51. 委员会感到关切的是，缔约国对和平集会的监管方式损害了这项权利的行使。委员会尤其对以下不当限制感到关切：(a) 广泛地要求举行各类抗议活动前获得授权；规定了严格的批准条件，包括承诺确保公共秩序和安全以及提供医疗和清洁服务；对举行集会施加限制，特别是仅限于在某些允许的地点举行集会，由人员组织的集会规模限制在 1,000人以下，禁止自发集会。委员会注意到，2018 年对《群体活动法》的修订提出了一种通知式的集会举行程序，但委员会仍感关切的是，通知程序仅可用于在当局指定的固定地点举行的集会，这些地点据称远离市中心；(b) 每年 3 月自由日和 4 月切尔诺贝利事故纪念日的集会遭到阻碍；(c) 对组织、号召或参与群体活动的人实施不相称的刑事和行政处罚，包括：(一) Dzmitry Paliyenka 在参加 2016 年 4 月 29 日反对限制骑自行车者的和平抗议活动后被拘留和刑事定罪，据称他遭到了虐待和单独监禁；(二) 与 2017 年 3 月 25 日自由日事件相关的过度使用警察力量、大规模逮捕、拘留和行政犯罪处罚，据称警察拘留了至少 700 人，包括约 100 名记者和 60 名人权活动者，据称至少 177 名抗议者在没有公正审判保障的诉讼程序审判后被认定违反了《行政犯罪法》。
51. The Committee is concerned that the State party regulates peaceful assembly in a manner that undermines the exercise of this right. It is particularly concerned about such undue restrictions as: (a) Broad authorization requirements for holding all types of protests; the stringent conditions for granting authorization, including undertakings to ensure public order and safety and the provision of medical and cleaning services; the limitations on the holding of assemblies, especially their being restricted to certain permissible locations only, the size of assemblies organized by physical persons being restricted to less than 1,000 persons and the banning of spontaneous assemblies. While noting that the 2018 amendments to the Mass Events Act introduce a notification-based procedure for holding assemblies, the Committee remains concerned that the notification procedure may be used only for assemblies held at permanent locations as designated by the authorities, which are reportedly located far away from city centres; (b) The obstruction of annual rallies on Freedom Day in March and Chernobyl Memorial Day in April; (c) The disproportionate enforcement of criminal and administrative sanctions against persons organizing, calling for or participating in mass events, including: (i) The detention and criminal conviction of Dzmitry Paliyenka in 2016 following his participation in a peaceful protest on 29 April 2016 against restrictions on cyclists, and his reportedly being subjected to ill-treatment and solitary confinement; (ii) The excessive use of police force, mass arrests, detention and punishments for administrative offences in connection with the Freedom Day events on 25 March 2017, when police allegedly detained at least 700 persons, including about 100 journalists and 60 human rights activists, with at least 177 protestors reportedly found to be in violation of the Code of Administrative Offences following proceedings that lacked fair trial guarantees.