Activists of BPF Youth detained in Vitsebsk

At about 3 p.m. on 1 November the police detained the activist of the BPF Youth Siarzhuk Zviozdachkin and the head of Vitsebsk oblast organization Aliaksander Kuzniatsou, both of whom were heading for Minsk.

The alleged reason for the detention was that the guys were witnesses of knocking down a pedestrian by a car. The detainees were guarded to Vitsebsk by the road police. At the police station they were asked whether they knew about the mass event that was taking place in Minsk. Several minutes later the detainees were released.