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The Belarusian administrative code was updated on 1 March 2021, strengthening penalties for several actions in relation to civil disobedience.
The Administrative Code of Belarus is the set of laws that codify administrative law in Belarus.
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The Belarusian administrative code was updated on 1 March 2021, strengthening penalties for several actions in relation to civil disobedience.
The Code of Administrative Offences was changed on 1 March 2021. Chapter 24 of the 2021 code includes several articles commonly used to prosecute participants in protests and other public-order offences. Under Article 24.23, "violation of the order of organizing or holding mass events" is punishable by a fine, fine, community service, or administrative detention. The community service can be from 8 to 60 hours.
Disobedience to a lawful demand of an official, in practice during political protests, is punishable under Article 24.3. The "illegal use and manufacture of flags and symbols" is punishable under Article 24.26.
The intentional infliction of bodily harm or other violence that causes insignificant injury is publishable by a fine or administrative arrest under Article 9.1 of the code.
As of 2022, court cases in Belarus are often scheduled ten minutes apart from one another and can conclude in as little three minutes, and have been criticized for being "not a court". Consistently from 2016 through 2020, trials resulting in a guilty verdict occurred at a frequency of 99.7% and 99.8%.
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