Administrative Code of 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.

Since 1 March 2021, Section 24 of the administrative code includes articles covering civil disobedience. Participation in unsanctioned mass events is punishable by up to 15 days of arrest, or up to 30 days if the offense is repeated, under Article 24.23. Community service from eight to 60 hours can be given as an alternative sentence.

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{{Cite web |title=Журналиста Артема Майорова будут судить за «мелкое хулиганство» |url=https://belarus-news.info/журналиста-артема-майорова-будут-судить-за-мелкое-хулиганство-50154.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Все новости Беларуси}} and can conclude in as little three minutes,{{Cite web |title=Судейский скорострел. Белорусский суд рассмотрел "протестное" дело за 3 минуты |url=https://govorim.by/novosti-belarusi/538621-sudejskij-skorostrel-belorusskij-sud-rassmotrel-protestnoe-delo-za-3-minuty.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Городские порталы Беларуси - Govorim.by}} and have been criticized for being "not a court".{{Cite web |title=Правозащитник о деле журналиста Дмитрия Лупача: «Заседание длилось три минуты. Это не суд» |url=https://belsat.eu/ru/news/pravozashhitnik-o-dele-zhurnalista-dmitriya-lupacha-zasedanie-dlilos-tri-minuty-eto-ne-sud/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=belsat.eu |language=ru}} Consistently from 2016 through 2020, trials resulting in a guilty verdict occurred at a frequency of 99.7% and 99.8%.{{Cite web |title=В Беларуси в 2020 году 99,7% приговоров были обвинительными |url=https://belsat.eu/ru/news/23-02-2021-v-belarusi-v-2020-godu-99-7-prigovorov-byli-obvinitelnymi/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=belsat.eu |language=ru}}

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{{cite web | title= Code of the Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus | website=Legal Information Institute |year=2003 | url = https://www.law.cornell.edu/women-and-justice/resource/code_of_the_administrative_offences_of_the_republic_of_belarus | access-date = 2022-03-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220312170950/https://www.law.cornell.edu/women-and-justice/resource/code_of_the_administrative_offences_of_the_republic_of_belarus |archive-date= 2022-03-12 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news | title= New Administrative Code comes into force in Belarus | date= 2021-03-02 |newspaper=Belsat TV | url= https://belsat.eu/en/news/02-03-2021-new-administrative-code-comes-into-force-in-belarus |access-date= 2022-03-12 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20220312170930/https://belsat.eu/en/news/02-03-2021-new-administrative-code-comes-into-force-in-belarus |archive-date= 2022-03-12 |url-status=live }}

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