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Today, the petition of Anna Yermachenok, editor-in-chief of TUT.BY, to stop the criminal prosecution under art. 86 of the Criminal Code (exemption from criminal liability with the involvement of a person with administrative responsibility).
Anna Yermachenok paid an administrative fine of 30 basic units (735 rubles). Now, in the case of BelTA, she pbades as a witness. A written commitment was revoked, the ban on leaving the country was lifted. On the eve of Tuesday, we remember, criminal proceedings against five other TUT.BY employees were dropped. Previously, several other journalists involved in this case had been placed under administrative responsibility. This became possible after all publishers had repaid the damage (from 3,000 to 17,000 rubles).
According to TUT.BY, Marina Zolotova, editor of the portal and Irina Levshina, editor of BelaPAN, are still accused in the "BelTA" case. Marina Zolotov is charged under Part 2 of Art. 425 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (official inaction). Sanctions under this article include a fine of five years imprisonment. Irina Levshina is charged under Part 2 of the 349th Article (Unauthorized Access to Computer Information), for which other persons involved in the case were also charged. A total of 15 journalists and editors took part in the event.
Recall that on August 7, the offices of TUT.BY and BelaPAN were searched and detained. Marina Zolotova, editor-in-chief of TUT.BY, Anna Kaltygina, portal editors, Galina Ulasik and Anna Yermachenok, editor-in-chief of BelaPAN Irina Levshina and observer of the international news agency Tatyana Korovenkova, correspondent for Deutsche Welle Pavel Bykovsky, and editor-in-chief of Belarusians website »Alexey Zhukov. They all spent several days at the Akrestin Temporary Detention Center. On August 27, most of the suspects were banned from leaving the country.
Journalists and editors have supported the European Union, the Council of Europe, the United States and international human rights organizations.
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