BPF Youth activists detained in Vitebsk
28.01.2008.
Tags: detentions.
Source: RFE/RL.
On Sunday guys and girls in Vitebsk were handing out independent newspapers to passers-by. The police officers considered that a crime. They detained Krystyna and Viktoria Chyzh, 17, their elder sister Veranika, Artur Shykin, amd Aliaksandar Ilyinets, who chairs kastrychnitski branch of BPF party in Vitebsk.
The policemen talked to the detained about newspapers “Nasha Niva”, “Novy Chas”, “Naviny BNF”, and “Moladz BNF”, which they were distributing in the city center. In half an hour all the detained were released without records.
See also
11.11.2008 Minsk: ‘Young Front’ activist is detained for action near Leninski district court
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10.11.2008 Minsk: detention at action in support of tried ‘Young Front’ activists
05.11.2008 Svetlahorsk: opposition activists get fined
05.11.2008 No ‘extremism’ in ‘Svaboda’?
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