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Navapolatsk: 6-year-old boy detained together with his father

2011 2011-07-14T17:36:12+0300 1970-01-01T03:00:00+0300 en https://spring96.org./files/images/sources/milicyja-uaz.jpg The Human Rights Center “Viasna” The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

On 13 July in the evening Aliaksandr Hrudnitski walked with his six-year-old son Yauhen in the park near the square where participants of the silent protest action gathered. After the end of the action, when the people started going away, the police started seizing some of them. Aliaksandr noticed it and wanted to come to their defense. As a result, he was pushed into a paddy wagon and taken to the Polatsk District Police Department together with his son.

“As I understood, when they seized my husband, the son started crying. That's why the husband started breaking loose from their grip. The policemen possibly took it for resistance. As a result, the child was crammed into the car together with him,” tells Ala Hrudnitskaya.

The police “allowed” her to come and take the son away, but gave her only 15 minutes for it, threatening to take him to an orphanage otherwise. The woman was at home with one-year-old daughter, and had to find somewhere to look after the child during her absence. She also had to find a car to come to the DPD. She received three telephone calls from them on the way – the police told her to hurry up.

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