"BelTA case": further criminal proceedings against five other journalists

Today, it was learned that the criminal prosecution of the so-called "BelTA" case against five employees of the Tut.by portal had been dropped. Among them are editors Galina Ulasik, Anna Kaltygina and Dmitry Bobrik, according to Naviny.by.

"Requests for closure of criminal proceedings on the basis of art. 86 of the Criminal Code (exemption from criminal liability with administrative involvement of a person) was satisfied on 27 November – BelaPAN reports. – The journalists repaid the damages (from 3,000 to 17,000 rubles) and paid administrative fines of 30 base units (735 rubles). Now, in the case of BelTA, they are witnesses. A written commitment to not leave the country was canceled, the ban on leaving the country was lifted. "

In addition, on 26 November, criminal proceedings against Tut.by editor-in-chief Ulyana Boboed and BelaPAN columnist Tatiana Korovenkova, and the editor of the website "Belarusians and the market" Aleksey Zhukov were dropped. .

Marina Zolotova, the editor-in-chief of the Tut.by portal, and Anna Yermachenok, the editor-in-chief, are accused in this criminal case. Marina Zolotova charged. According to Part 2 of the art. 425 of the Criminal Code of Belarus, "The inaction of an official" (from a fine to five years in prison).

Recall that from August 7 to 9, Tut.by editorial offices, BelaPAN news agencies, other media outlets and journalists' homes were searched.

Tut.by editor Marina Zolotova, editors of the Anna Koltygina portal, Ulyana Boboed, Galina Ulasik, Anna Yermachonok, Dmitry Bobrik, as well as the former editor-in-chief Yevgenia Berezyuk, the editor-in-chief BelaPAN, Irina Levshina, and BelaPAN International Observer, Tatiana Korovenkova, Pavlyuk Bykovsky, correspondent for Deutsche Welle, editor-in-chief of the website "Belorussians and the Market", Alexei Zhukov, and editor-in-chief of the portal Realt.by Vladislav Kuletsky.

Many of them spent a day or more in a temporary detention center. After being released, most of the suspects were prevented from leaving the country. The penalties provided for in the articles are punishable by fines ranging from a fine to a prison term.

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