Minsk: detention of "Young Front" activists
At about 8 p.m. on 7 March police detained "Young Front" activists Raman Vasiliieu and Uladzimir Yaromenka on Nezalezhnasts Square in Minsk.
News on the topic: Minsk
Trial on Filip Kirdun’s case to continue at 9 a.m. on 16 November
The trial of Filip Kirdun, charged with the use of obscene language towards police officers, continued today at the Frunzenski District Court of Minsk. Judge Liudmila Lapo agreed to question policemen Aliaksandr Birchanka and Siarhei Dounar, who had taken fingerprints from the defendant. They stated that he had called them “Lukashenka’s lackeys”, and police officer Sviatlana Kunitskaya, who is in charge of the procedure of dactylography in the Frunzenski District Police Department of Minsk, stated that Filip’s parents had paid a visit to the police department on 14 November and threatened to her.
Minsk: imprisonment for People’s Assembly
Aliaksandr Piatnitski was detained after the end of the People’s Assembly held in Minsk on 12 November. He was charged with insubordination to lawful demands of police officers (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Violations) and sentenced to 10 days of arrest.
Students of Minsk State Linguistic University summonsed to dean’s office after arrest
The activists of the “European Belarus” Mikita Kavalenka and Aliaksandr Saldatsenka were sentenced to 10 and 7 days of arrest for participation in the action of solidarity with political prisoners held on 25 October.
Participants of 7 November anti-Communist action near Lenin monument sentenced to arrest
On 8 November the Maskouski District Court of Minsk tried the activists of the “Young Front” Mikhail Muski, Siarhei Paval and Raman Vasiliieu who had thrown eggs at the monument to Lenin on Nezalezhnasts Square in Minsk during the 7 November action which was held by communists to honor an anniversary of the October revolution.
