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Spontaneous protest of drivers at Bruzgi border crossing point

2011 2011-06-13T16:49:49+0300 1970-01-01T03:00:00+0300 en https://spring96.org/files/images/sources/suddzia.jpg The Human Rights Center “Viasna” The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

The spontaneous rally of protest against a new customs fee took place on 12 June evening at the border crossing point Bruzgi in the Hrodna region. The action was dispersed by the riot police with the use of tear gas and police gear. 22 protesters were detained.

The matter is that according to the new customs rules the people who go abroad more often than once in five days must pay a special fee. As a result, many people had to return home. Thus, the number of the cars returning from the border crossing point started to increase. As a result there took place a spontaneous rally of dissatisfied drivers. More than 100 people took one another by the hands and overlapped the carriage way, demanding to abolish the presidential decree banning the export of fuels.

Soon the riot police arrived and dispersed the action. The Chair of the Hrodna Region Executive Committee Siamion Shapira came to the border crossing point. However, this information hasn't been confirmed officially so far.

The detained participants of the action were to be tried today, on 13 June. However, the trials were postponed – because of the absence of judges who are allegedly at assizes.

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