Is Portrait of Political Prisoner in a Bag Distribution of Printed Materials? 11:42, 01/12/2006
On November 30 in Minsk a young activist Syarzhuk Huminski was detained in Minsk. A badge with the ancient Belarusian coat of arms “Pahonya” attracted attention of policemen. It was a reason for his detention. Later policemen took the young activist to the police department of Leninski district of Minsk. A report was drawn up against him, he was charged with “petty hooliganism” and “distribution of printed materials without imprint”.
Policemen considered that a portrait of Zmitser Dashkevich, a leader of the Young Front, held in a bag by one of the activists, could be classified as “dissemination of printed materials”.
After a few hours Syarzhuk Huminski was released. He was told to give a written undertaking to attend a trial on Monday in the court of Leninski district of Minsk.
It should be added that a session of an administrative commission in Nyasvizh took place recently. An activist Nasta Azarka was fined one basic unit for “pasting announcements in the places not intended for that”.
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