Four Public Activists Detained in Vitsiebsk for Celebration of Orhsa Battle

At 11 a.m. on 8 September the members of Vitsiebsk branch of Conservative Christian Party BPF Uladzimir Plieshchanka and Aliaksandr Salauian, the oppositional activist Barys Khamaida and the redundant Siarhiei Mikushou went out in Lenin Street with the following posters: “Today is the Day of Belarus Military Glory”, “On 8 September 1514 30 000 Belarusian soldiers won over 80 000 Moscow army”, “Hats off to Belarusian Heroes!”, “That’s how one should defend the independence of fatherland!”. Vitsiebsk citizens paid interest to the posters, whereas the riot squad police detained the picketers and took them to a court, together with white-red-white flag and the posters as evidence. Judge Hrabianchuk postponed the trial to 12 September.