Hrodna: Franak Viachorka Is Justified
09.08.2007.
Tags: administrative trials.
On 8 August Leninski borough administrative commission of Hrodna considered an administrative report which had been composed against the youth activist Franak Viachorka on 9 July. That day he was detained for watching how people posted stickers against destruction of architectural monuments in Hrodna.
The commission listened to a defendant’s witness and asked several questions on the phone to a policeman who had participated in Franak’s Viachorka. Franak Viachorka was charged under article 21.14 of the Administrative Code (violation of sanitation rules for towns and cities) and could be fined up to 620 000 rubles (about 282 US dollars).
However, nobody could confirm that Viachorka had posted stickers. As a result the administrative commission ruled to drop the administrative case because of absence of evidence.
See also
04.12.2008 Barysau: opposition activist is tried in absentia
04.12.2008 Brest: civil activists are fined for protesting
02.12.2008 Vitsebsk: human rights activist is not allowed to hold pickets
18.11.2008 “Young Front” activist faces trial for solidarity rally
11.11.2008 Minsk: ‘Young Front’ activist is detained for action near Leninski district court
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