Police begins mass detentions of Freedom Day participants
25.03.2008.
Tags: actions, detentions.
Just as the minister of internal affairs promised, armed forces of special police departments were used against participants of the peaceful rally in Minsk. The police officers use force to squeeze the protesters out from Yakub Kolas square in the direction of the Academy of Sciences. Ales Lapistki Junior is among the first of the detained.
A brutal fight started near Victory Square: armed riot policeman grab the participants of the celebration demonstration near the Place of Arts and throw them into police trucks.
See also
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 Minsk: detention at action in support of tried ‘Young Front’ activists
06.11.2008 Participants of action against foreign travel restrictions are beaten by police
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