Belarusian deputies tightened punishment for participating in prohibited organizations

Parliament of Belarus tightened the punishment for participating in the organizations eliminated by the Government. Now for such acts, criminal liability is faced, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the House of Representatives of the Republic.

The criminal case in Belarus is now waiting for citizens who were participants or organizers in “political parties, other public associations, religious organizations or funds for which the decision of the authorized state authority on the liquidation or suspension of the activity has entered into legal force. / P>

Membership amendments in prohibited organizations Belarusian deputies introduced against the background of a recent sentencing with the opposition policy Sergey Tikhanovsky, as well as the Svetlana Tikhanovskiy voiced by his wife about the number of political prisoners in the country.

Before that, the authorities of the republic were initiated by the articles of the Criminal Code, associated with the “inciting hostility on social characteristic” or an insult to the representatives of the authorities or the powerful departments. Now a criminal case can be made for membership in a prohibited organization.

Earlier in Belarus, Sofia Sapgy’s citizen Sophia Sapgy was transferred to the prosecutor’s office, which investigators were accused of three articles – incitement of hostility on social characteristics, the dissemination of personal data and the threat of violence against law enforcement agencies. The 23-year-old girl went to the deal with the consequence, and also wrote a petition for pardon.

/Media reports.