Zmiter Hvedaruk arrested for 15 days
13:11, — Politics
Zmiter Hvedaruk, activist of the Young Front, was sentenced by the court of the Central District of Minsk to 15 days of arrest. Yesterday he was detained in the court where he had come to support the activists detained on 16 January, the Solidarity Day.
According to witnesses, Hvedaruk was beaten by riot militia during the detention. They caught Hvedaruk, when he was leaving the court, and threw him to a militia car. He struck his head against the floor of the car, but his legs were outside, and then the militiamen began to shove him into the car with door.
Parents of the arrested, who came to courts, began to shout in the street to save the boy. Militiamen didn’t allow anybody to come close to the car. It’s unknown in what condition Zmiter is. He has recently left the hospital, where he was recovering from head injury he had received during the crackdown of the demonstration “For Independence!” on 12 December.
The activist was accused of “minor hooliganism” and got 15 days of arrest. The sentence was read by judge Tatyana Paulyuchuk.
Mikita Shutyankou, the activist of the civil campaign “Jeans for Freedom” is kept in the internal affairs department of the Central district. He was caught by militia near the court yesterday. The judge sent the report for revision.
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