Ales Yaudaha sentenced to 12 months of "home penal labour"

Thus, the book distributor's punishment is a year of restriction of liberty without imprisonment. Ales Yaudaha has also been fined for 57 million roubles "for the caused damage". The prosecutor demanded to fine him for 79 million roubles.

Let us remind you that he sent books written by famous Belarusian writers to different cities by post: Vasil Bykau, Uladzimir Arlou, Mikola Yermalovich, Ryhor Baradulin. The office of the public prosecutor decided that it was illegal business and sued him. The trial started last year and was suspended in November in connection with the necessity to conduct an expertise of the case papers. The trial was resumed in June. About 30 people have been interrogated (they had planned to interrogate 230!) and previous statements of about 80 people have been read out.