Freedom Day: chronicle of persecution
10.00 – According to Radio Liberty, three BPF Youth activists from Baranavichy were arrested by Minsk police this night
10.30 – According to Euroradio, at about 6 a.m. Homel police arrested activists of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Kastus Zhukouski and Siarhei Tryfanau
11.35 – Salihorsk police arrested activist Aliaksandr Tsetsura on his way to Minsk
11.45 – Minsk police detained Russian citizens Oleg Kozlovsky, leader of the Oborona organization, Aleksandr Savelyev and Maksim Tarlykov shortly after their arrival in Minsk.
12.40 – UCPB leader Anatol Liabedzka says ‘some 50 provokers have been trained to organize a provocation.’
13.15 – Homel Court sentenced activists Kanstantsin Zhukouski and Siarhei Tryfanau to 3 days of prison and BYR 1,050.000 respectively.
13.25 – Russian citizens Oleg Kozlovsky, Aleksandr Savelyev and Maksim Tarlykov deported from Belarus
14.20 – The police search the flat of Aleh Ladutska, activist of the ‘Jeans – For Freedom’ movement, and detain Palina Dziakava
14.50 – Three activists Siarhei Kavalenka, Ihar Bazarau and Valery Aliaksandrau detained by Vitzebsk police after organizing a rally in the city center
15.10 – The police search the flats of Young Front activist Dzianis Karnou and Valer Matskevich
15.35 – Yakub Kolas square surrounded by hundreds of policemen and dozens police buses
16.35 – According to lj-users, Minsk TV center is surrounded by the police
