Protest actions in Belarus again

26 March 2017, 19:21 | Peace
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In Belarus, Vitebsk and Orsha, on Sunday, March 26, a protest took place again. It was not authorized by the authorities, and its participants did not put forward any demands, discussing the political and economic situation in the country, Tut said.. By.

About 100 people took part in the spontaneous meeting.

The situation was followed by police officers in uniform and civilian clothes, and near the Victory Square there were paddock wagons. The meeting was attended by the head of the police department of the UVD of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kalinovsky and the deputy chairman of the city executive committee Petr Podgursky, who were invited to a meeting in the building of the city executive committee.

Nevertheless, a fairly peaceful rally did not do without detentions. Thus, human rights defenders Pavel Levinov and Leonid Svetik were detained in Vitebsk. In addition, journalist Konstantin Mordvintsev and activist Irina Tretyakova were detained. In Orsha - editor of the local site orsha. Eu Igor Kazmercak, reports the Belarusian Association of Zhernalists.

In the IVS Polotsk, according to the newspaper "Nasha Niva", since March 25, human rights activist Yuri Belsky.



On March 25, after the action in honor of Freedom Day, at least seven people were detained in Vitebsk: members of the Belarusian Popular Front party Christopher Zhelyapov and Leonid Autukhov, as well as three journalists and two townspeople.

As it was reported, in Minsk law enforcement bodies of Belarus detained several hundreds of people before and during the uncoordinated opposition action "March of disgruntled Belarusians". There are no exact data on the number of detainees, the authorities do not disclose official information about the detentions.




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