11 political prisoners sentenced to 10 days of arrest for participation in protest rallies against rigged results of poll at parliamentary elections and referendum, were released on Friday. In front of the special detention center the Belarusian patriots were met by activists of Zubr movement, Young Front, friends and relatives. However, right after the term of the administrative arrest expired, the oppositionists were taken to the Minsk Investigation Department of the Interior Affairs Ministry. Zubr activists and coordinator of the European Coalition “Free Belarus”, leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party “Narodnaya Hramada” Mikola Statkevich gave testimony in a criminal case initiated relating Article 342 of the Criminal Code “Organizing of group actions, violating public order, or active participation in them”. The case has been initiated on the fact of street rallies against rigged results of parliamentary elections and referendum on October 18-20. Only four hours later they were released. As we have informed, part of the participants are still in prison. Among them are leaders of the European Coalition “Free Belarus” Dzmitry Barodka, leaders of the Young Front Paval Sevyarynets and Artur Finkevich. The photo report of the events of October 29 here:
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