Mikalai Charnavus questioned about protest actions of entrepreneurs
On 12 July Baranavichy
entrepreneur and civic activist Mikalai Charnavus was summoned to the
Baranavichy City Police Department, where Deputy Chief Pavel Kulhavik
questioned him for about 30 minutes about the unauthorized rallies of
entrepreneurs on 27 June and 1-2 July.
Mr. Charnavus stated he hadn't
organized the rallies, ernous pleaded not organized unsanctioned
events, noting that the strikes of the entrepreneurs were spontaneous
and were caused by unacceptable conditions of certification and
standardization of goods.
According to Mr. Charnavus, the day
before his questioning at the police, the head of the cooperative
market Vital Rakhmezhanau was also summonsed there and asked whether
it was possible to expel Charnavus from the market?
The
police officer drew up no report of questioning of Mikalai Charnavus
and stated that he would be summonsed to the police again.
