Young activists demand release of political prisoners

On January 30 the 20-day term of arrest of JEANS initiative activist Tatsyana Tsishkevich. She was detained on January 10 after the protest rally of entrepreneurs. She was brutally beaten up by policemen during the detention. Judge Mikalay Samasejka sentenced Tatsyana to an administrative arrest for 20 days.

JEANS activists many times rallied in the streets of Minsk in order to remind about political prisoners. On Jnauray 16 rallies in Nyamiha Street, in Kuntsaushchyna and Yubileynaya Square and near the metro station “Pushkinskaya” took place almost at the same moment. Portraits of political prisoners were pasted near courts and markets, in the center of the city.

Yesterday portraits of political prisoners emerged in the districts where they live.