Three days in jail as a congratulation on Women's Day
"European Belarus" activist Valiantsina Tsiurava
On 8 March at 2.35 p.m., "European
Belarus" activist Valiantsina Tsiurava was detained by the
guards of Kamarouski market, who then passed her to police.
The
activist was holding a one-man picket near the market, holding a
poster with the inscription: "Where's my holiday? Where's my
freedom?" By means of this action she tried to attract the
attention of passers-by to the problems of Belarusian women.
The
girl was kept in the delinquents' isolation center in Akrestsin
Street till trial.
At 12.40 p.m. on 11 March she was taken to
Savetski District Court of Minsk. Judge Dzmitry Pauliuchenka
sentenced her to three days of arrest (which she had already served
by that time) under Article 23.34, violation of the rules of
organizing and holding mass events.
Meanwhile, the accusation
witnesses failed to appear at the trial. The activist was set free
immediately on the announcement of the verdict.
