News for 19 траўня 2008
Is new criminal case for graffiti prepared?
Artsiom Lastavetski, activist of the Baranavichy office of the Young Front, was detained on 17 May.
Political prisoner Parsiukevich threatened in pretrial center
Vitebsk businessman Siarhei Parsiukevich has firsthand knowledge of guard in the Zhodzina pretrial detention center, where he is kept before the hearing of the causational appeal. Leader of entrepreneurs’ movement was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment for participation in the protest rally on 10 January. S. Parsiukevich was warned in the detention center an entry “escape inclined” might be posted in his personal file. Natallya, entrepreneur’s wife, learnt about the event from the letter:
Riot police dispersed action of solidarity in Salihorsk
Youth activists went out to the main square in Salihorsk on the Day of Solidarity to express support to political prisoners Andrei Kim, Siarhei Parsiukevich and Aliaksandr Kazulin.
Nasha Niva Freelancer Arrested for 5 Days
Jaraslau Stseshyk, a Nasha Niva newspaper freelance journalist, is convicted to 5 days of administrative arrest.
