Iryna of TOL's Belarus Blog writes [1] about an unprecedented (even for Belarus) trial: “We have become used to the fact that prominent academics and journalists are being sentenced to 15 days in prison for swearing or hooliganism, but last week a student was actually tried for sending a text message to another student.”
Belarus: On Trial for Text-Messaging
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Belarus, Digital Activism, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Law, Politics, Protest, Technology, Youth