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New Arrests In Minsk. Young Activist Lubou Kuchynskaya Beaten Up 19:18, 10/05/2006
Right before the protest rally in memory of the disappeared former Minister of Internal Affairs Yury Zakharanka, which was planned for 6 p.m. today on October Square in Minsk, riot policemen seized the leader of the United Civil party Anatol Lyabedzka. 10 more activists were seized near the square. One of them, Lubou Kuchynskaya, was brutally beaten up by riot policemen. The girl was taken to the emergency hospital; however she managed to tell human rights watchdogs that she was beaten up by several riot policemen. They were hitting her on the head, pushed her roughly. Her clothes and bag were torn. She was robbed: her mobile phone was seized.
About 60 activists have taken part in the protest rally. They came to October Square with portraits of disappeared Yury Zakharanka; political prisoners Mikita Sasim, Andrei Klimau, Mikola Statkevich, Syarhei Kalyakin, Alyaksandr Milinkevich, Vintsuk Vyachorka and others. Several dozens riot policemen arrived to the square to disband the rally. Policemen followed the participants of the rally along the avenue up to the Circus. Several protesters were detained at that moment. According to preliminary information, more than 10 protesters are arrested.
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