Minsk court convicts Zmena activists

Minsk Frunzenski District Court has considered the administrative charges brought against activists of the Zmena movement (youth wing of the Tell the Truth campaign), who were brutally detained during an election picket last afternoon.

Judge Liudmila Lapo sentenced Hanna Kurlovich to a fine of 2 mln. rubles and Yahor Viniatski to 7 days of arrest. Judge Dzmitry Lukashevich sentenced Aliaksandr Artsybashau to 10 days of arrest.

Pavel Vinahradau was convicted under two Articles (“using foul language” and “participation in an unauthorized picket”) and sentenced to 12 days of administrative arrest by Judge Natallia Karovina.