Police Confiscated Print Run of «Dyen» Newspaper :: Charter'97 :: News

On April 7 at 9.30 p.m. police confiscated print run of independent newspaper Dyen’, 4,800 copies. It has happened at Iwyeva traffic police post, in the middle of the road from Minsk to Hrodna. Policemen made claims on documents for delivery of the newspaper, Radio Svaboda informed. The newspaper is printed in Smolensk (Russia) still, because all Belarusian printing houses refused to print it. On March 31 a car with the print run of the newspaper was detained in the same traffic police post, but later released. This time the newspaper was confiscated.

-- I am almost sure that the action is planned, -- Mikhail Belakoz told, who was delivering the newspaper in his private car. -- Traffic police officer, who detained me, have not asked documents for the newspaper, but he reported to somebody on the phone: “Well, they are detained”.

As said by Belakoz, the operating group officers have drawn up a report of the check of the car and stated a reason of the newspapers’ seizure there. Member of the police group, department on economical crimes staffer, refused to give his name. In an hour Belakoz was released. He was not given any document on the seizure of the newspaper.

Now the print run of the newspaper is stored in Iweva police department, and as an orderly said, on April 8 the examination of the case is to start. The usual term of the examination is 10 days.