Prison for national flag?
30.01.2008.
Tags: administrative trials, actions, detentions, Vitsebsk.
Source: Charter`97.
Barys Khamaida and Aliaksandar Salauyan, democratic activists from Vitebsk, were detained yesterday. They spent the night in the remand jail.
Ihar Balashou, duty officer of Kastrychnitski district police department, refused to tell journalists what offence the activists had been detained for, RFE/RL reports.
Paval Levinau, representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, had to write a complaint against unlawful activity of the police, and call the local internal affairs department. He was told Khamaida and Salauyan had been detained the day before at 7pm, and were kept in police department. They are charged with holding an unauthorized picket which they allegedly had by having hung out a white-red-white national flag.
The trial is to take place in Kastrychnitski court of Vitebsk.
See also
18.11.2008 “Young Front” activist faces trial for solidarity rally
17.11.2008 “Freedom to Aliaksandar Barazenka!” actions held in Minsk
11.11.2008 Minsk: ‘Young Front’ activist is detained for action near Leninski district court
10.11.2008 Polatsk: youth activists to stand trial for anti-communist action
10.11.2008 Saliahorsk: human rights activist Yana Paliakova is guarded to court by police
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