Authorities had no moral right to try Yana Paliakova
Who initiated a criminal case against Yana Paliakova? What did Yana say one day before her death? What was on the tape which allegedly confirmed Yana's guilt? Shortly before the trial, Yana Paliakova ended up in coma in an intensive care unit. She recovered soon and discharged home, according to her mother. However, Yana had to be admitted to the cardiology department because of her complications. She hardly reached home, as she fanited for several times on the way back… The mother managed to get help from doctors and tried to request prosecutors and judges to postpone the trial for at least two weeks. She faced refusal everywhere. Who was pushing the case?
The tragedy occurred in the morning of March 7 in Paliakov's apartment. The beautiful and educated young woman hung herself in the front room.
On March 3, a court in Salihorsk presided by Judhe Burautsou found Yana gulty of the false report against an official and sentenced to two and a half year in exile.
The official in question is police captain a certain Puhachou. In early September, a statement was filed with the local office of the prosecutor in which Yana Paliakova accused Puhachou of beating her in the building of a police station. She requested that the prosecutor reacted to this report and stated that the policeman was harassing her for gathering signature in favor of Volha Kazulina during the 2008 election campaign.
The office of the prosecutor rejected Yana's facts. Some time later, police captain PUhachou demanded that Paliakova face criminal prosecution for libel.
But it was not him who was behind this malicious criminal case. During the hearing, the state prosecutor stated that the criminal case had been opened following the order of the Minsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.
During the trial, the main evidence to support that Puhachou was not guilty was a video tape from the surveillance camera near the Salihorsk police department. Teh tape showed Yana sitting alone on the bench vor visitors and then leaving the building of the police department alone. Puhachou was never seen close to the girl.
On the other hand, the court did not make an expertise of the tape. The authentity of the tape was not confirmed. Captain's alibi was also confrimed bu a group of police officers. However, civil activists are routenly sceptial about the testimonies maid by police officers in the administrative and criminal acsea that have political coloring.
She was a lawyer and knew for sure that the prosecutor's office and other agencies were filled with complaints. It is impossible to find the truth in this country…
But can someone sentence a person to 2.5 years in exile only for daring to copmplain? The case with Yana is apparently a new technique which officials use in order to seat quietly in their office seats. Perhaps, they wanted to use the example of Paliakova in order to make others refuse from filing complaints?
Even if we admit that Puhachou did not beat Paliakova and that the tape is authentic, why still should be sent to exile?
Kozulin, Pasriukevich, Kim, Marynich… This list in Belaru is long. But their guilt is not proved conviningly.
Young, educated, energetic Yana Paliakova was unemployed for over 10 years. Why? Only because local officials did not like her principal civic position.
Most likely, if Yana Paliakov had a permanent job and not harassed foe her civil activities, she would have been alive now.
Photo: Charter-97
The tragedy occurred in the morning of March 7 in Paliakov's apartment. The beautiful and educated young woman hung herself in the front room.
On March 3, a court in Salihorsk presided by Judhe Burautsou found Yana gulty of the false report against an official and sentenced to two and a half year in exile.
The official in question is police captain a certain Puhachou. In early September, a statement was filed with the local office of the prosecutor in which Yana Paliakova accused Puhachou of beating her in the building of a police station. She requested that the prosecutor reacted to this report and stated that the policeman was harassing her for gathering signature in favor of Volha Kazulina during the 2008 election campaign.
The office of the prosecutor rejected Yana's facts. Some time later, police captain PUhachou demanded that Paliakova face criminal prosecution for libel.
But it was not him who was behind this malicious criminal case. During the hearing, the state prosecutor stated that the criminal case had been opened following the order of the Minsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.
During the trial, the main evidence to support that Puhachou was not guilty was a video tape from the surveillance camera near the Salihorsk police department. Teh tape showed Yana sitting alone on the bench vor visitors and then leaving the building of the police department alone. Puhachou was never seen close to the girl.
On the other hand, the court did not make an expertise of the tape. The authentity of the tape was not confirmed. Captain's alibi was also confrimed bu a group of police officers. However, civil activists are routenly sceptial about the testimonies maid by police officers in the administrative and criminal acsea that have political coloring.
She was a lawyer and knew for sure that the prosecutor's office and other agencies were filled with complaints. It is impossible to find the truth in this country…
But can someone sentence a person to 2.5 years in exile only for daring to copmplain? The case with Yana is apparently a new technique which officials use in order to seat quietly in their office seats. Perhaps, they wanted to use the example of Paliakova in order to make others refuse from filing complaints?
Even if we admit that Puhachou did not beat Paliakova and that the tape is authentic, why still should be sent to exile?
Kozulin, Pasriukevich, Kim, Marynich… This list in Belaru is long. But their guilt is not proved conviningly.
Young, educated, energetic Yana Paliakova was unemployed for over 10 years. Why? Only because local officials did not like her principal civic position.
Most likely, if Yana Paliakov had a permanent job and not harassed foe her civil activities, she would have been alive now.
Photo: Charter-97
