Comments on: Jail time for “discrediting” Belarus http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/ belarusian perspectives - the two sides of one blogger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Jail time for “discrediting” Belarus by: AlexM http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-293861 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:50:14 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-293861 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road! I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

]]> Comment on Jail time for “discrediting” Belarus by: Alex http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-293386 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:49:48 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-293386 :)) :))

]]> Comment on Jail time for “discrediting” Belarus by: lukeii http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-145 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 15:01:49 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-145 This makes the crap the government is pulling in Australia seem minor. This makes the crap the government is pulling in Australia seem minor.

]]> Comment on Jail time for “discrediting” Belarus by: }T{Reme [Q_G] http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-144 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 06:08:51 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-144 Bah :( I knew this would happen. I'm very worried as of what will happen to many people such as known opposition members. The police and KGB have just been given cart blance to do whatever they like, and it to be legal as well. I still very much hope that this nightmare ends soon, and all these ridiculous laws will all be annulled. Bah :( I knew this would happen. I’m very worried as of what will happen to many people such as known opposition members. The police and KGB have just been given cart blance to do whatever they like, and it to be legal as well. I still very much hope that this nightmare ends soon, and all these ridiculous laws will all be annulled.

]]> Comment on Jail time for “discrediting” Belarus by: Administrator http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-143 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:23:38 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2005/12/02/jail-time-for-discrediting-belarus/#comment-143 And another one: <a href="http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/12/903D6C98-21C5-4A05-B54C-75C058877922.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Belarusian Parliament Approves Law To Muzzle Dissent </b></a> Parliament in Belarus has overwhelmingly approved a controversial bill aimed at muzzling dissent against the regime of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Deputies in the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of parliament, voted 97 to four to back amendments to the Criminal Code that provide tough penalties for anyone convicted of inciting demonstrations or spreading information deemed to discredit Belarus. Under the new law, public appeals for the overthrow of the government or "the forcible change of the constitutional system" would be punishable with prison terms of up to three years. Spreading of "false" information about the situation in Belarus would be punishable by up to two years in prison. Critics of the law say it is aimed to prevent upheavals like Ukraine's Orange revolution one year ago. Lukashenka submitted the bill to parliament on 23 November for "urgent" consideration. Two days later, deputies passed it in a first reading. And another one:

Belarusian Parliament Approves Law To Muzzle Dissent

Parliament in Belarus has overwhelmingly approved a controversial bill aimed at muzzling dissent against the regime of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Deputies in the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of parliament, voted 97 to four to back amendments to the Criminal Code that provide tough penalties for anyone convicted of inciting demonstrations or spreading information deemed to discredit Belarus.

Under the new law, public appeals for the overthrow of the government or “the forcible change of the constitutional system” would be punishable with prison terms of up to three years.

Spreading of “false” information about the situation in Belarus would be punishable by up to two years in prison. Critics of the law say it is aimed to prevent upheavals like Ukraine’s Orange revolution one year ago.

Lukashenka submitted the bill to parliament on 23 November for “urgent” consideration. Two days later, deputies passed it in a first reading.

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