BPF Vitsebsk activist Kavalenka arrested
https://spring96.org./en/news/42850
2011
2011-04-22T13:53:49+0300
2011-04-22T13:53:49+0300
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The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
Siarhei Kavalenka. Photo by RFE
On 21 April, Siarhei Kavalenka, Vitsebsk activist of the Belarusian Popular Front Party, was taken to local detention center to serve 12 more days of administrative arrest awarded to him in March. Siarhei Kavalenka was released on 8 March after he was taken to hospital with a heart attack.
The activist is said to have declared a hunger strike in protest at the illegal verdict.
