BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

29/05/2007

Prosecutor Demands Heavy Fines For Belarusian Oppositionists

The prosecutor in the trial of four members of the unregistered opposition Youth Front on May 28 demanded punishing each of the accused by a fine of 15,500,000 rubles ($7,260), Belapan reported. Barys Haretski, Dzmitry Fedaruk, Aleh Korban, and Anastasiya Palazhanka were charged with acting on behalf of an unregistered organization under an article of the Criminal Code that carries a fine or a prison sentence of up to two years. The prosecutor also suggested that the 17-year-old Palazhanka be additionally sentenced to corrective labor. Alyaksey Yanusheuski, another Youth Front member charged in the case, is currently in the Czech Republic. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/05/3-cee/cee-290507.asp