Tatstsyana Shaputska sues BSU administration

The member of Malady Front is trying to appeal her expulsion as she considers it to be illegal.

The girl has informed ERB that she sent her complaint to Moscow District Court of Minsk on February 28. The respondent is the administration of Belarusian State University.

Shaputska would like Harry Pahanyaila, deputy head of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, to be her lawyer. However, Pahanyaila has not had any license since 1997 so he is likely to be invited as a civil representative.  Furthermore, Shaputska will invite heads of the BSU department of law she was expelled from as her witnesses.
Shaputska: Witnesses and I will receive subpoenas within a week… I have invited the dean of the department of law and the deputy dean as my witnesses and I hope they will show documents proving they asked the rector for a reprimand only.

Let us remind you that Tatstsyana Shaputska was expelled from BSU after she had taken part in the Civil Forum of the Eastern Partnership. The faculty administration only asked to reprimand the girl but the university administration took a more severe decision.

Policemen knocked Tatstsyana off her feet at the last street action organized by “Malady Front” on February 14 - Valentine’s Day. The girl got a closed craniocerebral injury. She commented on it in the interview with ERB and said she was still taking pills but felt much better – she practically had no headaches.