Council Implementing Decision 2011/301/CFSP of 23 May 2011 implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus
Date: 2011-05-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, EU relations, civil servant, electoral fraud, forced disappearance, free movement of persons, human rights, independence of the judiciary, restriction of liberty








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24.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 136/87








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/301/CFSP
of 23 May 2011
         
implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP of 25 October 2010 concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 25 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus.












(2)


In view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus, additional persons should be included in the list of persons subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex IIIA to Decision 2010/639/CFSP,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in Annex IIIA to Decision 2010/639/CFSP.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 23 May 2011.


For the Council


The President

C. ASHTON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 18.




ANNEX

PERSONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1











 


Names
Transcription of Belarusian spelling
Transcription of Russian spelling


Names (Belarusian spelling)


Names (Russian spelling)


Place and date of birth


Position




1.


Shykarou, Uladzislau
Shikarov, Vladislav


Шыкароў Уладзiслаў


Шикаров Владислав


 


Judge of the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Vitebsk. He sentenced several protesters during the appeal trial, despite the fact that they were not found guilty by the Court of First Instance.




2.


Merkul, Natallia Viktarauna
Merkul, Natalia Viktorovna
(Merkul, Natalya Viktorovna


Меркуль Наталля Вiктараўна


Меркуль Наталья Викторовна


Date of birth:
13.11.1964


Director of the Secondary School in Talkov City, Pukhovichi District. On 27 January 2011 she fired Natalia Ilinich, a highly regarded teacher of the secondary school for her political views and for her participation at the 19 December 2010 events.




3.


Akulich, Sviatlana Rastsislavauna
Okulich, Svetlana Rostislavovna


Акулiч Святлана Расцiславаўна


Окулич Светлана Ростиславовна


Date of birth:
27.08.1948 or 1949


Judge of the Pukhovichi District Court. She unlawfully rejected the motion of Natalia Ilinich to restore her position as teacher of the Secondary School in Talkov City.




4.


Pykina, Natallia
Pykina, Natalia
(Pykina, Natalya)


Пыкiна Наталля


Пыкина Наталья


 


Judge of the Partizanski District Court dealing with Likhovid's case. She sentenced Mr. Likhovid, an activist of ‘The Movement for Freedom’, to 3 and a half year in prison of strict regime.




5.


Mazouka, Siarhei
Mazovka, Sergei (Mazovko, Sergey)


Мазоўка Сяргей


Мазовка Сергей/Мазовко Сергей


 


Prosecutor of the Dashkevich-Lobov case. Dmitri Dashkevich and Eduard Lobov, activists of the Young Front, were sentenced to several years of imprisonment for ‘hooliganism’. The real reason for their imprisonment was that both actively participated in the electoral campaign in December 2010, supporting one of the candidates of the opposition.




6.


Aliaksandrau, Dzmitry Piatrovich
Aleksandrov, Dmitri Petrovich


Аляксандраў Дзмiтрый Пятровiч


Александров Дмитрий Петрович


 


Judge of the Supreme Economic Court. He sustained the ban of the independent ‘Autoradio’ station. (The ‘Autoradio’ was banned for ‘having broadcasted calls for mass disturbances during the presidential campaign in December 2010’. Upon a contract in force, the radio was transmitting the electoral program of Mr. Sannikov, one of the opposition candidates, saying ‘the future will be decided not in the kitchens, but on the square!’).




7.


Vakulchyk, Valery
Vakulchik, Valeri


Вакульчык Валерый


Вакульчик Валерий


 


Chief of the Analytical Center of the Presidential Administration, responsible for telecommunication, including monitoring, filtering, bugging, controlling and intervening different communication channels, for example the internet.




8.


Chatviartkova, Natallia
Chetvertkova, Natalia
(Chetvertkova, Natalya)


Чатвярткова Наталля


Четверткова Наталья


 


Judge of the Partizanski District Court of Minsk. She dealt with the trial of ex presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov, civil society activist Ilia Vasilevich, Fedor Mirzoianov, Oleg Gnedchik and Vladimir Yeriomenok. Her way of conducting the trial is a clear violation of the Code of Penal Procedure. She sustained the use of evidences and testimonies irrelevant to the accused persons against them.




9.


Bulash, Ala
Bulash, Alla


Булаш Ала


Булаш Алла


 


Judge of the Oktiabrski (Kastrichnitski) District Court of Minsk. She dealt with the case of Pavel Vinogradov, Dmitri Drozd, Ales Kirkevich, Andrei Protasenia, Vladimir Homichenko. Her way of conducting the trial is a clear violation of the Code of Penal Procedure. She sustained the use of evidences and testimonies irrelevant to the accused persons against them.




10.


Barovski Aliaksandr Genadzevich
Borovski Aleksandr Gennadievich


Бароўскi Аляксандр Генадзевiч


Боровский Александр Геннадиевич


 


Public Prosecutor of the Oktiabrski (Kastrichnitski) District Court of Minsk. He dealt with the case of Pavel Vinogradov, Dmitri Drozd, Ales Kirkevich, Vladimir Homichenko. The accusation presented by him has a clear and imminent political motivation and it is a clear violation of the Code of Penal Procedure. It is based on wrong classification of the events of 19th December 2010, not sustained by evidences, proofs and testimonies of witnesses.




11.


Simanouski Dmitri Valerevich
Simanovski Dmitri Valerievich


Сiманоўскi Дмiтрый Валер’евiч


Симановский Дмитрий Валериевич


 


Public Prosecutor of the Pervomaiski District Court of Minsk. He dealt with the case of Dmitri Bondarenko. The accusation presented by him has a clear and imminent political motivation and it is a clear violation of the Code of Penal Procedure. It is based on wrong classification of the events of 19th December 2010, not sustained by evidences, proofs and testimonies of witnesses.




12.


Brysina, Zhanna
Brysina, Zhanna (Brisina, Zhanna)


Брысiна Жанна


Брысина Жанна/Брисина Жанна


 


Judge of the Zavodskoi District Court of Minsk dealing with the case of Khalip Irina, Martselev Sergei, Severinets Pavel, outstanding civil society representatives. Her way of conducting the trial is a clear violation of the Code of Penal Procedure. She sustained the use of evidences and testimonies irrelevant to the accused persons against them.




13.


Zhukovski, Sergei Konstantynovych


Жукоўскi Сяргей Канстанцiнавiч


Жуковский, Сергей Константинович


 


Public Prosecutor of the Zavodskoi District Court of Minsk dealing with the case of Khalip Irina, Martselev Sergei, Severinets Pavel, outstanding civil society representatives. The accusation presented by him has a clear and imminent political motivation and it is a clear violation of the Code of Penal Procedure. It is based on wrong classification of the events of 19th December 2010, not sustained by evidences, proofs and testimonies of witnesses.