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District judge in Minsk upholds Rymashewski’s appeal against fine
A judge of the Savetski District Court in Minsk on Tuesday reversed a police chief’s decision to impose a heavy fine on opposition politician Vital Rymashewski on a charge of making a knowingly false report to the police.
“The case against me has been sent back to the Savetski district police station,” Mr. Rymashewski, co-chairman of Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), told BelaPAN. “I’m not surprised because procedural violations in my case were too obvious.”
On February 7, the chief of the Savetski district police station ordered Mr. Rymashewski to pay a fine of 1,950,000 rubels ($202).
Mr. Rymashewski is one of the first opposition activists to be fined under a recently enacted bill that allows the police to judge disorderly conduct cases.
The charge was brought against Mr. Rymashewski over a signature-collection event that was held near Kamarowski Rynak, a marketplace at the center of Minsk, on Sunday by BCD activist Maryna Khomich.
Ms. Khomich, chairperson of Belarusian Christian Democracy’s youth wing, sought to run in March’s city soviet elections.
Signature collectors phoned the police after people in civilian clothes approached them and started hurling insults and making threats. The plainclothesmen included the deputy chief of the Savetski district police station.
According to Mr. Rymashewski, the police never arrived. Nevertheless, the charge sheet against him claimed that a police detail had been dispatched to Kamarowski Rynak in response to his call. //BelaPAN
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