in the evening of March 24 on the way to railway station, released later, the same day
28. Yarashuk, Viktar (Miastsovy Chas newspaper, Pinsk), sentenced to 6 days of jail on March 23; on March 15 he was arrested for 5 days (released on March 20);

Foreign reporters

29. Giorgabiani, Nino (Public Television of Georgia), sentenced to 5 days of jail on March 27;
30. Glezin, Eduard (Pravoye Delo, Russia), sentenced to 15 days of jail on March 27;
31. Hurnevich, Dzmitry (Radio Polonia reporter, Poland), sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 21;
32. Kallison, Alan (Wall Street Journal, USA). The journalist was beaten in the city center of Minsk on March 25;
33. Koslovskiy, Oleg (Pravoye Delo, Russia) sentenced to 15 days of jail on March 27;
34. Lagidze, Georgi (Public Television of Georgia), sentenced to 15 days of jail on March 27;
35. Frederic, Lavoie (Canadian journalist, had no official credentials), sentenced to 15 days of jail on March 24;
36. Lubka, Andrei (Karpatski Holas, Ukraine) sentenced to 15 days of jail on March 22;
37. Milo, Loren (La Liberation newspaper reporter, France), She was detained on Kastrychnitskaya Square in the evening of March 24 and released on the same day;
38. Podrabinek, Alexander (chief editor of the Russian human rights news agency PRIMA-News), sentenced to 15 days of jail on March 27;
39. Samolinska, Wieronika (Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland) sentenced to 10 days of jail on March 27;
40. Sheremet, Pavel (The First Channel, Russia). Detained on March 25 in Minsk, wqas kept in Akrestsina jail from the evening of March 25 till 1 p.m. of March 27. On March 27 he was released without trial on condition that he leaves Belarus in 24 hours.

JUSTIFIED:
41. Serabro, Siarzhuk (Vitebski Kuryer, Vitebsk) the only case when the court justified a journalist recognizing that he had been performing his professional duties.