News on the topic: detention
26.03.2012 Detentions in Navapolatsk
Two Navapolatsk activists were detained by local police, as they were heading to Minsk to take part in yesterday’s sanctioned demonstration.
25.03.2012 Detentions ahead of Freedom Day celebrations (updated)
A number of regional opposition activists have been reportedly detained this morning. All the detainees were going to take part in the authorized demonstration in Minsk.
25.03.2012 Three Young Front activists detained in Hrodna
On 24 March Hrodna police detained three members of the Young Front opposition movement Natallia Tureika, Aliaksandr Sotkin and Beabata Hrabouskaya), as they were pasting leaflets, www.harodniaspring.org reports.
24.03.2012 100 detained in benefit concert over drug suspicion
Around a hundred people have been reportedly detained during a concert in support of the “Food Not Bombs” international campaign held in Minsk MTZ Palace of Culture this evening.
23.03.2012 Young Front activists detained outside Minsk detention center
Two members of the Young Front opposition movement were detained outside Minsk detention center in Akrestsin Street on 22 March.
23.03.2012 Minsk activists to stand trial for hoisting national flag in trade center
On 22 March Minsk police detained activists of the Revolution Through Social Network online community Nasta Shuleika, Mikhas Kostka and an identified photographer, on suspicion of staging an action in the city’s Stalitsa trade center a few hours earlier, when a national white-red-white flag was flown tied to several balloons.
22.03.2012 European Belarus activist to be tried for disorderly conduct
On 21 March Minsk police detained activist of the European Belarus opposition movement Mikita Kavalenka, as he was going to take a train to Kalinkavichy.
19.03.2012 Eight detained in picket against death penalty in Minsk
On 16 March, Minsk police reportedly detained eight persons as they were laying flowers under the memorial tablet to the victims of the 11 April 2011 terrorist act.
17.03.2012 Activist detained in protest outside China embassy
Yauhen Kontush, activist of the Belarusian National Bolsheviks movement, was detained by police during a protest staged outside the Chinese embassy in Minsk on 16 March.
17.03.2012 Activist gets 10 days of arrest for ‘garbage heap of history’ action
On 16 March, Minsk Savetski District Court sentenced activist of the Zmena youth opposition movement Uladzimir Bachyla to ten days of administrative arrest for alleged staging an action called “A Garbage Heap of History” in central Minsk back on 14 March.
14.03.2012 Vitsebsk: Siarhei Kavalenka’s wife and 7-month-old daughter get detained
Alena Kavalenka, her 7-month-old daughter and a number of Kavalenka’s friends were detained for holding an action of solidarity with the political prisoner. Siarhei Parsiukevich told about the detention by telephone.
14.03.2012 Vitsebsk: police detain Barys Khamaida
The detention was conducted by lieutenant-colonel Katovich, the head of the public security department of the Chyhunachny DPD near house #28 in Lenin Street, where the oppositionist distributes independent press every day. Another police officer shot the detention on video.
13.03.2012 Swedish journalists detained in Minsk
A Swedish TV crew was detained in Minsk at about 6 p.m. on 12 March. Police also detained a Belarusian correspondent of Russian News Service radio, Uladzimir Chudziantsou, and a member of the Belarusian Journalists Association (BAJ), Illia Kuzniatsou, who were accompanying a crew of Sveriges Television (cameraman Sven Bergmann, correspondent Olav Christopherson and producer Isabelle Somerfeld).
12.03.2012 Antol Askerka's son gets detained
On 11 March Barysau police detained activist of "European Belarus" Ihar Askerka who was holding a picket of solidarity with his father, sentenced to 15 days of arrest for holding an action of solidarity with political prisoner Andrei Sannikau.
09.03.2012 Police interfere with action of “Our Alternative” in Homel
At 12 a.m. activists of the civil initiative “Our Alternative” held an action within the framework of the campaign “Stop Drinking – Start Living!”. Zmitser Karashkou, Vasil Takarenka, Andrei Tsianiuta and Kastus Zhukouski handed out anti-alcoholic postcards near the central supermarket of Homel, congratulating passers-by on the International Women’s Day.
