Andrey Shved

Over 1,600 convicts in politically motivated cases in Belarus last year

In 2021, more than 1,600 people were convicted in ‘extremist’ criminal cases in Belarus, Prosecutor General Andrey Shved says. Notably, it is even more than human rights activists’ calculations.

24.01.2022

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From satellite dishes dismantling to ‘extremism’: 13 years of Lukashenka regime's attempts to bring down Belsat

Belsat TV channel started broadcasting on December 10, 2007. Even before the broadcast, in April 2007, Alyaksandr Lukashenka voiced his attitude to Belsat, calling it a “stupid and hostile” project. Therefore, from the very beginning, the authorities saw the journalists of the TV channel as enemies. Belsat.eu recollects the history of the TV channel persecution.

17.08.2021

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Woman sentenced to freedom restriction for post about Prosecutor General

The woman is to pay Shved 9 thousand rubles

06.07.2021

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Over 100 criminal cases for 'mockery of state symbols' in Belarus

According to Shved, the defendants “generally confessed and repented, often publicly.”

04.07.2021

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Belarus launches criminal case against mayor of Riga and Latvian Foreign Minister

Act of Solidarity with Belarusians labeled as one “inciting national hatred”

30.05.2021

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Belarus Prosecutor General’s Office set to be after ‘still living Nazi criminals’ in Poland, Lithuania

Belarusian investigators got information about hundreds of previously unknown places of slaughtering the country’s population during the Second World War, Prosecutor General Andrey Shved told TV station Belarus 1.

17.05.2021

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Belarusian senators pass repressive legislation

And the law on changes in appearance

22.04.2021

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Prosecutor General's Office opens criminal case over 'genocide of the Belarusian population' during the war

Andrei Shved opened a criminal case for the genocide of the population of Belarus

10.04.2021

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Belarus mulls introducing criminal responsibility for 'dissemination of extremist views'

General Prosecutor’s Office proposes to increase responsibility for “extremist activity”

01.02.2021

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Prosecutor General Andrey Shved announces strengthening of repressive measures

The General Prosecutor’s Office has prepared a set of proposals related to strengthening responsibility for extremism and violation of public order.

05.01.2021

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Each protester will be detected and punished - Prosecutor General

All participants in unauthorised mass events will be held liable, Belarus’ Prosecutor General Andrey Shved said on Thursday.

25.09.2020