Judge throws out libel suit againt state newspaper in Baranavichy

A judge in Baranavichy have thrown out a former opposition parliamentary candidate's libel suit against the local state-controlled newspaper Nash Krai.


Mikalay Charnavus charged that the paper distorted facts to cast him and his civic activity in a negative light, and wanted the author, Mikalay Khudzenka, to retract the allegations and apologize.

 

Charnavus intends to appeal the ruling to a higher court.