Picketers In “Pahonya’s” Support Reprimanded :: Charter'97 :: News

The participants of the yesterday’s picket in Hrodna in support of the reporters of the newspaper “Pahonya” were reprimanded. Among them were a history teacher Ales Dzianisau, a student Dzmitser Dulko, Stanislau Pachabut, a journalist of the newspaper “Navinki”, a blacksmith Dzmitser Antanevich, a worker of the “Azot” plant Pavel Kaspiarovich, and an unemployed Ilya Pyachynin.

Yesterday they stood in front of the entrance of the regional executive committee with a big slogan “Together with “Pahonya” and posters “Freedom Of Expression”, “Mazhejka and Markevich – Who’s Next?” The passers-by received leaflets during the picket. In their text it was written that the reporters of the newspaper “Pahonya” Markevich and Mazheika can be sentenced to five years of imprisonment. “The trial over journalists is an attempt to intimidate the society! You can be the next! Do you tell jokes about Lukashenka? Do you express discontent with impoverishment? You can be the next! Only together we can defend freedom!”, - said the leaflet. In twenty minutes all the participants of the picket were arrested by police.