Police Mugged Detained Activists :: Charter'97 :: News

Four young activists from Mahilyou are facing a fine from 5 to 25 basic units for making graffiti. Young people were detained in the evening on December 22 in Savetskaya Square after making a few graffiti "Young Front Cannot Be Stopped". The unknown in mufti stroke them down to the ground and only after that showed their IDs of officers of the special rapid reaction unit.

In a patrol car they were taken to the police department of Leninski district of Mahilyou. Reports were drawn up against them for violation of the presidential decree No. 31 on public services and amenities of living environment. Three spray cans and a stencil were confiscated.

One should note that it was a brutal detention. One of the young activists, Maxim Azarau was diagnosed a bruise of soft tissue of the head and cervical spine. Azarau is going to file a complaint to the prosecutor’s office.

As said by another activist Anton Ustimchuk, during questioning policemen used foul language and didn’t allow inviting a lawyer. Dzmitry Bendzik, a correspondence-course student of Minsk state linguistic university was threatened by eviction.

The trial over Mahilyou activists is to take place soon.