Stanislau Shushkevich and 15 EHU students detained on Belarusian border

On 2 July evening the politician Stanislau Shushkevich and 15 students of the European Humanities University set down the train Vilnius-Minsk on the Belarusian border. The detainees were kept on the border for six hours.

The alleged reason for the detention of the students was that one of them was allegedly trafficking illegal drugs. The reason for the detention of Shushkevich was that his passport “looked suspicious” and could be forged. There's no wonder – the actions of the border guards were directed by some people in civvies. They videoed the detainees and ordered them to tell their names and surnames. In six hours, all detainees were let go without getting any charges.