Zhodzina: Young Front activist detained for calling Lukashenka to retire

Raman Vasiliieu, a 21-year-old Young Front activist from Zhodzina, will be tried for writing “Sasha, retire!”. The police detained him on the way home. They put him on his knees facing the wall where the graffiti was made, twisted back his arms and put them in handcuffs. He had to wait for the patrol car and experts in such position.

Raman was taken to the police station at almost 3 a.m., and the handcuffs were removed only at 4.30 a.m. He was kept in a small cell till 9 a.m., and then was taken to his apartment, where a search was conducted. Leaflets Freedom to Political Prisoners!, informational leaflets with invitations to the Freedom Day-2011 and two hard drives were confiscated. The police also searched the apartments of Raman’s friends.

Vasiliieu states that the police threatened to put him in a cell where he would be gay-raped unless he signed confession in his “crime”. That’s why he had to sign it. Now he can be sentenced to a huge fine. The date of the trial is not known yet.