fines for activists

On January 27th, Volha Takarchuk was tried under Article 23.34 for letting balloons out of her own window. Volha’s husband Dzmitry went to the detention center to pick her up, but she didn’t come out.

A well-known public activist Yan Hryb has been punished with a fine of 40 basic units, or 1,160 BYN, for participating in the March of Wisdom, which took place in Minsk on January 4.

On June 1, there were trials of four supporters of popular vlogger Syarhei Tsikhanouski, vitebskspring.org reports.