title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 505/2011 of 23 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus

text:
               24.5.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 136/48

         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 505/2011
   of 23 May 2011
   implementing Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus (1), and in particular Article 8a(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 18 May 2006, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus.

               (2)

               In view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus and in accordance with Council Implementing Decision 2011/301/CFSP of 23 May 2011 implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus (2), additional persons should be included in the lists of persons subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The persons listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 23 May 2011.

            For the Council

            The President

         C. ASHTON

      (1)  OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1.

      (2)  See page 87 of this Official Journal.

      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:
                  27.8.1948 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.