BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

18/12/2007

Belarusian Authorities Sentence Another Small-Business Activist

A Minsk district court on December 17 sentenced an activist for entrepreneurs' rights, Mikalay Serhiyenka, to 10 days in jail for disorderly conduct, Belapan reported. Serhiyenka was detained on December 6 along with fellow activists Alyaksandr Makayeu, Aleh Korban, and Nadzeya Syankevich while police officers searched the Minsk office of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. Police charged Makayeu, Korban, and Serhiyenka with using foul language and disturbing the public peace. Makayeu was sentenced to seven days in jail on December 11, a day after small-business owners rallied against a presidential decree restricting their business activities. Serhiyenka's trial was postponed due to the absence of witnesses for the defense. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/12/3-cee/cee-181207.asp

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