Parfiankou may be jailed for third time

A former political prisoner has received a second warning for violation of the rules of preventive surveillance.

Vasily Parfiankou was out of home on the evening of May 11 when a district police officers came to check on him. The inspector made a report for violation of rules. The former political prisoner already had a warning and a fine of 800,000 on April 4.

Vasily Parfiankou plans to visit Minsk's Pershamaiski district police department on May 17. He may be taken to court. Under law, Parfiankou may be arrested and fined up to 50 penalty units.

If a third warning is issued to Vasily Parfiankou, a criminal case for “persistent violations of the rules of preventive surveillance” may be opened and Parfiankou may be thrown into prison for the third time.

The activist was given a four-year sentence in a medium security penal colony for participating in a rally against the rigged presidential elections in 2010. He was released on Lukashenka's order on August 13, 2011. Four months later, on December 11, 2011, Vasily Parfiankou was detained in Kastrychnitskaya Square, where opposition activists were going to hold a picket to mark the one year anniversary of the presidential elections.

On May 29, the former political prisoner was found guilty of violating the rules of preventive surveillance and sentenced to 6 months in a detention facility in Baranavichy. Vasily Parfiankou was released on February 9.

The period of surveillance for Parfiankou expires in a month.