Shenderovich’s Daughter Released :: Charter'97 :: News

Krystsina Shatsikava, Valentina Chubarova, Viktor Shenderovich’s daughter, and a human rights activist Andrei Kim who were detained on April 1 in Minsk, are released without a report being drawn up, the BelaPAN is informed by K. Shatsikava.

Krystsina Shatsikava, a representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Andrei Kim and a Russian citizen Valentina Chubarova were detained by policemen on April 1 in Minsk in an subway crossing in Yakub Kolas Square. They were charged with pasting anti-presidential leaflets.

“It is clear we haven’t been pasting anything. But policemen approached us, checked our passports, and said that those leaflets contained libel against the president. They took us to a police office in a metro station. Strange to say, they found a witness, some commander of a military unit, who allegedly saw us pasting leaflets,” K. Shatsikava said.

As said by her, from a police office they were taken to a police department of Savetski district of Minsk. No reports were drawn up against them. After identification and after we provided written explanations everybody was released, K. Shatsikava said.

In the evening V. Chubarova left for Moscow. “When we were detained, we were on our way to see her to the station. She was almost late because of the actions of policemen. However, she managed to leave for Moscow,” K. Shatsikava noted.