Artist Ales Pushkin sentenced to 12 days of arrest
The artist was tried
behind closed doors. The trial was conducted by Maryna
Zapasnikava, a judge
from the Leninski District Court of Minsk.
There is no precise information for what Ales
Pushkin was punished.
The judge's secretary refused to say the reason for the arrest. The
court registry for administrative cases said he had been tried under
article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, RFE/RL
reports.
The staff of the detention center in Akrestin Street
confirms that Ales Pushkin has been serving his 12-day term since
yesterday.
Pushkin said on the phone at 1 p.m. on 5 December
that he had been detained and taken to the Leninski District Police
Department of Minsk, after which the phone was turned off.
Officers
of the Leninski DPD said they didn't have such a detainee. The same
was told by the Leninski District Court and the detention
center.
Ales Pushkin has held a performance recently. He came
to the Supreme Court with a portrait of a member of anti-Soviet
resistance Rastislau
Lapitski.
The
artist filed an appeal against the decision of the Smarhon District
Court which had sentenced him to 10 days in custody for walking with
the portrait of Lapitski in Smarhon in September.
