BelSat journalist sentenced to 10 days of prison
04.02.2010.
Tags: journalists, arrest.
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The journalist was arrested on 3 February while trying to stop the unwarranted police intrusion into his lodgings in downtown Minsk. He was accused of using violence against one of the policemen.
The trial proved to be neither public nor fair, for Judge Mrs. Aksana Reliava dismissed the motion for testimonial evidence by Mr. Shulha’s neighbour, who had witnessed part of the incident. Besides, the evidence given by police Captain Valyntsau and Lieutenant Karalkou were extremely inconsistent. In her statement, the journalist’s legal counsel Mrs. Sviatlana Harbatok said Ivan Shulha’s guilt was not proven. However, the court failed to dismiss the case in the absence of civil offence in the act.
See also
17.03.2010 Committee to Protect Journalists denounces police raids on independent journalists in Belarus
17.03.2010 Arrested participants of action of solidarity in Minsk to stand trials
16.03.2010 Policemen were breaking into flat of Belarusian journalist
16.03.2010 Mass arrests near Supreme Court of Belarus
16.03.2010 Border guards seize car of Maryna Koktysh, ‘Narodnaya Volia’ journalist
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