Third Administrative Case against Andrey Mialeshka
On November 13, police officers appeared at the journalist’s flat to take explanations about an interview published a month before on the Belarusian Radio Racyja.
On November 13 the journalist had a phone call from the Lenin district police of Hrodna; he was informed that an administrative case had been started according to art. 22.9 for an interview with a university professor. The journalist was invited to the police department, but he demanded an official summons.
In the midday two officers came to the journalist’s flat to take explanations. He was questioned if he had really take the interview with the professor, also was questioned about his workplace and activities. They said they had several witnesses confirming that Mialeshka really took the interview from the professor.
The case is to be sent to court within several weeks, they reported.
Andrey Mialeshka has been twice fined for work.