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Leninsky district court of Minsk sentenced member of the unregistered organization “Young Front” Yaraslau Grischenya to 15 nights in prison for distributing the leaflets calling for the meeting with deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the 12th Convening who had adopted the declaration of the State Sovereignty of Belarus. The youth was convicted under the pretext of “swearing in a public place”.

Franak Vyachorka was sentenced to 7 nights in prison for the leaflets distribution.
It is to be recalled that the young people were preventively detained on their entering the Independence Square 27 July. In Gryschenya’s knapsack calling for the meeting with deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the 12th convening who had adopted the declaration of the State sovereignty of Belarus. The reason for Franak Vyachorka’s detainment was the leaflets found in his bag.