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Maladechna: detention during state festival “Dazhynki”

2011 2011-10-03T16:58:38+0300 1970-01-01T03:00:00+0300 en https://spring96.org/files/images/sources/milicejskajamashyna.jpg The Human Rights Center “Viasna” The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

On 1 October opposition activist Siarhei Hirkin was detained at the railway station in Maladechna. He was kept in the transport police station for about an hour. The detention was connected to the festival.

Siarzhuk was returning to Mahiliou from his friend Uladz Shulzhytski, who lives in Smarhon. He had a change in Maladechna. The police were waiting for him at the platform. They examined his rucksack and then took him to the police station. They didn't explain the reasons for the detention and threatened to take him to a narcological expertise if he would ask too many questions.

While keeping him in detention, the policemen spent much time trying to open some database. They had a long talk with the detainee, asked him about the aims of his trip and then released him.

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