Graffiti “Freedom To Palienka!” Appeared In Minsk

Hundreds of capital cyclists will be able to see the call.

Two graffiti demanding to release activist of the Critical Mass cyclist event Dzmitry Palienka appeared right on the Bike Path in Panamarenka street and in Paulau park in Minsk.

A reader informed charter97.org about that.

We remind that the cyclists participating in the Critical Mass event were detained in the evening of April 29th. They were severely beaten and taken to the police department of Tsentralny district. Later, four of the detainees signed protocols on violating traffic rules and offering resistance to the traffic police, criminal cases under art. 364 of the Criminal Code were initiated against two of them.

On May 6, charges were brought against Dzmitry Palienka.

Activist Dzmitry Palienka’s trial will begin in the Tsentralny District Court of Minsk on October 11 at 10:00. The case will be considered by judge Valery Yes’man.