Br 2,5 million fine for a photo with portrait of Byalyatski
BCD steering committee activist from navapolatsk Syarhei Malashonak got such sentence.
The photos published in the
internet became the proof of his guiltо. Syarhei Malashonak and Yauhen Parchynski took
pictures holding Ales Byalyatski's portraits in their hands, standing on the
porch of the local court. Syarhei Malashonak took the same pictures standing on
the porch of the local police department.
Parchynski was fined for Br 500K by the court last week. The trial against
Malashonak was postponed as the youngster demanded a lawyer.
Malashonak: "The trial ended in a Br 2,5 million fine
to me. Thank God they decided not to detain me. However, the fine is big, we
will try to appeal against it. We did not hold a picket - it was a photo
session, we just took pictures".
Malashonak says that he does not regret his action while the authorities'
behaviour is absurd.
Photo - svaboda.org
