Riot policemen got people move on from court where trial over Andrei Kim is held (Photo, video)
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15:40, — Politics
Riot policemen force away people from the building of the court of Tsentralny district of Minsk, where the trial over Andrei Kim, a political prisoner, takes place.
Activists of youth organizations and common citizens have gathered today near the court to express their support to the activist. They were standing in front of the court holding portraits of political prisoners and chanted “Freedom to Kim!”
People were encircled by about 10 riot policemen, who started to push out people away from the building of the court in direction of Dinamo stadium. Riot policemen were very rough and shoved people.
The trial in the case of the young activist Andrei Kim has started on April 1, at 2 p.m. in the court of Tsentralny district of Minsk.
The political prisoner Andrei Kim was detained during the rally of entrepreneurs on March 21 in Minsk and arrested for 10 days. After serving the arrest he was placed to a pre-trial detention center in Valadarski street in Minsk.
Charges relating Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (violence or a threat to use violence against a policeman with an aim to prevent him from performing his lawful activities) are filed against him.
Andrei Kim has spent more than 2 months in the pre-trial detention center.
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