Organizers and participants of rally against Russian airbase are summoned to court

October 4, a rally against the deployment of a Russian airbase was held in central Minsk.

October 9, the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk will consider the administrative cases brought against the organizers and some participants of the rally “For Free, Peaceful and Neutral Belarus” in Svabody Square on October 4.

The leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Liabedzka received an SMS-invitation to come to the trial at 10 a.m. Uladzimir Niakliayeu invited an SMS-invitation for 2.30 p.m. He says he is not going to the court, having no trust in the Belarusian court system in general.

The court will also consider the administrative cases against the former political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich, the leader of the movement “Razam” (“Together”) Viachaslau Siwchyk, Kobryn oppositionst Ales Mekh, civil society activist Ales Taustyka and artist Aliaksei Marachkin.

Moreover, deputy head of the Movement “For Freedom” Yury Hubarevich received a telephone call by which he was summoned to the Centraĺny District Police Department of Minsk for getting charges. A similar call was received by the head of the Belarusian Popular Front Aliaksei Yanukevich.