Homel Freelancers Fined for 35 Basic Amounts Each

The report shown on Bel­sat told about the vis­it to Homel of Jean-Yves Bouchardy, rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Office of the UN High Com­mis­sion­er for Refugees, and the prob­lems of Ukrain­ian refugees in Belarus .

Larysa Shchyrako­va says that the report does not con­tain any video or pho­tos tak­en by the free­lancers. 

The judge dis­missed Kas­tus Zhuk­ouski’s motion to be rep­re­sent­ed in court by lawyer Leanid Sudalen­ka; also, the free­lancer failed to get legal aid guar­an­teed by law. As a protest, he refused to tes­ti­fy in court and took on a cloth wrap on the mouth.

The free­lancers con­sid­er the fines both enor­mous and unjust. In this par­tic­u­lar case, Larysa Shcyrako­va says she had noth­ing to do with the pro­duc­tion of the report, and attend­ed the meet­ing for her own rea­sons.